Enrollment
366
Elementary
DISTRICT 471 · STATE 287
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CARLSBAD·NCES 350030000170
MONTERREY ELEMENTARY
1600 JOHNSON ST, CARLSBAD, NM 88220 · (575) 234-3309 · Eddy County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY33-TOWNREGULAR SCHOOL366 STUDENTS
B-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 47% 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.
- 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
16.6:1
22 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.3:1 · STATE 12.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
28%
103 students
DISTRICT 25% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 54 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 65 | 18% |
| Grade 2 | 57 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 64 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 69 | 19% |
| Grade 5 | 57 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (54) is 5% smaller than its 5th grade class (57).
Student demographics
46%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 46% · 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
47.5%
NM avg 44.2%
Math
36.5%
NM avg 27.2%
What this means: On the NM-MSSA + NM-ASR, New Mexico's statewide test, about 48 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 37 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
41.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
50.7%
based on NM schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-9.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 41% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 51% 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 MONTERREY ELEMENTARY
MONTERREY ELEMENTARY's state test result (41.4% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| MONTERREY ELEMENTARY this school | 366 | 28.1% | 41.4% |
| SUNSET ELEMENTARY CARLSBAD | 438 | 28.3% | 34.3% |
| EXPLORE ACADEMY - RIO RANCHO RIO RANCHO | 430 | 33.0% | 44.6% |
| DESERT WILLOW ELEMENTARY CARLSBAD | 667 | 22.0% | 43.2% |
| ALICE KING COMMUNITY SCHOOL ALBUQUERQUE | 384 | 31.0% | 42.7% |
| J PAUL TAYLOR ACADEMY LAS CRUCES | 200 | 25.5% | 53.8% |
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 MONTERREY ELEMENTARY ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New Mexico | In Eddy County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 41.4% | #95 of 329 | #6 of 10 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 36.5% | #87 of 354 | #7 of 11 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 47.5% | #123 of 366 | #6 of 11 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 366 | #153 of 490 | #6 of 13 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.6:1 | #283 of 318 | #7 of 11 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 46.0% | #146 of 334 | #5 of 11 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 28.1% | #380 of 393 | #7 of 11 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +6.1% | #39 of 57 | #4 of 6 |
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
366
+47 (+15%) vs 2020
-10% since 1990-91, when it was 407
Student : Teacher
16.6:1
was 16.8:1
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 | 366 | 22 | 16.6:1 | 28% (103) |
| 2023-24 | 345 | 20.5 | 16.8:1 | 44% (151) |
| 2022-23 | 329 | 20.8 | 15.9:1 | 30% (100) |
| 2020-21 | 319 | 19 | 16.8:1 | 39% (125) |
| 2017-18 | 345 | 20.5 | 16.8:1 | 55% (189) |
| 2015-16 | 351 | 20 | 17.6:1 | 50% (176) |
| 2010-11 | 323 | 18 | 17.9:1 | 52% (169) |
| 2000-01 | 285 | 18 | 15.8:1 | 63% (179) |
| 1990-91 | 407 | 20 | 20.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for MONTERREY ELEMENTARY.
Since 2017-18: students up 6% (345 to 366); teachers up 7% (20.5 to 22).
About MONTERREY ELEMENTARY
MONTERREY ELEMENTARY is a mid-sized elementary school in CARLSBAD, New Mexico. Federal data show 366 students enrolled in kindergarten through 5 in 2024-25. On average, elementary schools in New Mexico enroll around 287, and this school is 28% above that mark.
Within CARLSBAD, MONTERREY ELEMENTARY is one of 13 schools. The district enrolls 7,217 students.
The share of Hispanic students at MONTERREY ELEMENTARY is 67%, a majority. Other students are 31% White. That is higher than the 52% Hispanic share among all Eddy County residents. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 46%.
There are 22 full-time-equivalent teachers at the school, a ratio of 16.6:1. The gap from the 12.9:1 average for elementary schools in New Mexico is 3.7 students per teacher. On the income side, 28% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. The gap from the 46% average for public schools in Eddy County is 18 points.
MONTERREY ELEMENTARY earns a B- on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 47% of New Mexico public elementary schools.
MONTERREY ELEMENTARY's average proficiency rate across its state test results of 41.4% is 9.3 points below the 50.7% the model predicts from its lunch-eligibility share.
Looking at the county, Eddy County, median household income comes to about $78,426, about 19% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 11%. The county's public schools total 26, with about 11,661 students.
OCOTILLO ELEMENTARY sits about 0.8 miles from MONTERREY ELEMENTARY. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Among the 6 closest schools with test data, this one included, MONTERREY ELEMENTARY ranks 2nd on average proficiency.
The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as Town: Remote, meaning it is in a town far from an urbanized area.
The school's student count rose 15% between the 2020-21 and 2024-25 school years.
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Eddy County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
61,105
Census ACS
Median income
$78,426
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
19%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
26
11,661 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in CARLSBAD
- CARLSBAD HIGHHigh · 1,685 students
- CARLSBAD INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL - PR LEYVA CAMPUSMiddle · 908 students
- CARLSBAD SIXTH GRADE ACADEMY - ALTA VISTA CAMPUSMiddle · 740 students
- COTTONWOOD ELEMENTARYElementary · 684 students
- DESERT WILLOW ELEMENTARYElementary · 667 students
- OCOTILLO ELEMENTARYElementary · 621 students
Other schools in CARLSBAD
- CARLSBAD HIGHHigh · 1,685 students
- CARLSBAD INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL - PR LEYVA CAMPUSMiddle · 908 students
- CARLSBAD SIXTH GRADE ACADEMY - ALTA VISTA CAMPUSMiddle · 740 students
- COTTONWOOD ELEMENTARYElementary · 684 students
- DESERT WILLOW ELEMENTARYElementary · 667 students
- OCOTILLO ELEMENTARYElementary · 621 students
Other Monterrey Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Monterrey Elementary. MONTERREY ELEMENTARY is the 2nd largest of the 2.
- MONTERREY ELEMENTARYROSWELL, NM · 373 students
Nearby schools
- OCOTILLO ELEMENTARY0.8 mi · 621
- SUNSET ELEMENTARY1.3 mi · 438
- CARLSBAD EARLY COLLEGE HIGH1.3 mi · 200
- CARLSBAD INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL - PR LEYVA CAMPUS1.6 mi · 908
- JEFFERSON MONTESSORI1.6 mi · 215
- CARLSBAD HIGH1.7 mi · 1,685
Frequently asked questions
About MONTERREY ELEMENTARYWhat is the total enrollment at MONTERREY ELEMENTARY?
MONTERREY ELEMENTARY enrolls approximately 366 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does MONTERREY ELEMENTARY serve?
MONTERREY ELEMENTARY serves grades KG-05.
How many teachers does MONTERREY ELEMENTARY have?
MONTERREY ELEMENTARY employs 22 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 16.6:1.
What is the student diversity at MONTERREY ELEMENTARY?
Student demographics at MONTERREY ELEMENTARY are roughly 31% White, 67% Hispanic, 0% Black, 2% Two or more.
Who oversees MONTERREY ELEMENTARY?
MONTERREY ELEMENTARY is overseen by CARLSBAD in Eddy County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.