Enrollment
207
Elementary
DISTRICT 229 · STATE 287
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CENTRAL·NCES 350039000184
NIZHONI ELEMENTARY
HWY 491, SHIPROCK, NM 87420 · (505) 368-4565 · San Juan County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL207 STUDENTS
D
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 6% of New Mexico public elementary schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats 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
10.3:1
20 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.5:1 · STATE 12.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
207 students
DISTRICT 98% · STATE 90%
Community
0
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 13 | 6% |
| Kindergarten | 20 | 10% |
| Grade 1 | 32 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 23 | 11% |
| Grade 3 | 35 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 44 | 21% |
| Grade 5 | 40 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (20) is 50% smaller than its 5th grade class (40).
Student demographics
16%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 28% · 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
20.0%
NM avg 44.2%
Math
11.3%
NM avg 27.2%
What this means: On the NM-MSSA + NM-ASR, New Mexico's statewide test, about 20 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 11 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of NM schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
19.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
33.4%
based on NM schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-14.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 19% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 33% typical for New Mexico schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 NIZHONI ELEMENTARY
NIZHONI ELEMENTARY's state test result (19.4% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| NIZHONI ELEMENTARY this school | 207 | 100.0% | 19.4% |
| EVA B STOKELY ELEMENTARY SHIPROCK | 203 | 100.0% | 26.6% |
| NEWCOMB ELEMENTARY NEWCOMB | 169 | 100.0% | 33.9% |
| DULCE ELEMENTARY DULCE | 264 | 98.9% | 17.8% |
| SHIWI TS'ANA ELEMENTARY ZUNI | 447 | 100.0% | 22.4% |
| TOHATCHI ELEMENTARY TOHATCHI | 246 | 91.5% | 26.3% |
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 NIZHONI ELEMENTARY ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New Mexico | In San Juan County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 19.4% | #313 of 329 | #21 of 21 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 11.3% | #320 of 354 | #23 of 23 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 20.0% | #349 of 366 | #23 of 23 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 207 | #323 of 490 | #20 of 35 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.3:1 | #38 of 318 | #4 of 22 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 15.5% | #285 of 334 | #19 of 22 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 100% | #83 of 393 | #9 of 26 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -46.8% | #15 of 287 | #1 of 25 |
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
207
-85 (-29%) vs 2020
-31% since 1990-91, when it was 301
Student : Teacher
10.3:1
was 12.7:1
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 | 207 | 20 | 10.3:1 | 100% (207) |
| 2023-24 | 253 | 21 | 12.1:1 | 70% (177) |
| 2022-23 | 276 | 21 | 13.1:1 | 100% (276) |
| 2020-21 | 292 | 23 | 12.7:1 | 100% (292) |
| 2017-18 | 389 | 24.9 | 15.6:1 | 100% (389) |
| 2015-16 | 546 | 33 | 16.6:1 | 100% (546) |
| 2010-11 | 506 | 27 | 18.7:1 | 97% (491) |
| 2000-01 | 370 | 27 | 13.7:1 | 99% (367) |
| 1990-91 | 301 | 18 | 16.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for NIZHONI ELEMENTARY.
Since 2017-18: students down 47% (389 to 207); teachers down 20% (24.9 to 20).
About NIZHONI ELEMENTARY
NIZHONI ELEMENTARY is a small elementary school in CENTRAL, located in SHIPROCK, New Mexico. Total enrollment is 207 students, and the grades served are pre-K through 5. It has 28% fewer students than the average for elementary schools in New Mexico (about 287).
Besides NIZHONI ELEMENTARY, CENTRAL runs 15 other schools. The district enrolls 4,539 students.
At NIZHONI ELEMENTARY, 92% of students are Native American. The school is also 3% Hispanic and 2% Asian. The diversity index for NIZHONI ELEMENTARY is 16%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
The school's 20 full-time-equivalent teachers translate to a student-to-teacher ratio of 10.3:1. Elementary schools in New Mexico have an average ratio of 12.9:1. At NIZHONI ELEMENTARY, 100% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25. Public schools in San Juan County average a similar 99%.
On the allk12 Grade, NIZHONI ELEMENTARY lands at D, ahead of 6% of New Mexico public elementary schools.
On BeatsExpectations, which compares test results with what a school's student poverty level would predict, NIZHONI ELEMENTARY ranks in the bottom 10% in New Mexico. Its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 19.4%, against a prediction of 33.4%.
Five-year Census Bureau estimates for San Juan County show that the median household earns about $55,872 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 18%, and about 18% of people live in poverty. San Juan County has 62 public schools with about 21,309 students, including NIZHONI ELEMENTARY.
Straight-line distance to the nearest public school, TSE BIT AI MIDDLE, is about 0.2 miles. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. On state test proficiency, NIZHONI ELEMENTARY ranks 3rd in a group of 4 nearby schools.
NCES lists the school's locale as Rural: Fringe. That means it sits in rural territory close to an urban area.
From 292 students in 2020-21, enrollment fell to 207 by 2024-25. From 2020-21 to 2024-25, the ratio dropped from 12.7:1 to 10.3:1.
This page is a place to ask questions and share updates about fundraisers, report cards, and school supplies at NIZHONI ELEMENTARY. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
San Juan County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
120,942
Census ACS
Median income
$55,872
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
18%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
18%
Below federal line
Schools in county
62
21,309 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in CENTRAL
- KIRTLAND CENTRAL HIGHHigh · 743 students
- SHIPROCK HIGHHigh · 502 students
- JUDY NELSON ELEMENTARYElementary · 486 students
- TSE BIT AI MIDDLEMiddle · 390 students
- KIRTLAND ELEMENTARYElementary · 388 students
- KIRTLAND MIDDLEMiddle · 372 students
Other schools in SHIPROCK
- SHIPROCK HIGHHigh · 502 students
- TSE BIT AI MIDDLEMiddle · 390 students
- MESA ELEMENTARYElementary · 229 students
- EVA B STOKELY ELEMENTARYElementary · 203 students
- Atsa' Biya' a'zh Community SchoolElementary · 200 students
- Shiprock Northwest High SchoolHigh · 151 students
Nearby schools
- TSE BIT AI MIDDLE0.2 mi · 390
- EVA B STOKELY ELEMENTARY0.9 mi · 203
- SHIPROCK HIGH1.0 mi · 502
- CAREER PREP ALTERNATIVE1.0 mi · 118
- DREAM DINE CHARTER SCHOOL2.3 mi · 24
- MESA ELEMENTARY3.0 mi · 229
Frequently asked questions
About NIZHONI ELEMENTARYHow many students attend NIZHONI ELEMENTARY?
NIZHONI ELEMENTARY enrolls approximately 207 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does NIZHONI ELEMENTARY serve?
NIZHONI ELEMENTARY serves grades PK-05.
How many teachers does NIZHONI ELEMENTARY have?
NIZHONI ELEMENTARY employs 20 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 10.3:1.
What is the student diversity at NIZHONI ELEMENTARY?
Student demographics at NIZHONI ELEMENTARY are roughly 3% Hispanic, 0% Black, 2% Asian, 2% Two or more.
What district is NIZHONI ELEMENTARY in?
NIZHONI ELEMENTARY is part of CENTRAL.
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