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Enrollment
507
Elementary
DISTRICT 345 · STATE 287
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ALBUQUERQUE·NCES 350006000895
MANZANO MESA ELEMENTARY
801 ELIZABETH ST SE, ALBUQUERQUE, NM 87123 · (505) 292-6707 · Bernalillo County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL507 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 70% of New Mexico public elementary schools
- B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded New Mexico public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
13.5:1
38 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.5:1 · STATE 12.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
505 students
DISTRICT 92% · STATE 90%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 37 | 7% |
| Kindergarten | 79 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 64 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 66 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 89 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 92 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 80 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (79) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (80).
Student demographics
65%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 52% · STATE 55% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
NM-MSSA + NM-ASR 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
54.0%
NM avg 44.2%
Math
37.2%
NM avg 27.2%
What this means: On the NM-MSSA + NM-ASR, New Mexico's statewide test, about 54 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 37 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New Mexico schools, those numbers are about 44 and 27.
Source: NM-MSSA + NM-ASR. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
41.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
33.5%
based on NM schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+8.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 42% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 34% typical for New Mexico schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among New Mexico's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like MANZANO MESA ELEMENTARY
MANZANO MESA ELEMENTARY's state test result (41.6% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| MANZANO MESA ELEMENTARY this school | 507 | 99.6% | 41.6% |
| DENNIS CHAVEZ ELEMENTARY ALBUQUERQUE | 550 | 99.5% | 64.8% |
| HUBERT H HUMPHREY ELEMENTARY ALBUQUERQUE | 465 | 99.6% | 70.5% |
| GEORGIA O'KEEFFE ELEMENTARY ALBUQUERQUE | 504 | 100.0% | 69.2% |
| INEZ ELEMENTARY ALBUQUERQUE | 309 | 100.0% | 29.3% |
| DESERT HILLS ELEMENTARY LAS CRUCES | 502 | 100.0% | 60.1% |
Matched among New Mexico elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where MANZANO MESA ELEMENTARY ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New Mexico | In Bernalillo County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 41.6% | #92 of 329 | #27 of 91 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 37.2% | #85 of 354 | #20 of 96 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 54.0% | #84 of 366 | #26 of 101 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 507 | #44 of 490 | #14 of 108 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.5:1 | #180 of 318 | #74 of 97 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 65.4% | #27 of 334 | #11 of 97 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 99.6% | #239 of 393 | #58 of 101 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -29.3% | #91 of 287 | #42 of 88 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
507
-57 (-10%) vs 2020
-27% since 2010-11, when it was 698
Student : Teacher
13.5:1
was 12.8:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 507 | 37.6 | 13.5:1 | 100% (505) |
| 2023-24 | 524 | 37.6 | 13.9:1 | 100% (524) |
| 2022-23 | 540 | 32.1 | 16.9:1 | 100% (540) |
| 2020-21 | 564 | 44 | 12.8:1 | 100% (564) |
| 2017-18 | 717 | 44.6 | 16.1:1 | 57% (408) |
| 2015-16 | 729 | 44 | 16.6:1 | 62% (452) |
| 2010-11 | 698 | 45 | 15.5:1 | 67% (469) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for MANZANO MESA ELEMENTARY.
Since 2017-18: students down 29% (717 to 507); teachers down 16% (44.6 to 37.6).
About MANZANO MESA ELEMENTARY
MANZANO MESA ELEMENTARY is a large elementary school found in ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico. The school's enrollment of 507 students covers pre-K through 5. Enrollment is 77% higher than the average for elementary schools in New Mexico, which is about 287.
MANZANO MESA ELEMENTARY is in ALBUQUERQUE, a district with 74,800 students across 172 schools.
At 53%, Hispanic students outnumber all other groups at MANZANO MESA ELEMENTARY combined. It is also 21% White, 12% Asian, 5% multiracial, and 4% Native American. That is close to the 49% Hispanic share among all Bernalillo County residents. The chance that two students picked at random at MANZANO MESA ELEMENTARY belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 65%.
MANZANO MESA ELEMENTARY operates with 37.6 full-time-equivalent teachers, a ratio of about 13.5:1. Across elementary schools in New Mexico, the average ratio is about 12.9:1. MANZANO MESA ELEMENTARY reports 100% of students eligible for free or reduced-price meals. That is 10 points above the 90% average for public schools in Bernalillo County.
allk12 grades MANZANO MESA ELEMENTARY a B+. The grade compares the school only with New Mexico public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
MANZANO MESA ELEMENTARY sits between the top and bottom 10% of New Mexico schools on BeatsExpectations, with an actual average proficiency rate on state tests of 41.6% and a predicted 33.5%.
Federal survey data for Bernalillo County show that median household income is about $69,473, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 38% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 11%. A total of 211 public schools operate in Bernalillo County, serving about 85,724 students.
The closest other public school is TECHNOLOGY LEADERSHIP HIGH SCHOOL, about 0.6 miles away. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Of 6 schools in the immediate area with test results, MANZANO MESA ELEMENTARY ranks 2nd on average proficiency.
Its NCES locale code is City: Large: the school is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
The student count in 2024-25 was 507, 10% below the 564 of 2020-21.
The allk12 site hosts a discussion page for MANZANO MESA ELEMENTARY covering things like school events, clubs, and volunteer needs. Reviews and ratings from people who know the school are welcome.
Bernalillo County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
673,930
Census ACS
Median income
$69,473
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
38%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
211
85,724 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in ALBUQUERQUE
- VOLCANO VISTA HIGHHigh · 2,089 students
- ATRISCO HERITAGE ACADEMY HSHigh · 1,930 students
- LA CUEVA HIGHHigh · 1,826 students
- SANDIA HIGHHigh · 1,618 students
- ELDORADO HIGHCombined · 1,579 students
- ALBUQUERQUE HIGHHigh · 1,568 students
Other schools in ALBUQUERQUE
- VOLCANO VISTA HIGHHigh · 2,089 students
- ATRISCO HERITAGE ACADEMY HSHigh · 1,930 students
- LA CUEVA HIGHHigh · 1,826 students
- SANDIA HIGHHigh · 1,618 students
- ELDORADO HIGHCombined · 1,579 students
- ALBUQUERQUE HIGHHigh · 1,568 students
Nearby schools
- TECHNOLOGY LEADERSHIP HIGH SCHOOL0.6 mi · 334
- TOMASITA ELEMENTARY1.3 mi · 187
- SANDIA BASE ELEMENTARY1.4 mi · 280
- KENNEDY MIDDLE1.5 mi · 296
- GILBERT L SENA CHARTER HS1.5 mi · 185
- HAWTHORNE ELEMENTARY1.5 mi · 288
Frequently asked questions
About MANZANO MESA ELEMENTARYWhat is the total enrollment at MANZANO MESA ELEMENTARY?
MANZANO MESA ELEMENTARY enrolls approximately 507 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does MANZANO MESA ELEMENTARY serve?
MANZANO MESA ELEMENTARY serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many teachers does MANZANO MESA ELEMENTARY have?
MANZANO MESA ELEMENTARY employs 38 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.5:1.
What is the student diversity at MANZANO MESA ELEMENTARY?
Student demographics at MANZANO MESA ELEMENTARY are roughly 21% White, 53% Hispanic, 4% Black, 12% Asian, 5% Two or more.
What district is MANZANO MESA ELEMENTARY in?
MANZANO MESA ELEMENTARY is part of ALBUQUERQUE.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.