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Enrollment
621
Elementary
DISTRICT 471 · STATE 287
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CARLSBAD·NCES 350030001123
OCOTILLO ELEMENTARY
2106 CAPTAIN WILLIAMS LN, CARLSBAD, NM 88220 · (575) 628-4498 · Eddy County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY33-TOWNREGULAR SCHOOL621 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 29% of New Mexico public elementary schools
- B-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- FBeats 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
16.5:1
38 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.3:1 · STATE 12.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
20%
125 students
DISTRICT 25% · 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 | 106 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 91 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 105 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 121 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 102 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 96 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (106) is 10% larger than its 5th grade class (96).
Student demographics
51%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 46% · 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
44.2%
NM avg 44.2%
Math
29.0%
NM avg 27.2%
What this means: On the NM-MSSA + NM-ASR, New Mexico's statewide test, about 44 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 29 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
35.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
52.6%
based on NM schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-17.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 35% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 53% 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 OCOTILLO ELEMENTARY
OCOTILLO ELEMENTARY's state test result (35.3% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| OCOTILLO ELEMENTARY this school | 621 | 20.1% | 35.3% |
| DESERT WILLOW ELEMENTARY CARLSBAD | 667 | 22.0% | 43.2% |
| SUNSET ELEMENTARY CARLSBAD | 438 | 28.3% | 34.3% |
| COTTONWOOD ELEMENTARY CARLSBAD | 684 | 28.1% | 38.9% |
| MONTERREY ELEMENTARY CARLSBAD | 366 | 28.1% | 41.4% |
| ALICE KING COMMUNITY SCHOOL ALBUQUERQUE | 384 | 31.0% | 42.7% |
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 OCOTILLO ELEMENTARY ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New Mexico | In Eddy County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 35.3% | #154 of 329 | #8 of 10 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 29.0% | #143 of 354 | #9 of 11 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 44.2% | #153 of 366 | #9 of 11 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 621 | #17 of 490 | #3 of 13 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.5:1 | #280 of 318 | #6 of 11 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 51.2% | #118 of 334 | #1 of 11 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 20.1% | #385 of 393 | #10 of 11 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -5.2% | #253 of 287 | N/A |
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
621
+69 (+13%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
16.5:1
was 15.8:1
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 | 621 | 37.7 | 16.5:1 | 20% (125) |
| 2023-24 | 711 | 39.3 | 18.1:1 | 35% (250) |
| 2022-23 | 708 | 39.8 | 17.8:1 | 25% (179) |
| 2020-21 | 552 | 35 | 15.8:1 | 37% (205) |
| 2017-18 | 655 | 37.5 | 17.5:1 | 50% (326) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for OCOTILLO ELEMENTARY.
Since 2017-18: students down 5% (655 to 621); teachers unchanged (37.5 to 37.7).
About OCOTILLO ELEMENTARY
Families in CARLSBAD, New Mexico, are served by OCOTILLO ELEMENTARY, a large elementary school. The school covers pre-K through 5 and reported 621 students in 2024-25. On average, elementary schools in New Mexico enroll around 287, and this school is 116% above that mark.
CARLSBAD enrolls 7,217 students, and its 13 schools include OCOTILLO ELEMENTARY.
The student body at OCOTILLO ELEMENTARY is 62% Hispanic. The school is also 31% White and 4% multiracial. The Hispanic share of the county population is lower, at 52%. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 51%.
OCOTILLO ELEMENTARY lists 37.7 full-time-equivalent teachers; that is about 16.5 students per teacher. Across elementary schools in New Mexico, the average ratio is 12.9:1. Free or reduced-price lunch covers 20% of the student body. The gap from the 46% average for public schools in Eddy County is 26 points.
On the allk12 Grade, OCOTILLO ELEMENTARY lands at C, ahead of 29% of New Mexico public elementary schools.
Test results at OCOTILLO ELEMENTARY are 17.3 points below what its student poverty level predicts. The average proficiency rate across its state test results is 35.3%, compared with a predicted 52.6%, which ranks in the bottom 10% in New Mexico.
In Eddy County, home to about 61,105 people, the median household earns about $78,426 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 19% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 11%. OCOTILLO ELEMENTARY shares Eddy County with 25 other public schools.
The closest school to OCOTILLO ELEMENTARY is MONTERREY ELEMENTARY, located about 0.8 miles away. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. Nearby schools average 35.5% on proficiency, and OCOTILLO ELEMENTARY is below that at 35.3%.
NCES assigns OCOTILLO ELEMENTARY the locale Town: Remote, meaning in a town far from an urbanized area.
Enrollment figures show a gain of 69 students from 2020-21 to 2024-25.
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Eddy County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
61,105
Census ACS
Median income
$78,426
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
19%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
26
11,661 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in CARLSBAD
- CARLSBAD HIGHHigh · 1,685 students
- CARLSBAD INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL - PR LEYVA CAMPUSMiddle · 908 students
- CARLSBAD SIXTH GRADE ACADEMY - ALTA VISTA CAMPUSMiddle · 740 students
- COTTONWOOD ELEMENTARYElementary · 684 students
- DESERT WILLOW ELEMENTARYElementary · 667 students
- SUNSET ELEMENTARYElementary · 438 students
Other schools in CARLSBAD
- CARLSBAD HIGHHigh · 1,685 students
- CARLSBAD INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL - PR LEYVA CAMPUSMiddle · 908 students
- CARLSBAD SIXTH GRADE ACADEMY - ALTA VISTA CAMPUSMiddle · 740 students
- COTTONWOOD ELEMENTARYElementary · 684 students
- DESERT WILLOW ELEMENTARYElementary · 667 students
- SUNSET ELEMENTARYElementary · 438 students
Other Ocotillo Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Ocotillo Elementary. OCOTILLO ELEMENTARY is the largest of the 2.
- Ocotillo ElementaryPalmdale, CA · 588 students
Nearby schools
- MONTERREY ELEMENTARY0.8 mi · 366
- CARLSBAD EARLY COLLEGE HIGH1.1 mi · 200
- CARLSBAD HIGH1.8 mi · 1,685
- SUNSET ELEMENTARY1.8 mi · 438
- CARLSBAD INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL - PR LEYVA CAMPUS2.3 mi · 908
- JEFFERSON MONTESSORI2.4 mi · 215
Frequently asked questions
About OCOTILLO ELEMENTARYWhat is the total enrollment at OCOTILLO ELEMENTARY?
OCOTILLO ELEMENTARY enrolls approximately 621 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does OCOTILLO ELEMENTARY serve?
OCOTILLO ELEMENTARY serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at OCOTILLO ELEMENTARY?
Approximately 16.5:1 students per teacher at OCOTILLO ELEMENTARY.
What is the student diversity at OCOTILLO ELEMENTARY?
Student demographics at OCOTILLO ELEMENTARY are roughly 31% White, 62% Hispanic, 1% Black, 2% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Is OCOTILLO ELEMENTARY public or private?
OCOTILLO ELEMENTARY is a public K-12 school, overseen by CARLSBAD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.