MONTERREY ELEMENTARY

MONTERREY ELEMENTARY is one of the average-sized K-5 schools in CARLSBAD, New Mexico, part of CARLSBAD, with 366 students on its rolls from grades K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 287 students per school, that is 28% larger than typical.

CARLSBAD runs 13 schools in total, collectively educating 7,217 students. MONTERREY ELEMENTARY is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, MONTERREY ELEMENTARY shows that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 67% of enrollment. The remainder looks like 31% White. That is meaningfully more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 52%.

Looking at school resources, MONTERREY ELEMENTARY logs 22 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 16.6:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 12.9:1 average. An estimated 28% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Eddy County (around 46%), the school's rate is somewhat below typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, MONTERREY ELEMENTARY sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 50.7%; this one delivers 41.4%.

In the broader community, Eddy County reports that median household earnings sit near $78,426, about 19% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 11%. MONTERREY ELEMENTARY is one of 26 public schools in Eddy County (combined enrollment of about 11,661 students).

Nearest neighbor: OCOTILLO ELEMENTARY, around 0.8 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, MONTERREY ELEMENTARY comes 2nd of 6 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 34.3%.

MONTERREY ELEMENTARY operates from a town-center location.

Over the past 7-year window. MONTERREY ELEMENTARY's enrollment has ticked up 6% since 2018, when it stood at 345 (now 366). The Hispanic share of enrollment rose from 55% to 67% over that span.

Within the allk12 community for this school, posts here usually surface around fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.