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Enrollment
379
Elementary
DISTRICT 345 · STATE 287
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ALBUQUERQUE·NCES 350006000089
MONTE VISTA ELEMENTARY
3211 MONTE VISTA BLVD NE, ALBUQUERQUE, NM 87106 · (505) 260-2030 · Bernalillo County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL379 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 77% of New Mexico public elementary schools
- B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-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
14.0:1
27 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.5:1 · STATE 12.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
378 students
DISTRICT 92% · STATE 90%
Community
1
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 50 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 54 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 72 | 19% |
| Grade 3 | 78 | 21% |
| Grade 4 | 71 | 19% |
| Grade 5 | 54 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (50) is 7% smaller than its 5th grade class (54).
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
55.5%
NM avg 44.2%
Math
37.6%
NM avg 27.2%
What this means: On the NM-MSSA + NM-ASR, New Mexico's statewide test, about 56 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 38 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
45.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
33.5%
based on NM schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+11.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 45% 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 MONTE VISTA ELEMENTARY
MONTE VISTA ELEMENTARY's state test result (45.2% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| MONTE VISTA ELEMENTARY this school | 379 | 99.7% | 45.2% |
| OSUNA ELEMENTARY ALBUQUERQUE | 438 | 99.5% | 48.3% |
| ONATE ELEMENTARY ALBUQUERQUE | 301 | 99.7% | 60.3% |
| JOHN BAKER ELEMENTARY ALBUQUERQUE | 404 | 99.0% | 58.6% |
| BERRENDO ELEMENTARY ROSWELL | 327 | 100.0% | 37.6% |
| MARTIN KING JR ELEMENTARY RIO RANCHO | 569 | 100.0% | 41.8% |
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 MONTE VISTA ELEMENTARY ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New Mexico | In Bernalillo County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 45.2% | #69 of 329 | #20 of 91 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 37.6% | #83 of 354 | #19 of 96 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 55.5% | #75 of 366 | #24 of 101 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 379 | #139 of 490 | #38 of 108 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.0:1 | #199 of 318 | #79 of 97 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 61.4% | #50 of 334 | #24 of 97 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 99.7% | #218 of 393 | #46 of 101 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -19.5% | #159 of 287 | #62 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
379
-48 (-11%) vs 2020
-31% since 1990-91, when it was 551
Student : Teacher
14.0:1
was 15.3:1
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 | 379 | 27 | 14.0:1 | 100% (378) |
| 2023-24 | 384 | 30 | 12.8:1 | N/A |
| 2022-23 | 426 | 29 | 14.7:1 | 31% (132) |
| 2020-21 | 427 | 28 | 15.3:1 | 25% (108) |
| 2017-18 | 471 | 28.5 | 16.5:1 | 33% (156) |
| 2015-16 | 503 | 28 | 18.0:1 | 34% (169) |
| 2010-11 | 481 | 31 | 15.5:1 | 37% (178) |
| 2000-01 | 451 | 26 | 17.4:1 | 29% (130) |
| 1990-91 | 551 | 26 | 21.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for MONTE VISTA ELEMENTARY.
Since 2017-18: students down 20% (471 to 379); teachers down 5% (28.5 to 27).
About MONTE VISTA ELEMENTARY
In ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico, part of Bernalillo County, MONTE VISTA ELEMENTARY is an elementary school. It reports enrollment of 379 students in pre-K through 5. Across elementary schools in New Mexico, the average enrollment is about 287.
ALBUQUERQUE enrolls 74,800 students in 172 schools, including MONTE VISTA ELEMENTARY.
Of every 100 students at MONTE VISTA ELEMENTARY, about 51 are Hispanic. It is also 34% White, 6% multiracial, 3% Asian, and 3% Native American. Among Bernalillo County residents, the Hispanic share is about 49%. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 61%.
There are about 14.0 students for every full-time-equivalent teacher at MONTE VISTA ELEMENTARY, which has 27. Elementary schools in New Mexico have an average ratio of 12.9:1. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch stands at 100%. On average, public schools in Bernalillo County report 90%.
Among New Mexico public elementary schools, MONTE VISTA ELEMENTARY outscored 77%, which works out to an A- on the allk12 Grade.
MONTE VISTA ELEMENTARY's actual average proficiency rate across its state test results (45.2%) and its predicted rate (33.5%) put it outside the top and bottom 10% of New Mexico schools.
In Bernalillo County, the median household earns about $69,473 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 38%, and roughly 11% of residents are in poverty. Across Bernalillo County, 211 public schools serve about 85,724 students.
The closest school to MONTE VISTA ELEMENTARY is JEFFERSON MIDDLE, located about 0.4 miles away. MONTE VISTA ELEMENTARY is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. MONTE VISTA ELEMENTARY's average proficiency of 45.2% compares with 49.2% for its nearest scored neighbors.
Locale: City: Large. In NCES terms, the school is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
The school's enrollment decreased 11% from 2020-21 to 2024-25. Students per teacher dropped from 15.3 in 2020-21 to 14.0 in 2024-25.
This page is a place to ask questions and share updates about open houses, carpools, and field trips at MONTE VISTA ELEMENTARY. Members of the school community can share what they know.
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
Other Monte Vista Elementary schools
13 other US public schools in 3 states are named Monte Vista Elementary. MONTE VISTA ELEMENTARY is the 12th largest of the 14.
- MONTE VISTA ELEMENTARYLAS CRUCES, NM · 706 students
- Monte Vista ElementaryLancaster, CA · 788 students
- Monte Vista ElementaryEl Monte, CA · 785 students
- Monte Vista ElementaryMurrieta, CA · 769 students
- Monte Vista ElementaryLa Crescenta, CA · 721 students
Nearby schools
- JEFFERSON MIDDLE0.4 mi · 615
- BANDELIER ELEMENTARY0.8 mi · 387
- NEW MEXICO ACADEMY FOR THE MEDIA ARTS0.9 mi · 109
- UNM MIMBRES SCHOOL0.9 mi · 23
- CORAL COMMUNITY CHARTER1.0 mi · 241
- COLLEGE AND CAREER HIGH SCHOOL1.0 mi · 280
Frequently asked questions
About MONTE VISTA ELEMENTARYHow many students attend MONTE VISTA ELEMENTARY?
MONTE VISTA ELEMENTARY enrolls approximately 379 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does MONTE VISTA ELEMENTARY serve?
MONTE VISTA ELEMENTARY serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at MONTE VISTA ELEMENTARY?
Approximately 14.0:1 students per teacher at MONTE VISTA ELEMENTARY.
How diverse is MONTE VISTA ELEMENTARY?
MONTE VISTA ELEMENTARY reports a student body of 34% White, 51% Hispanic, 2% Black, 3% Asian, 6% Two or more.
What district is MONTE VISTA ELEMENTARY in?
MONTE VISTA ELEMENTARY is part of ALBUQUERQUE.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.