Enrollment
302
Elementary
DISTRICT 345 · STATE 287
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ALBUQUERQUE·NCES 350006000085
MCCOLLUM ELEMENTARY
10900 SAN JACINTO ST NE, ALBUQUERQUE, NM 87112 · (505) 298-5009 · Bernalillo County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL302 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 26% of New Mexico public elementary schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats 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
8.2:1
37 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.5:1 · STATE 12.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
99%
299 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 | 58 | 19% |
| Kindergarten | 47 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 38 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 47 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 29 | 10% |
| Grade 4 | 34 | 11% |
| Grade 5 | 49 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (47) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (49).
Student demographics
61%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
27.2%
NM avg 44.2%
Math
12.4%
NM avg 27.2%
What this means: On the NM-MSSA + NM-ASR, New Mexico's statewide test, about 27 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 12 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
25.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
33.6%
based on NM schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-7.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 26% 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 MCCOLLUM ELEMENTARY
MCCOLLUM ELEMENTARY's state test result (25.8% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| MCCOLLUM ELEMENTARY this school | 302 | 99.0% | 25.8% |
| BROWN EARLY CHILDHOOD CENTER PORTALES | 332 | 100.0% | N/A |
| MARK TWAIN ELEMENTARY ALBUQUERQUE | 285 | 99.6% | 28.0% |
| COMANCHE ELEMENTARY ALBUQUERQUE | 325 | 99.4% | 39.2% |
| JANET KAHN FINE ARTS ACADEMY ALBUQUERQUE | 389 | 100.0% | 28.4% |
| MILAN ELEMENTARY MILAN | 410 | 98.8% | 27.8% |
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 MCCOLLUM ELEMENTARY ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New Mexico | In Bernalillo County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 25.8% | #247 of 329 | #62 of 91 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 12.4% | #306 of 354 | #73 of 96 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 27.2% | #307 of 366 | #75 of 101 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 302 | #229 of 490 | #60 of 108 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 8.2:1 | #9 of 318 | #4 of 97 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 60.7% | #59 of 334 | #26 of 97 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 99.0% | #271 of 393 | #82 of 101 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -20.5% | #152 of 287 | #59 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
302
+37 (+14%) vs 2020
-30% since 1990-91, when it was 431
Student : Teacher
8.2:1
was 8.8:1
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 | 302 | 37 | 8.2:1 | 99% (299) |
| 2023-24 | 277 | 27 | 10.3:1 | N/A |
| 2022-23 | 274 | 31.4 | 8.7:1 | 100% (274) |
| 2020-21 | 265 | 30 | 8.8:1 | 100% (265) |
| 2017-18 | 380 | 36.5 | 10.4:1 | 100% (380) |
| 2015-16 | 413 | 37 | 11.2:1 | 100% (413) |
| 2010-11 | 335 | 28 | 12.0:1 | 72% (242) |
| 2000-01 | 446 | 34 | 13.1:1 | 68% (302) |
| 1990-91 | 431 | 29 | 14.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for MCCOLLUM ELEMENTARY.
Since 2017-18: students down 21% (380 to 302); teachers up 2% (36.5 to 37).
About MCCOLLUM ELEMENTARY
MCCOLLUM ELEMENTARY is an elementary school in ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico, and it is part of ALBUQUERQUE. Students in pre-K through 5 attend, and enrollment is 302 students.
ALBUQUERQUE counts 74,800 students in its 172 schools, and MCCOLLUM ELEMENTARY is one of them.
Hispanic students are the majority at MCCOLLUM ELEMENTARY, with 57% of enrollment. After that, the student body is 24% White, 8% Native American, 7% multiracial, and 4% Black. Pick two students at random and there is a 61% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
The school's student-to-teacher ratio is about 8.2:1, with 37 full-time-equivalent teachers. That is lower than the 12.9:1 average for elementary schools in New Mexico. Lunch subsidy eligibility at MCCOLLUM ELEMENTARY is 99%. On average, public schools in Bernalillo County report 90%.
MCCOLLUM ELEMENTARY is graded C by allk12, scoring above 26% of New Mexico public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
The BeatsExpectations prediction for MCCOLLUM ELEMENTARY is 33.6%, and its average proficiency rate on state tests is 25.8%.
County data help place the school in context: in Bernalillo County, the median household income is $69,473, roughly 38% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Bernalillo County is home to 211 public schools and about 85,724 public school students.
The school nearest to MCCOLLUM ELEMENTARY is GILBERT L SENA CHARTER HS, at a distance of about 0.4 miles. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. On average proficiency, MCCOLLUM ELEMENTARY is 6th of 7 nearby schools with test data.
The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as City: Large, meaning it is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
The school enrolled 302 students in 2024-25, 37 more than the 265 it had in 2020-21.
The allk12 site hosts a discussion page for MCCOLLUM ELEMENTARY covering things like sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
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
- GILBERT L SENA CHARTER HS0.4 mi · 185
- KENNEDY MIDDLE0.5 mi · 296
- TOMASITA ELEMENTARY0.6 mi · 187
- PUBLIC ACADEMY FOR PERFORMING ARTS0.7 mi · 448
- JACKSON MIDDLE0.8 mi · 380
- GRANT MIDDLE0.8 mi · 286
Frequently asked questions
About MCCOLLUM ELEMENTARYHow many students attend MCCOLLUM ELEMENTARY?
MCCOLLUM ELEMENTARY enrolls approximately 302 students in grades PK-05.
Is MCCOLLUM ELEMENTARY an elementary, middle, or high school?
MCCOLLUM ELEMENTARY is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does MCCOLLUM ELEMENTARY have?
MCCOLLUM ELEMENTARY employs 37 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 8.2:1.
How diverse is MCCOLLUM ELEMENTARY?
MCCOLLUM ELEMENTARY reports a student body of 24% White, 57% Hispanic, 4% Black, 1% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Who oversees MCCOLLUM ELEMENTARY?
MCCOLLUM ELEMENTARY is overseen by ALBUQUERQUE in Bernalillo County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.