Enrollment
285
Elementary
DISTRICT 345 · STATE 287
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ALBUQUERQUE·NCES 350006000083
MARK TWAIN ELEMENTARY
6316 CONSTITUTION AVE NE, ALBUQUERQUE, NM 87110 · (505) 255-8337 · Bernalillo County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL285 STUDENTS
C
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 34% of New Mexico public elementary schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
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
8.0:1
36 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.5:1 · STATE 12.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
284 students
DISTRICT 92% · STATE 90%
Community
0
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 | 62 | 22% |
| Kindergarten | 46 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 46 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 33 | 12% |
| Grade 3 | 27 | 9% |
| Grade 4 | 42 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 29 | 10% |
This year's kindergarten class (46) is 59% larger than its 5th grade class (29).
Student demographics
58%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
32.5%
NM avg 44.2%
Math
10.8%
NM avg 27.2%
What this means: On the NM-MSSA + NM-ASR, New Mexico's statewide test, about 33 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 11 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
28.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
33.5%
based on NM schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-5.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 28% 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 MARK TWAIN ELEMENTARY
MARK TWAIN ELEMENTARY's state test result (28.0% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| MARK TWAIN ELEMENTARY this school | 285 | 99.6% | 28.0% |
| MCCOLLUM ELEMENTARY ALBUQUERQUE | 302 | 99.0% | 25.8% |
| SIERRA VISTA ELEMENTARY ALBUQUERQUE | 402 | 99.5% | 37.8% |
| CHELWOOD ELEMENTARY ALBUQUERQUE | 309 | 99.4% | 21.1% |
| MOUNTAIN MAHOGANY COMMUNITY SCHOOL ALBUQUERQUE | 223 | 99.6% | 45.6% |
| SUNSET VIEW ELEMENTARY ALBUQUERQUE | 407 | 100.0% | 38.7% |
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 MARK TWAIN ELEMENTARY ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New Mexico | In Bernalillo County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 28.0% | #214 of 329 | #55 of 91 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 10.8% | #327 of 354 | #81 of 96 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 32.5% | #264 of 366 | #66 of 101 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 285 | #246 of 490 | #67 of 108 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 8.0:1 | #8 of 318 | #3 of 97 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 58.4% | #74 of 334 | #32 of 97 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 99.6% | #233 of 393 | #54 of 101 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -21.7% | #146 of 287 | #55 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
285
-1 (0%) vs 2020
-41% since 1990-91, when it was 479
Student : Teacher
8.0:1
was 8.4:1
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 | 285 | 35.6 | 8.0:1 | 100% (284) |
| 2023-24 | 274 | 25.9 | 10.6:1 | N/A |
| 2022-23 | 273 | 29.7 | 9.2:1 | 100% (273) |
| 2020-21 | 286 | 34 | 8.4:1 | 100% (286) |
| 2017-18 | 364 | 35 | 10.4:1 | 100% (364) |
| 2015-16 | 388 | 34 | 11.4:1 | 100% (388) |
| 2010-11 | 382 | 35 | 10.9:1 | 71% (272) |
| 2000-01 | 358 | 28 | 12.8:1 | 62% (223) |
| 1990-91 | 479 | 30 | 16.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for MARK TWAIN ELEMENTARY.
Since 2017-18: students down 22% (364 to 285); teachers up 2% (35 to 35.6).
About MARK TWAIN ELEMENTARY
In ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico, part of Bernalillo County, MARK TWAIN ELEMENTARY is an elementary school. It enrolled 285 students in pre-K through 5 for the 2024-25 school year.
ALBUQUERQUE counts 74,800 students in its 172 schools, and MARK TWAIN ELEMENTARY is one of them.
A majority of students at MARK TWAIN ELEMENTARY, 60%, are Hispanic. Beyond that, enrollment is 20% White, 8% Native American, 6% multiracial, and 4% Black. The Hispanic share of the county population is lower, at 49%. MARK TWAIN ELEMENTARY has a diversity index of 58%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
Its teaching staff equals 35.6 full-time positions, a ratio of 8.0:1. For comparison, elementary schools in New Mexico average 12.9:1. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility, a common measure of family income, is 100%. The gap from the 90% average for public schools in Bernalillo County is 10 points.
allk12 grades MARK TWAIN ELEMENTARY a C. The grade compares the school only with New Mexico public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
The school's average proficiency rate on state tests is 28.0%. For its free or reduced-price lunch share, the predicted value is 33.5%.
Census estimates describe Bernalillo County this way: median household income is about $69,473, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 38%, and roughly 11% of residents are in poverty. The public schools of Bernalillo County number 211 and enroll about 85,724.
Nearby, ALICE KING COMMUNITY SCHOOL is about 1.0 miles away. MARK TWAIN ELEMENTARY is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. Nearby schools average 25.1% on proficiency, and MARK TWAIN ELEMENTARY is above that at 28.0%.
The school is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more, according to its NCES locale (City: Large).
Enrollment in 2024-25 was 285, close to the 286 recorded in 2020-21.
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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
Other Mark Twain Elementary schools
30 other US public schools in 13 states are named Mark Twain Elementary. MARK TWAIN ELEMENTARY is the 21st largest of the 31.
- Mark Twain ElementaryRiverside, CA · 1,033 students
- Mark Twain Elementary SchoolALVIN, TX · 634 students
- Mark Twain ElementaryLawndale, CA · 585 students
- Mark Twain ElementaryPASCO, WA · 579 students
- Mark Twain ElementaryKirkland, WA · 550 students
Nearby schools
- ALICE KING COMMUNITY SCHOOL1.0 mi · 384
- INEZ ELEMENTARY1.0 mi · 309
- ECADEMY K-81.0 mi · 466
- ECADEMY1.0 mi · 973
- NEW FUTURES HIGH SCHOOL1.0 mi · 73
- FREEDOM HIGH1.0 mi · 111
Frequently asked questions
About MARK TWAIN ELEMENTARYHow large is MARK TWAIN ELEMENTARY?
MARK TWAIN ELEMENTARY enrolls approximately 285 students in grades PK-05.
Is MARK TWAIN ELEMENTARY an elementary, middle, or high school?
MARK TWAIN ELEMENTARY is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does MARK TWAIN ELEMENTARY have?
MARK TWAIN ELEMENTARY employs 36 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 8.0:1.
What is the student diversity at MARK TWAIN ELEMENTARY?
Student demographics at MARK TWAIN ELEMENTARY are roughly 20% White, 60% Hispanic, 4% Black, 2% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Who oversees MARK TWAIN ELEMENTARY?
MARK TWAIN ELEMENTARY is overseen by ALBUQUERQUE in Bernalillo County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.