Ohkay Owingeh Community School

Ohkay Owingeh Community School is a public small elementary school in Ohkay Owingeh, New Mexico. Enrolled students number 105 students, in kindergarten through 6. Enrollment is 63% lower than the average for elementary schools in New Mexico, which is about 287.

The school serves as its own district in federal records.

Native American students make up 100% of enrollment at Ohkay Owingeh Community School. The school's diversity index is 0%, meaning two students picked at random have a 0% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.

The school has about 21.0 students per teacher and 5 full-time-equivalent teachers. This ratio sits 8.1 above the 12.9:1 average for elementary schools in New Mexico. Federal records put free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at 97%. For comparison, public schools in Rio Arriba County average 98%.

Rio Arriba County has about 40,070 residents, and the median household income is $57,155, 19% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 15% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Besides Ohkay Owingeh Community School, Rio Arriba County has 29 other public schools.

The next-closest public school is SAN JUAN ELEMENTARY, about 0.3 miles away. Ohkay Owingeh Community School is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles.

NCES describes the area around Ohkay Owingeh Community School as Town: Distant, meaning in a town some distance from an urbanized area.

2024-25 enrollment was 105, a 21% increase from 87 in 2017-18.

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