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Enrollment
417
Elementary
DISTRICT 345 · STATE 287
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ALBUQUERQUE·NCES 350006000683
MARIE M HUGHES ELEMENTARY
5701 MOJAVE NW, ALBUQUERQUE, NM 87120 · (505) 897-3080 · Bernalillo County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL417 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 46% 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.
- B-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
11.9:1
35 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.5:1 · STATE 12.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
417 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 | 16 | 4% |
| Kindergarten | 55 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 63 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 68 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 53 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 77 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 85 | 20% |
This year's kindergarten class (55) is 35% smaller than its 5th grade class (85).
Student demographics
42%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
44.3%
NM avg 44.2%
Math
25.5%
NM avg 27.2%
What this means: On the NM-MSSA + NM-ASR, New Mexico's statewide test, about 44 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 26 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
33.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
33.4%
based on NM schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-0.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 33% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 33% 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 MARIE M HUGHES ELEMENTARY
MARIE M HUGHES ELEMENTARY's state test result (33.1% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| MARIE M HUGHES ELEMENTARY this school | 417 | 100.0% | 33.1% |
| EL CAPITAN ELEMENTARY ROSWELL | 380 | 100.0% | 37.1% |
| VALLEY VIEW ELEMENTARY ROSWELL | 388 | 99.7% | 37.0% |
| MONTEZUMA ELEMENTARY ALBUQUERQUE | 330 | 99.4% | 20.5% |
| RAYMOND GABALDON ELEMENTARY LOS LUNAS | 365 | 100.0% | 32.3% |
| PAINTED SKY ELEMENTARY ALBUQUERQUE | 536 | 99.6% | 27.6% |
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 MARIE M HUGHES ELEMENTARY ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New Mexico | In Bernalillo County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 33.1% | #171 of 329 | #42 of 91 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 25.5% | #169 of 354 | #39 of 96 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 44.3% | #152 of 366 | #40 of 101 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 417 | #106 of 490 | #27 of 108 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.9:1 | #98 of 318 | #46 of 97 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 42.0% | #166 of 334 | #58 of 97 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 100% | #44 of 393 | #30 of 101 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -17.4% | #176 of 287 | #69 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
417
+18 (+5%) vs 2020
-64% since 1990-91, when it was 1,171
Student : Teacher
11.9:1
was 13.3:1
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 | 417 | 35.1 | 11.9:1 | 100% (417) |
| 2023-24 | 395 | 33.1 | 11.9:1 | N/A |
| 2022-23 | 409 | 32.4 | 12.6:1 | 50% (203) |
| 2020-21 | 399 | 30 | 13.3:1 | 44% (177) |
| 2017-18 | 505 | 31.1 | 16.3:1 | 54% (275) |
| 2015-16 | 537 | 32 | 16.8:1 | 51% (274) |
| 2010-11 | 677 | 41 | 16.5:1 | 51% (347) |
| 2000-01 | 750 | 44 | 17.1:1 | 25% (188) |
| 1990-91 | 1,171 | 54 | 21.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for MARIE M HUGHES ELEMENTARY.
Since 2017-18: students down 17% (505 to 417); teachers up 13% (31.1 to 35.1).
About MARIE M HUGHES ELEMENTARY
Among the schools in ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico, is MARIE M HUGHES ELEMENTARY, a mid-sized elementary school. The school teaches pre-K through 5 and enrolls 417 students. That is 45% above the average of about 287 students for elementary schools in New Mexico.
ALBUQUERQUE runs MARIE M HUGHES ELEMENTARY along with 171 other schools, enrolling 74,800 students in total.
Federal enrollment data show MARIE M HUGHES ELEMENTARY is 75% Hispanic. Other groups make up 14% White, 5% Native American, 3% multiracial, and 3% Black. Bernalillo County as a whole is about 49% Hispanic, so the school's share is higher. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 42, compared with 70 nationally.
There are about 11.9 students for every full-time-equivalent teacher at MARIE M HUGHES ELEMENTARY, which has 35.1. Elementary schools in New Mexico have an average ratio of 12.9:1. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch stands at 100%. Public schools in Bernalillo County average 90%.
Among New Mexico public elementary schools, MARIE M HUGHES ELEMENTARY outscored 46%, which works out to a B- on the allk12 Grade.
After adjusting for student poverty, MARIE M HUGHES ELEMENTARY lands between the top and bottom 10% of New Mexico schools. Its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 33.1%; the prediction is 33.4%.
The county, Bernalillo County, is where the school is located. The median household earns about $69,473 a year, 38% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 11% of people live in poverty. Bernalillo County has 211 public schools with about 85,724 students, including MARIE M HUGHES ELEMENTARY.
L.B. JOHNSON MIDDLE sits about 0.5 miles from MARIE M HUGHES ELEMENTARY. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. Nearby schools with test data average 38.4% proficiency; MARIE M HUGHES ELEMENTARY posts 33.1%.
Federal data place MARIE M HUGHES ELEMENTARY in the City: Large locale, which means it is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment in 2024-25 stood at 417, compared with 399 in 2020-21. Federal data show the ratio falling from 13.3:1 to 11.9:1.
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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
- L.B. JOHNSON MIDDLE0.5 mi · 491
- CHAMIZA ELEMENTARY0.6 mi · 249
- CHAPARRAL ELEMENTARY2.0 mi · 523
- VOLCANO VISTA HIGH2.0 mi · 2,089
- PETROGLYPH ELEMENTARY2.1 mi · 498
- SUNSET VIEW ELEMENTARY2.1 mi · 407
Frequently asked questions
About MARIE M HUGHES ELEMENTARYHow many students attend MARIE M HUGHES ELEMENTARY?
MARIE M HUGHES ELEMENTARY enrolls approximately 417 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does MARIE M HUGHES ELEMENTARY serve?
MARIE M HUGHES ELEMENTARY serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at MARIE M HUGHES ELEMENTARY?
The student-to-teacher ratio at MARIE M HUGHES ELEMENTARY is approximately 11.9:1 (35 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at MARIE M HUGHES ELEMENTARY?
At MARIE M HUGHES ELEMENTARY, the student body is approximately 14% White, 75% Hispanic, 3% Black, 0% Asian, 3% Two or more.
What district is MARIE M HUGHES ELEMENTARY in?
MARIE M HUGHES ELEMENTARY is part of ALBUQUERQUE.
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