MAGGIE CORDOVA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

MAGGIE CORDOVA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of the well-populated K-5 schools in RIO RANCHO, New Mexico, part of RIO RANCHO, with 608 students on its rolls from grades K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 287 students per school, that is 112% bigger than typical.

RIO RANCHO runs 20 schools in total, collectively educating 16,461 students. MAGGIE CORDOVA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of those campuses.

Demographically, MAGGIE CORDOVA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL shows that 68% of the student body identifies as Hispanic. The remainder looks like 22% White, 6% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 40% Hispanic, putting the school's mix considerably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 41 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 14.7:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 12.9:1 average. Roughly 100% of students at MAGGIE CORDOVA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), MAGGIE CORDOVA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 33.4%; this one delivers 36.0%.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Sandoval County indicate the typical household earns roughly $86,636 per year, about 34% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. MAGGIE CORDOVA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 49 public schools in Sandoval County (combined enrollment of about 22,445 students).

Nearest neighbor: MARTIN KING JR ELEMENTARY, around 0.8 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts MAGGIE CORDOVA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL at 3rd of 5; the average score across the group is 35.4%.

The campus sits in a commuter-belt setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at MAGGIE CORDOVA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has decreased 30%, going from 864 students in 2018 to 608 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share grew from 58% to 68%. Class-load math has narrowed: from 15.8:1 in 2018 to 14.7:1 in 2025.

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