MCKINLEY ELEMENTARY

As a well-populated elementary campus in FARMINGTON, New Mexico, MCKINLEY ELEMENTARY enrolls 438 students from grades K through 5, one of the schools within FARMINGTON. That puts it 53% bigger than the typical public school in New Mexico, which averages around 287 students.

Across the 20 schools in FARMINGTON (10,745 students total), MCKINLEY ELEMENTARY accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Looking at the student body, MCKINLEY ELEMENTARY shows that the largest single group is Native American at 35%, but no single group is in the majority; the rest looks like 31% Hispanic, 24% White, 10% multiracial.

In terms of school funding signals, MCKINLEY ELEMENTARY lists 28 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 15.9:1. The state averages around 12.9:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Roughly 100% of students at MCKINLEY ELEMENTARY qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

With demographic context factored in, MCKINLEY 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 25.8%, a residual of -7.6 points.

Across the wider county, census data for San Juan County shows median household earnings sit near $55,872, about 18% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 18%. MCKINLEY ELEMENTARY is one of 62 public schools in San Juan County (combined enrollment of about 21,309 students).

The closest other public school is FARMINGTON HIGH, roughly 0.6 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, MCKINLEY ELEMENTARY comes 5th of 6 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 31.2%.

The school occupies a high-density site.

Five-year trend. MCKINLEY ELEMENTARY's enrollment has fell 23% since 2018, when it stood at 571 (now 438). The White share of enrollment fell from 32% to 24% over that span.

Within the allk12 community for this school, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.