Enrollment
159
Elementary
DISTRICT 345 · STATE 287
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ALBUQUERQUE·NCES 350006000084
MATHESON PARK ELEMENTARY
10809 LEXINGTON AVE NE, ALBUQUERQUE, NM 87112 · (505) 299-5087 · Bernalillo County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL159 STUDENTS
B-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 52% 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.
- BBeats 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
9.9:1
16 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.5:1 · STATE 12.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
159 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 | 17 | 11% |
| Kindergarten | 24 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 20 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 26 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 18 | 11% |
| Grade 4 | 28 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 26 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (24) is 8% smaller than its 5th grade class (26).
Student demographics
54%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
36.5%
NM avg 44.2%
Math
28.4%
NM avg 27.2%
What this means: On the NM-MSSA + NM-ASR, New Mexico's statewide test, about 37 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 28 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
35.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
33.4%
based on NM schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+2.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 35% 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 MATHESON PARK ELEMENTARY
MATHESON PARK ELEMENTARY's state test result (35.4% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| MATHESON PARK ELEMENTARY this school | 159 | 100.0% | 35.4% |
| SOMBRA DEL MONTE ELEMENTARY ALBUQUERQUE | 202 | 100.0% | 36.4% |
| YUCCA ELEMENTARY ALAMOGORDO | 179 | 100.0% | 39.7% |
| CORAL COMMUNITY CHARTER ALBUQUERQUE | 241 | 100.0% | 56.3% |
| LEW WALLACE ELEMENTARY ALBUQUERQUE | 141 | 99.3% | 31.3% |
| TOMASITA ELEMENTARY ALBUQUERQUE | 187 | 100.0% | 30.9% |
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 MATHESON PARK ELEMENTARY ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New Mexico | In Bernalillo County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 35.4% | #153 of 329 | #37 of 91 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 28.4% | #150 of 354 | #37 of 96 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 36.5% | #219 of 366 | #52 of 101 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 159 | #367 of 490 | #103 of 108 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 100% | #29 of 393 | #15 of 101 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -39.1% | #41 of 287 | #25 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
159
-33 (-17%) vs 2020
-72% since 1990-91, when it was 568
Student : Teacher
9.9:1
was 13.7:1
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 | 159 | 16 | 9.9:1 | 100% (159) |
| 2023-24 | 164 | 16 | 10.3:1 | N/A |
| 2022-23 | 192 | 17.7 | 10.8:1 | 100% (192) |
| 2020-21 | 192 | 14 | 13.7:1 | 100% (192) |
| 2017-18 | 261 | 17.4 | 15.0:1 | 100% (261) |
| 2015-16 | 294 | 22 | 13.4:1 | 100% (294) |
| 2010-11 | 338 | 20 | 16.9:1 | 81% (273) |
| 2000-01 | 466 | 28 | 16.6:1 | 50% (234) |
| 1990-91 | 568 | 28 | 20.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for MATHESON PARK ELEMENTARY.
Since 2017-18: students down 39% (261 to 159); teachers down 8% (17.4 to 16).
About MATHESON PARK ELEMENTARY
MATHESON PARK ELEMENTARY is a small elementary school in ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico, (ZIP code 87112). It had 159 students in 2024-25, spanning pre-K through 5. That compares with an average of about 287 students for elementary schools in New Mexico.
MATHESON PARK ELEMENTARY is one of 172 schools in ALBUQUERQUE, which enrolls 74,800 students in total.
The largest group at MATHESON PARK ELEMENTARY is Hispanic students, at 64%. Enrollment also includes 21% White, 6% Black, and 5% multiracial. Among people living in Bernalillo County, the Hispanic share is about 49%. The diversity index for MATHESON PARK ELEMENTARY is 54%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
On staff are 16 full-time-equivalent teachers; the student-to-teacher ratio is 9.9:1. Elementary schools in New Mexico average 12.9:1, 3.0 more students per teacher than here. MATHESON PARK ELEMENTARY has a free or reduced-price lunch rate of 100%. For comparison, public schools in Bernalillo County average 90%.
MATHESON PARK ELEMENTARY holds a B- allk12 Grade, placing it above 52% of New Mexico public elementary schools.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, MATHESON PARK ELEMENTARY falls in the middle 80% of New Mexico schools: 35.4% actual against 33.4% predicted.
Five-year Census Bureau estimates for Bernalillo County show that the median household earns about $69,473 a year, about 38% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 11%. Across Bernalillo County, 211 public schools serve about 85,724 students.
MATHESON PARK ELEMENTARY is about 0.4 miles from NORTHPOINT CHARTER SCHOOL, its nearest public school. MATHESON PARK ELEMENTARY has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Local comparison: MATHESON PARK ELEMENTARY ranks 4th of 7 nearby schools, at 35.4% versus a 41.3% average.
Federal data place MATHESON PARK ELEMENTARY in the City: Large locale, which means it is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
A 17% decline took enrollment from 192 in 2020-21 to 159 in 2024-25. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 13.7:1; by 2024-25 it was 9.9:1.
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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
- NORTHPOINT CHARTER SCHOOL0.4 mi · 144
- RENAISSANCE ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL0.4 mi · 124
- COLLET PARK ELEMENTARY0.5 mi · 362
- MITCHELL ELEMENTARY0.8 mi · 233
- JACKSON MIDDLE1.0 mi · 380
- HOOVER MIDDLE1.0 mi · 404
Frequently asked questions
About MATHESON PARK ELEMENTARYWhat is the total enrollment at MATHESON PARK ELEMENTARY?
MATHESON PARK ELEMENTARY enrolls approximately 159 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does MATHESON PARK ELEMENTARY serve?
MATHESON PARK ELEMENTARY serves grades PK-05.
How many teachers does MATHESON PARK ELEMENTARY have?
MATHESON PARK ELEMENTARY employs 16 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 9.9:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at MATHESON PARK ELEMENTARY?
At MATHESON PARK ELEMENTARY, the student body is approximately 21% White, 64% Hispanic, 6% Black, 2% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Who oversees MATHESON PARK ELEMENTARY?
MATHESON PARK ELEMENTARY is overseen by ALBUQUERQUE in Bernalillo County.
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