MOUNT TAYLOR ELEMENTARY

MOUNT TAYLOR ELEMENTARY is an elementary school of moderately sized scale in GRANTS, New Mexico, one of the schools within GRANTS, enrolling 347 students in grades pre-K through 6. By comparison, New Mexico's public schools average about 287 students each, so MOUNT TAYLOR ELEMENTARY sits 21% larger than that benchmark.

Within GRANTS, which oversees 12 schools and 3,056 students, MOUNT TAYLOR ELEMENTARY is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, MOUNT TAYLOR ELEMENTARY records that the most-represented group is Native American (52%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. The remainder reads as 33% Hispanic, 11% White, 3% Black.

On the income-and-resources front, MOUNT TAYLOR ELEMENTARY reports 34 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 10.4:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 12.9:1, putting MOUNT TAYLOR ELEMENTARY tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 94% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, MOUNT TAYLOR ELEMENTARY sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 34.8%; this one delivers 30.8%.

In the broader community, census data for Cibola County shows median household income runs about $50,759, 17% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 26%. In all, Cibola County runs 18 public schools (combined enrollment of about 3,854 students), of which MOUNT TAYLOR ELEMENTARY is one.

LOS ALAMITOS MIDDLE is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.8 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 7 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts MOUNT TAYLOR ELEMENTARY at 2nd of 5; the average score across the group is 35.8%.

The school occupies a small-town site.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count fell 37%: 550 students in 2018 compared to 347 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 43% to 33% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 16.4:1 in 2018 to 10.4:1 today.

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