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Enrollment
452
Elementary
STATE 287
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MONTESSORI ELEMENTARY SCHOOL·NCES 350013500929
MONTESSORI ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
1730 MONTANO RD NW, ALBUQUERQUE, NM 87107 · (505) 796-0149 · Bernalillo County
GRADES KG–08ELEMENTARY11-CITYCHARTERTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL452 STUDENTS
A
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Scored higher than 91% of New Mexico public elementary schools
- ATest 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
17.0:1
27 FTE teachers
STATE 12.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
99%
447 students
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 | 56 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 47 | 10% |
| Grade 2 | 56 | 12% |
| Grade 3 | 61 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 53 | 12% |
| Grade 5 | 49 | 11% |
| Grade 6 | 48 | 11% |
| Grade 7 | 38 | 8% |
| Grade 8 | 44 | 10% |
This year's kindergarten class (56) is 27% larger than its 8th grade class (44).
Student demographics
57%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
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
72.3%
NM avg 44.2%
Math
35.1%
NM avg 27.2%
What this means: On the NM-MSSA + NM-ASR, New Mexico's statewide test, about 72 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 35 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of NM schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
56.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
33.7%
based on NM schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+23.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 57% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 34% typical for New Mexico schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 23 points, placing it in New Mexico's top 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 MONTESSORI ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
MONTESSORI ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (56.7% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| MONTESSORI ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 452 | 98.9% | 56.7% |
| WHITE MOUNTAIN ELEMENTARY RUIDOSO | 374 | 100.0% | 34.8% |
| A. MONTOYA ELEMENTARY TIJERAS | 370 | 99.2% | 38.0% |
| SIERRA VISTA PRIMARY RUIDOSO | 514 | 96.3% | N/A |
| YUCCA ELEMENTARY ARTESIA | 354 | 100.0% | 42.2% |
| MORIARTY ELEMENTARY MORIARTY | 464 | 99.8% | 23.4% |
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 MONTESSORI ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New Mexico | In Bernalillo County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 56.7% | #27 of 329 | #10 of 91 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 35.1% | #99 of 354 | #26 of 96 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 72.3% | #20 of 366 | #9 of 101 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 452 | #74 of 490 | #21 of 108 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.0:1 | #289 of 318 | #96 of 97 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 56.6% | #86 of 334 | #38 of 97 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 98.9% | #278 of 393 | #87 of 101 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +7.4% | #35 of 57 | #4 of 8 |
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
452
+19 (+4%) vs 2020
+33% since 2010-11, when it was 340
Student : Teacher
17.0:1
was 20.6:1
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 | 452 | 26.6 | 17.0:1 | 99% (447) |
| 2023-24 | 444 | 27.3 | 16.3:1 | N/A |
| 2022-23 | 439 | 25 | 17.6:1 | 1% (3) |
| 2020-21 | 433 | 21 | 20.6:1 | 12% (52) |
| 2017-18 | 421 | 24 | 17.5:1 | 20% (86) |
| 2015-16 | 409 | 22 | 18.6:1 | 28% (113) |
| 2010-11 | 340 | 19 | 17.9:1 | 17% (58) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for MONTESSORI ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
Since 2017-18: students up 7% (421 to 452); teachers up 11% (24 to 26.6).
About MONTESSORI ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
Families in ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico, are served by MONTESSORI ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, a large elementary school. The school enrolls 452 students, from kindergarten through 8. An average school in this group (elementary schools in New Mexico) has about 287 students.
The school serves as its own district in federal records.
At MONTESSORI ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, Hispanic students make up 58% of the student body. After that, the student body is 29% White, 9% multiracial, and 2% Native American. Census figures show Bernalillo County is about 49% Hispanic. The school's diversity index is 57%, meaning two students picked at random have a 57% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
A ratio of 17.0:1 comes from the school's 26.6 full-time-equivalent teachers. The school has more students per teacher than the 12.9:1 average for elementary schools in New Mexico. The lunch program counts 99% of students at MONTESSORI ELEMENTARY SCHOOL as eligible for free or reduced-price meals. The average for public schools in Bernalillo County is 90%.
MONTESSORI ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is graded A by allk12, scoring above 91% of New Mexico public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
MONTESSORI ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a top-10% school in New Mexico on BeatsExpectations, beating its predicted average proficiency rate on state tests of 33.7% with an actual 56.7%.
Census estimates describe Bernalillo County this way: the median household income is $69,473, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 38% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 11%. In all, Bernalillo County has 211 public schools and roughly 85,724 students.
The nearest public school is MACARTHUR ELEMENTARY, at about 0.7 miles. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Of the 6 nearby schools with scores, including this one, MONTESSORI ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 1st on average proficiency.
MONTESSORI ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is coded as City: Large in federal locale data. Charter status: MONTESSORI ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a public charter school.
2024-25 enrollment was 452, a 4% gain from 433 in 2020-21. By 2024-25, the school had 17.0 students per teacher, compared with 20.6 in 2020-21.
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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 Montessori Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Montessori Elementary. MONTESSORI ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the 2nd largest of the 2.
- Montessori Elementary SchoolRockford, IL · 660 students
Nearby schools
- MACARTHUR ELEMENTARY0.7 mi · 241
- ALVARADO ELEMENTARY0.8 mi · 258
- GRIEGOS ELEMENTARY0.9 mi · 229
- VALLEY HIGH1.1 mi · 962
- MOUNTAIN MAHOGANY COMMUNITY SCHOOL1.3 mi · 223
- TAFT MIDDLE1.4 mi · 243
Frequently asked questions
About MONTESSORI ELEMENTARY SCHOOLWhat is the total enrollment at MONTESSORI ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
MONTESSORI ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 452 students in grades KG-08.
What grades does MONTESSORI ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serve?
MONTESSORI ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves grades KG-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at MONTESSORI ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at MONTESSORI ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is approximately 17.0:1 (27 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at MONTESSORI ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
At MONTESSORI ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 29% White, 58% Hispanic, 1% Asian, 9% Two or more.
Is MONTESSORI ELEMENTARY SCHOOL public or private?
MONTESSORI ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a public K-12 school operated as a charter, overseen by MONTESSORI ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
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