MCCOY AVENUE ELEMENTARY
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Test scores
NM-MSSA + NM-ASR 2024-25 . % ProficientWhat this means: On the NM-MSSA + NM-ASR, New Mexico's statewide test, about 40 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 20 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New Mexico schools, those numbers are about 44 and 27.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 30% 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%.
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SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About MCCOY AVENUE ELEMENTARY
Set in AZTEC, New Mexico, MCCOY AVENUE ELEMENTARY is a mid-tier primary school, one of the schools within AZTEC. It caters to 313 students across grades pre-K through 3.
Across the 7 schools in AZTEC (2,448 students total), MCCOY AVENUE ELEMENTARY accounts for its share of the district's footprint.
For racial and ethnic makeup, MCCOY AVENUE ELEMENTARY logs that the largest single group is White at 42%, but no single group is in the majority. Beyond that, the school lists 39% Hispanic, 12% Native American, 7% multiracial. Compared to San Juan County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.
Looking at school resources, MCCOY AVENUE ELEMENTARY reports 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 12.8:1. That tracks the state average closely. About 100% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.
Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, MCCOY AVENUE ELEMENTARY sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 33.4%; this one delivers 29.9%.
In the area at large, the surrounding county (San Juan County) reports that median household income runs about $55,872, 18% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 18% of residents live below the federal poverty line. MCCOY AVENUE ELEMENTARY is one of 62 public schools in San Juan County (combined enrollment of about 21,309 students).
AZTEC HIGH is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.7 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 6 other public schools. On composite proficiency, MCCOY AVENUE ELEMENTARY comes 4th of 6 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 34.9%.
The campus sits in a town-center setting.
Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at MCCOY AVENUE ELEMENTARY has declined 23%, going from 409 students in 2018 to 313 in 2025. The White share of enrollment declined from 52% to 42% over that span.
On the community side, posts here usually surface around fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
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