MATHESON PARK ELEMENTARY

MATHESON PARK ELEMENTARY is an elementary-level community of cozy scale in ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico, operated by ALBUQUERQUE, hosting 159 students in grades pre-K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 45% leaner than the state mean of about 287.

Within ALBUQUERQUE, which oversees 171 schools and 74,041 students, MATHESON PARK ELEMENTARY is one campus in the system.

Demographically, MATHESON PARK ELEMENTARY logs that Hispanic students make up the majority at 64%; the rest breaks down as 21% White, 6% Black, 5% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 49% Hispanic, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the resource side, On paper, MATHESON PARK ELEMENTARY has 16 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 9.9:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 12.9:1, putting MATHESON PARK ELEMENTARY tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 100% of students at MATHESON PARK ELEMENTARY qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is higher than Bernalillo County's rate of about 90%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, MATHESON PARK ELEMENTARY performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 33.4%, the actual is 35.4%, a residual of +2.0 points.

In the area at large, Bernalillo County reports that the typical household earns roughly $69,473 per year, roughly 38% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. Across Bernalillo County's 211 public schools (combined enrollment of about 85,724 students), MATHESON PARK ELEMENTARY is one campus in the mix.

RENAISSANCE ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts MATHESON PARK ELEMENTARY at 4th of 7; the average score across the group is 41.3%.

The campus sits in an inner-city setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 39%: 261 students in 2018 compared to 159 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment expanded from 54% to 64% over that span. Class-load math has tightened: from 15.0:1 in 2018 to 9.9:1 in 2025.

Within the allk12 community for this school, the feed for MATHESON PARK ELEMENTARY typically covers school events, parent volunteer needs, and clubs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.