Enrollment
336
Elementary
DISTRICT 345 · STATE 287
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ALBUQUERQUE·NCES 350006000087
MISSION AVENUE ELEMENTARY
725 MISSION AV NE, ALBUQUERQUE, NM 87107 · (505) 344-5269 · Bernalillo County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL336 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 35% 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.
- C+Beats 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
12.0:1
28 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.5:1 · STATE 12.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
336 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 | 19 | 6% |
| Kindergarten | 66 | 20% |
| Grade 1 | 44 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 47 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 59 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 60 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 41 | 12% |
This year's kindergarten class (66) is 61% larger than its 5th grade class (41).
Student demographics
53%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
32.2%
NM avg 44.2%
Math
21.5%
NM avg 27.2%
What this means: On the NM-MSSA + NM-ASR, New Mexico's statewide test, about 32 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 22 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
28.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
33.4%
based on NM schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-4.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 29% 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 MISSION AVENUE ELEMENTARY
MISSION AVENUE ELEMENTARY's state test result (28.8% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| MISSION AVENUE ELEMENTARY this school | 336 | 100.0% | 28.8% |
| EMERSON ELEMENTARY ALBUQUERQUE | 334 | 98.5% | 24.4% |
| APACHE ELEMENTARY ALBUQUERQUE | 341 | 98.8% | 19.9% |
| HODGIN ELEMENTARY ALBUQUERQUE | 392 | 99.0% | 20.6% |
| SEVEN BAR ELEMENTARY ALBUQUERQUE | 455 | 99.8% | 34.7% |
| CHELWOOD ELEMENTARY ALBUQUERQUE | 309 | 99.4% | 21.1% |
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 MISSION AVENUE ELEMENTARY ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New Mexico | In Bernalillo County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 28.8% | #203 of 329 | #51 of 91 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 21.5% | #209 of 354 | #51 of 96 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 32.2% | #265 of 366 | #67 of 101 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 336 | #191 of 490 | #48 of 108 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.0:1 | #104 of 318 | #52 of 97 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 53.2% | #109 of 334 | #44 of 97 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 100% | #30 of 393 | #16 of 101 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -15.6% | #191 of 287 | #72 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
336
+23 (+7%) vs 2020
-10% since 1990-91, when it was 375
Student : Teacher
12.0:1
was 13.0:1
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 | 336 | 28 | 12.0:1 | 100% (336) |
| 2023-24 | 356 | 27.5 | 12.9:1 | N/A |
| 2022-23 | 362 | 28 | 12.9:1 | 100% (362) |
| 2020-21 | 313 | 24 | 13.0:1 | 100% (313) |
| 2017-18 | 398 | 24 | 16.6:1 | 100% (398) |
| 2015-16 | 406 | 27 | 15.0:1 | 100% (406) |
| 2010-11 | 443 | 32 | 13.8:1 | 82% (364) |
| 2000-01 | 379 | 27 | 14.0:1 | 87% (330) |
| 1990-91 | 375 | 20 | 18.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for MISSION AVENUE ELEMENTARY.
Since 2017-18: students down 16% (398 to 336); teachers up 17% (24 to 28).
About MISSION AVENUE ELEMENTARY
MISSION AVENUE ELEMENTARY serves students in ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico, as a mid-sized elementary school. It teaches 336 students in pre-K through 5.
ALBUQUERQUE counts 172 schools and 74,800 students, including MISSION AVENUE ELEMENTARY.
The share of Hispanic students at MISSION AVENUE ELEMENTARY is 66%, a majority. The remaining students are 12% Native American, 11% White, 5% Black, and 4% multiracial. Census figures show Bernalillo County is about 49% Hispanic. A diversity index of 53% means there is a 53% chance two randomly chosen students at MISSION AVENUE ELEMENTARY are from different groups.
Staffing at MISSION AVENUE ELEMENTARY comes to 28 full-time-equivalent teachers, or 12.0:1. The school's 12.0:1 compares with an average of 12.9:1 for elementary schools in New Mexico. On the income side, 100% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. The 90% average for public schools in Bernalillo County is 10 points lower.
MISSION AVENUE ELEMENTARY earns a C+ on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 35% of New Mexico public elementary schools.
MISSION AVENUE ELEMENTARY is 4.6 points below its predicted average proficiency rate across its state test results (28.8% versus 33.4%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in New Mexico.
The school's county is Bernalillo County. According to Census Bureau estimates, the median household earns about $69,473 a year, roughly 38% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 11%. MISSION AVENUE ELEMENTARY shares Bernalillo County with 210 other public schools.
Of the public schools around it, MISSION AVENUE ELEMENTARY is closest to CONTINUATION SCHOOL, about 1.3 miles away. MISSION AVENUE ELEMENTARY has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Local comparison: MISSION AVENUE ELEMENTARY ranks 3rd of 4 nearby schools, at 28.8% versus a 35.5% average.
The federal government classifies MISSION AVENUE ELEMENTARY's location as City: Large.
Since 2020-21, enrollment has grown 7%, from 313 to 336. The school's ratio dropped from 13.0:1 to 12.0:1 between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
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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
- CONTINUATION SCHOOL1.3 mi · 5
- MOUNTAIN MAHOGANY COMMUNITY SCHOOL1.4 mi · 223
- HODGIN ELEMENTARY1.4 mi · 392
- ACES TECHNICAL CHARTER SCHOOL1.5 mi · 165
- HEALTH LEADERSHIP HIGH SCHOOL1.6 mi · 233
- THE GREAT ACADEMY1.7 mi · 59
Frequently asked questions
About MISSION AVENUE ELEMENTARYHow large is MISSION AVENUE ELEMENTARY?
MISSION AVENUE ELEMENTARY enrolls approximately 336 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does MISSION AVENUE ELEMENTARY serve?
MISSION AVENUE ELEMENTARY serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at MISSION AVENUE ELEMENTARY?
The student-to-teacher ratio at MISSION AVENUE ELEMENTARY is approximately 12.0:1 (28 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at MISSION AVENUE ELEMENTARY?
Student demographics at MISSION AVENUE ELEMENTARY are roughly 11% White, 66% Hispanic, 5% Black, 1% Asian, 4% Two or more.
What district is MISSION AVENUE ELEMENTARY in?
MISSION AVENUE ELEMENTARY is part of ALBUQUERQUE.
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