OCOTILLO ELEMENTARY

OCOTILLO ELEMENTARY is a large elementary campus in CARLSBAD, New Mexico, run under CARLSBAD. The school teaches 621 students in grades pre-K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 287 students per school, that is 116% larger than typical.

Across the 13 schools in CARLSBAD (7,217 students total), OCOTILLO ELEMENTARY accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Demographically, OCOTILLO ELEMENTARY logs that 62% of the student body identifies as Hispanic. Other groups include 31% White, 4% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 52% Hispanic, putting the school's mix considerably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, OCOTILLO ELEMENTARY records 38 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 16.5:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 12.9:1, putting OCOTILLO ELEMENTARY higher than the state norm the norm. About 20% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Eddy County (around 46%), the school's rate is somewhat below typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, On a poverty-adjusted basis, OCOTILLO ELEMENTARY sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 52.6%; actual is 35.3%, a gap of -17.3 points.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Eddy County) records that median household earnings sit near $78,426, roughly 19% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. OCOTILLO ELEMENTARY is one of 26 public schools in Eddy County (combined enrollment of about 11,661 students).

MONTERREY ELEMENTARY is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.8 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts OCOTILLO ELEMENTARY at 4th of 6; the average score across the group is 35.5%.

OCOTILLO ELEMENTARY operates from a town-center location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at OCOTILLO ELEMENTARY has fell 5%, going from 655 students in 2018 to 621 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share ticked down from 49% to 31%.

Within the allk12 community for this school, posts here usually surface around fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.