MACARTHUR ELEMENTARY

Located at 1100 MACARTHUR RD NW, in ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico, MACARTHUR ELEMENTARY is a tight-knit elementary school that educates 241 students (grades pre-K through 5), overseen by ALBUQUERQUE.

Within ALBUQUERQUE, which oversees 171 schools and 74,041 students, MACARTHUR ELEMENTARY is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, MACARTHUR ELEMENTARY records that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (82%). The remainder comes out to 10% White, 3% Black, 2% multiracial, 2% Native American. By comparison, Bernalillo County as a whole is about 49% Hispanic, so the school skews considerably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, The school reports having 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 9.6:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 12.9:1 average. An estimated 100% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Bernalillo County runs at roughly 90%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, MACARTHUR ELEMENTARY tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 33.4% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 33.4%.

In the broader community, ACS estimates for Bernalillo County put the typical household earns roughly $69,473 per year, 38% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 11%. MACARTHUR ELEMENTARY is one of 211 public schools in Bernalillo County (combined enrollment of about 85,724 students).

MOUNTAIN MAHOGANY COMMUNITY SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.6 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts MACARTHUR ELEMENTARY at 5th of 6; the average score across the group is 44.0%.

The school occupies an urban site.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at MACARTHUR ELEMENTARY has remained close to its prior level, going from 246 students in 2018 to 241 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment climbed from 75% to 82% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 12.0:1 in 2018 to 9.6:1 today.

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