NAVAJO ELEMENTARY

NAVAJO ELEMENTARY is a reasonably sized elementary school in ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico, run under ALBUQUERQUE. The school caters to 344 students in grades pre-K through 5.

ALBUQUERQUE comprises 171 schools with combined enrollment of 74,041 students; NAVAJO ELEMENTARY is among them.

Looking at the student body, NAVAJO ELEMENTARY shows that 94% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority; the rest reads as 4% White. By comparison, Bernalillo County as a whole is about 49% Hispanic, so the school skews noticeably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, NAVAJO ELEMENTARY records 26 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 13.5:1. The state averages about 12.9:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Around 100% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Bernalillo County runs at roughly 90%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), NAVAJO ELEMENTARY falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 33.5%; this one comes in at 18.2%, -15.3 points off the demographic line.

In the surrounding community, Bernalillo County reports that median household income runs about $69,473, roughly 38% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. Across Bernalillo County's 211 public schools (combined enrollment of about 85,724 students), NAVAJO ELEMENTARY is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: SOUTH VALLEY ACADEMY, around 0.2 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around NAVAJO ELEMENTARY. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), NAVAJO ELEMENTARY ranks 7th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 26.1%.

The school occupies a suburban site.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 39%: 560 students in 2018 compared to 344 in 2025. Class-load math has tightened: from 14.7:1 in 2018 to 13.5:1 in 2025.

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