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Alumni: what's one memory from NORTHEAST ELEMENTARY that still sticks with you?
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Enrollment
502
Elementary
DISTRICT 388 · STATE 287
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·FARMINGTON·NCES 350099000291
NORTHEAST ELEMENTARY
1400 EAST 23RD, FARMINGTON, NM 87401 · (505) 599-8609 · San Juan County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL502 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 62% of New Mexico public elementary schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+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
15.9:1
32 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.2:1 · STATE 12.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
502 students
DISTRICT 100% · 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 | 63 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 79 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 69 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 104 | 21% |
| Grade 4 | 90 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 97 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (63) is 35% smaller than its 5th grade class (97).
Student demographics
65%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 72% · 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
46.0%
NM avg 44.2%
Math
33.2%
NM avg 27.2%
What this means: On the NM-MSSA + NM-ASR, New Mexico's statewide test, about 46 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 33 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
37.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
33.4%
based on NM schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+4.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 38% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 33% typical for New Mexico schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among New Mexico's top nor bottom 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 NORTHEAST ELEMENTARY
NORTHEAST ELEMENTARY's state test result (37.8% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| NORTHEAST ELEMENTARY this school | 502 | 100.0% | 37.8% |
| BLUFFVIEW ELEMENTARY FARMINGTON | 355 | 100.0% | 23.0% |
| MCKINLEY ELEMENTARY FARMINGTON | 438 | 100.0% | 25.8% |
| ESPERANZA ELEMENTARY FARMINGTON | 469 | 100.0% | 32.5% |
| ANIMAS ELEMENTARY FARMINGTON | 345 | 100.0% | 28.8% |
| JUDY NELSON ELEMENTARY KIRTLAND | 486 | 100.0% | 34.2% |
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 NORTHEAST ELEMENTARY ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New Mexico | In San Juan County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 37.8% | #119 of 329 | #3 of 21 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 33.2% | #111 of 354 | #3 of 23 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 46.0% | #138 of 366 | #4 of 23 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 502 | #47 of 490 | #3 of 35 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.9:1 | #270 of 318 | #20 of 22 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 65.3% | #30 of 334 | #13 of 22 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 100% | #102 of 393 | #20 of 26 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -23.4% | #135 of 287 | #16 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
502
-7 (-1%) vs 2020
-10% since 1990-91, when it was 557
Student : Teacher
15.9:1
was 15.9:1
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 | 502 | 31.5 | 15.9:1 | 100% (502) |
| 2023-24 | 521 | 36.5 | 14.3:1 | 62% (322) |
| 2022-23 | 522 | 35.3 | 14.8:1 | 100% (522) |
| 2020-21 | 509 | 32 | 15.9:1 | 60% (303) |
| 2017-18 | 655 | 37.5 | 17.5:1 | 100% (655) |
| 2015-16 | 527 | 37 | 14.2:1 | 64% (339) |
| 2010-11 | 548 | 31 | 17.7:1 | 63% (347) |
| 2000-01 | 437 | 30 | 14.6:1 | 54% (235) |
| 1990-91 | 557 | 27 | 20.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for NORTHEAST ELEMENTARY.
Since 2017-18: students down 23% (655 to 502); teachers down 16% (37.5 to 31.5).
About NORTHEAST ELEMENTARY
NORTHEAST ELEMENTARY is an elementary school with a street address in FARMINGTON, New Mexico. It reported 502 students in kindergarten through 6 in 2024-25. Elementary schools in New Mexico have about 287 students on average; enrollment here is 75% higher.
The 20 schools of FARMINGTON, including NORTHEAST ELEMENTARY, enroll 10,745 students.
The largest racial or ethnic group at NORTHEAST ELEMENTARY is Native American, with 50% of students. The remaining shares are 26% Hispanic, 17% White, and 6% multiracial. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, NORTHEAST ELEMENTARY scores 65%.
With 31.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, the student-to-teacher ratio is about 15.9:1. Elementary schools in New Mexico average 12.9:1, 3.0 fewer students per teacher than here. Roughly 100% of students come from households that qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. The figure for public schools in San Juan County is close, at 99%.
Among New Mexico public elementary schools, NORTHEAST ELEMENTARY outscored 62%, which works out to a B on the allk12 Grade.
Compared with New Mexico schools that have similar shares of low-income students, NORTHEAST ELEMENTARY's results are 4.4 points above predicted: 37.8% against 33.4%.
Looking at the county, San Juan County, the median household earns about $55,872 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 18%, and roughly 18% of residents are in poverty. San Juan County has 62 public schools with about 21,309 students, including NORTHEAST ELEMENTARY.
Of the public schools around it, NORTHEAST ELEMENTARY is closest to HERMOSA MIDDLE SCHOOL, about 0.2 miles away. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Nearby schools average 32.4% on proficiency, and NORTHEAST ELEMENTARY is above that at 37.8%.
The school is inside a principal city with a population under 100,000, according to its NCES locale (City: Small).
Federal data show 509 students in 2020-21 and 502 in 2024-25, a difference of under 3%.
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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 FARMINGTON
- FARMINGTON HIGHHigh · 1,747 students
- PIEDRA VISTA HIGHHigh · 1,511 students
- HEIGHTS MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 660 students
- TIBBETTS MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 652 students
- HERMOSA MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 622 students
- COUNTRY CLUB ELEMENTARYElementary · 530 students
Other schools in FARMINGTON
- FARMINGTON HIGHHigh · 1,747 students
- PIEDRA VISTA HIGHHigh · 1,511 students
- HEIGHTS MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 660 students
- TIBBETTS MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 652 students
- HERMOSA MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 622 students
- COUNTRY CLUB ELEMENTARYElementary · 530 students
Other Northeast Elementary schools
24 other US public schools in 17 states are named Northeast Elementary. NORTHEAST ELEMENTARY is the 7th largest of the 25.
- NORTHEAST ELEMENTARY SCHOOLBRENTWOOD, NY · 937 students
- Northeast Elementary SchoolMeridian, MS · 730 students
- Northeast ElementaryClarksville, TN · 722 students
- Northeast ElementaryAnkeny, IA · 595 students
- Northeast Elementary SchoolGlenwood, IA · 538 students
Nearby schools
- HERMOSA MIDDLE SCHOOL0.2 mi · 622
- MCKINLEY ELEMENTARY0.7 mi · 438
- FARMINGTON HIGH0.9 mi · 1,747
- LADERA DEL NORTE ELEMENTARY1.0 mi · 504
- ANIMAS ELEMENTARY1.1 mi · 345
- FARMINGTON PRESCHOOL ACADEMY WEST1.4 mi · 153
Frequently asked questions
About NORTHEAST ELEMENTARYHow many students attend NORTHEAST ELEMENTARY?
NORTHEAST ELEMENTARY enrolls approximately 502 students in grades KG-06.
Is NORTHEAST ELEMENTARY an elementary, middle, or high school?
NORTHEAST ELEMENTARY is an elementary school covering grades KG-06.
How many teachers does NORTHEAST ELEMENTARY have?
NORTHEAST ELEMENTARY employs 32 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.9:1.
What is the student diversity at NORTHEAST ELEMENTARY?
Student demographics at NORTHEAST ELEMENTARY are roughly 17% White, 26% Hispanic, 1% Black, 6% Two or more.
What district is NORTHEAST ELEMENTARY in?
NORTHEAST ELEMENTARY is part of FARMINGTON.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.