MONTERREY ELEMENTARY

As a middle-of-the-pack elementary-level community in ROSWELL, New Mexico, MONTERREY ELEMENTARY instructs 373 students from grades K through 5, run under ROSWELL. Enrollment runs roughly 30% above the state mean of about 287.

MONTERREY ELEMENTARY is one of 22 schools operated by ROSWELL, a district that works with 9,184 students overall.

On the student-mix side, MONTERREY ELEMENTARY lists that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (84%). The remainder comes out to 15% White. By comparison, Chaves County as a whole is about 58% Hispanic, so the school skews meaningfully more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, An estimated 100% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, MONTERREY ELEMENTARY tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 33.4% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 27.4%.

In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for Chaves County put median household earnings sit near $52,938, roughly 18% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 20%. Across Chaves County's 33 public schools (combined enrollment of about 10,504 students), MONTERREY ELEMENTARY is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: ROSWELL HIGH, around 0.9 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), MONTERREY ELEMENTARY ranks 5th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 30.4%.

The school occupies a town-based site.

Trend over the last 7 years. MONTERREY ELEMENTARY's enrollment has decreased 26% since 2018, when it stood at 504 (now 373). Over the same period, the White share expanded from 10% to 15%.

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