Enrollment
229
Elementary
DISTRICT 229 · STATE 287
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CENTRAL·NCES 350039000181
MESA ELEMENTARY
N HWY 491 MESA SCHOOL RD, SHIPROCK, NM 87420 · (505) 368-4529 · San Juan County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL229 STUDENTS
D
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 10% of New Mexico public elementary schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats 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
11.2:1
21 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.5:1 · STATE 12.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
229 students
DISTRICT 98% · 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 | 26 | 11% |
| Kindergarten | 30 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 24 | 10% |
| Grade 2 | 35 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 37 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 33 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 44 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (30) is 32% smaller than its 5th grade class (44).
Student demographics
12%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 28% · 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
21.2%
NM avg 44.2%
Math
13.5%
NM avg 27.2%
What this means: On the NM-MSSA + NM-ASR, New Mexico's statewide test, about 21 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 14 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
21.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
33.4%
based on NM schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-12.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 21% 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 MESA ELEMENTARY
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| MESA ELEMENTARY this school | 229 | 100.0% | 21.3% |
| SANTO DOMINGO ELEMENTARY SANTO DOMINGO PUEBLO | 206 | 100.0% | 21.1% |
| Baca/Dlo'ay Azhi Community School Prewitt | 222 | 98.6% | N/A |
| Laguna Elementary School Laguna | 220 | 98.6% | N/A |
| Ch'ooshgai Community School Tohatchi | 208 | 98.6% | N/A |
| Atsa' Biya' a'zh Community School Shiprock | 200 | 98.5% | N/A |
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 MESA ELEMENTARY ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New Mexico | In San Juan County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 21.3% | #301 of 329 | #20 of 21 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 13.5% | #296 of 354 | #21 of 23 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 21.2% | #339 of 366 | #22 of 23 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 229 | #294 of 490 | #19 of 35 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.2:1 | #65 of 318 | #6 of 22 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 11.7% | #304 of 334 | #21 of 22 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 100% | #81 of 393 | #7 of 26 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -24.2% | #131 of 287 | #14 of 25 |
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
229
-42 (-15%) vs 2020
-67% since 1990-91, when it was 686
Student : Teacher
11.2:1
was 13.6:1
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 | 229 | 20.5 | 11.2:1 | 100% (229) |
| 2023-24 | 260 | 17.5 | 14.9:1 | 68% (176) |
| 2022-23 | 293 | 19 | 15.4:1 | 100% (293) |
| 2020-21 | 271 | 20 | 13.6:1 | 100% (271) |
| 2017-18 | 302 | 21 | 14.4:1 | 100% (302) |
| 2015-16 | 288 | 23 | 12.5:1 | 100% (288) |
| 2010-11 | 387 | 25 | 15.5:1 | 99% (384) |
| 2000-01 | 369 | 21 | 17.6:1 | 90% (332) |
| 1990-91 | 686 | 36 | 19.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for MESA ELEMENTARY.
Since 2017-18: students down 24% (302 to 229); teachers down 2% (21 to 20.5).
About MESA ELEMENTARY
A small elementary school in SHIPROCK, New Mexico, MESA ELEMENTARY is part of CENTRAL. The school reports 229 students in pre-K through 5. The school's enrollment is 20% smaller than the 287 average for elementary schools in New Mexico.
Within CENTRAL, MESA ELEMENTARY is one of 16 schools. The district enrolls 4,539 students.
Native American students make up 94% of enrollment at MESA ELEMENTARY. The next largest groups are 3% Hispanic. Pick two students at random and there is a 12% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
The school has about 11.2 students per teacher and 20.5 full-time-equivalent teachers. The school has fewer students per teacher than the 12.9:1 average for elementary schools in New Mexico. About 100% of enrolled students meet the income rules for free or reduced-price lunch. For comparison, public schools in San Juan County average 99%.
allk12 grades MESA ELEMENTARY a D. The grade compares the school only with New Mexico public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the BeatsExpectations model predicts an average proficiency rate on state tests of 33.4% for MESA ELEMENTARY. The school posts 21.3%, 12.1 points below the prediction.
Within San Juan County, the median household income is $55,872, about 18% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 18%. In all, San Juan County has 62 public schools and roughly 21,309 students.
The nearest public school is Shiprock Northwest High School, at about 0.7 miles. Within five miles of MESA ELEMENTARY, there are at least 8 other public schools. MESA ELEMENTARY is 2nd of 4 nearby schools by average proficiency rate.
For locale, NCES codes MESA ELEMENTARY as Rural: Fringe.
Federal data show a 15% enrollment decrease, from 271 in 2020-21 to 229 in 2024-25. Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio fell to 11.2:1, from 13.6:1.
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San Juan County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
120,942
Census ACS
Median income
$55,872
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
18%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
18%
Below federal line
Schools in county
62
21,309 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in CENTRAL
- KIRTLAND CENTRAL HIGHHigh · 743 students
- SHIPROCK HIGHHigh · 502 students
- JUDY NELSON ELEMENTARYElementary · 486 students
- TSE BIT AI MIDDLEMiddle · 390 students
- KIRTLAND ELEMENTARYElementary · 388 students
- KIRTLAND MIDDLEMiddle · 372 students
Other schools in SHIPROCK
- SHIPROCK HIGHHigh · 502 students
- TSE BIT AI MIDDLEMiddle · 390 students
- NIZHONI ELEMENTARYElementary · 207 students
- EVA B STOKELY ELEMENTARYElementary · 203 students
- Atsa' Biya' a'zh Community SchoolElementary · 200 students
- Shiprock Northwest High SchoolHigh · 151 students
Other Mesa Elementary schools
8 other US public schools in 4 states are named Mesa Elementary. MESA ELEMENTARY is the 8th largest of the 9.
- MESA ELEMENTARYCLOVIS, NM · 389 students
- Mesa ElementaryWest Covina, CA · 753 students
- Mesa Elementary SchoolFOUNTAIN, CO · 668 students
- Mesa ElementarySomis, CA · 597 students
- Mesa Elementary SchoolCORTEZ, CO · 359 students
Nearby schools
- Shiprock Northwest High School0.7 mi · 151
- Atsa' Biya' a'zh Community School0.8 mi · 200
- DREAM DINE CHARTER SCHOOL1.0 mi · 24
- SHIPROCK HIGH2.1 mi · 502
- EVA B STOKELY ELEMENTARY2.3 mi · 203
- CAREER PREP ALTERNATIVE2.4 mi · 118
Frequently asked questions
About MESA ELEMENTARYHow large is MESA ELEMENTARY?
MESA ELEMENTARY enrolls approximately 229 students in grades PK-05.
Is MESA ELEMENTARY an elementary, middle, or high school?
MESA ELEMENTARY is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does MESA ELEMENTARY have?
MESA ELEMENTARY employs 21 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 11.2:1.
What is the student diversity at MESA ELEMENTARY?
Student demographics at MESA ELEMENTARY are roughly 1% White, 3% Hispanic, 2% Two or more.
Is MESA ELEMENTARY public or private?
MESA ELEMENTARY is a public K-12 school, overseen by CENTRAL.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.