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Enrollment
384
Elementary
DISTRICT 304 · STATE 287
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·POJOAQUE·NCES 350207000482
PABLO ROYBAL ELEMENTARY
1574 STATE RD 502, SANTA FE, NM 87506 · (505) 455-2282 · Santa Fe County
GRADES PK–03ELEMENTARY42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL384 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 46% of New Mexico public elementary schools
- C+Test 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
14.1:1
27 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.7:1 · STATE 12.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
384 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 53 | 14% |
| Kindergarten | 77 | 20% |
| Grade 1 | 72 | 19% |
| Grade 2 | 86 | 22% |
| Grade 3 | 96 | 25% |
Student demographics
39%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 36% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Based on grade levels within POJOAQUE. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
NM-MSSA + NM-ASR 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
47.8%
NM avg 44.2%
Math
17.8%
NM avg 27.2%
What this means: On the NM-MSSA + NM-ASR, New Mexico's statewide test, about 48 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 18 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
32.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
33.4%
based on NM schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-0.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 33% 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 PABLO ROYBAL ELEMENTARY
PABLO ROYBAL ELEMENTARY's state test result (32.8% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| PABLO ROYBAL ELEMENTARY this school | 384 | 100.0% | 32.8% |
| WD CARROLL ELEMENTARY BERNALILLO | 399 | 100.0% | 28.8% |
| ENOS GARCIA ELEMENTARY TAOS | 348 | 100.0% | 25.0% |
| RUBEN S. TORRES ELEMENTARY DEMING | 363 | 98.6% | 21.5% |
| DOLORES GONZALES ELEMENTARY ALBUQUERQUE | 298 | 99.0% | 26.8% |
| JORNADA ELEMENTARY LAS CRUCES | 429 | 100.0% | 38.9% |
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 PABLO ROYBAL ELEMENTARY ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New Mexico | In Santa Fe County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 32.8% | #173 of 329 | #8 of 18 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 17.8% | #253 of 354 | #14 of 24 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 47.8% | #122 of 366 | #9 of 24 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 384 | #135 of 490 | #7 of 28 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.1:1 | #204 of 318 | #12 of 21 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 39.4% | #178 of 334 | #7 of 21 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 100% | #165 of 393 | #1 of 20 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -30.8% | #84 of 287 | #6 of 20 |
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
384
-77 (-17%) vs 2020
-35% since 1990-91, when it was 593
Student : Teacher
14.1:1
was 15.4:1
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 | 384 | 27.3 | 14.1:1 | 100% (384) |
| 2023-24 | 399 | 29.4 | 13.6:1 | 48% (191) |
| 2022-23 | 428 | 30.7 | 13.9:1 | 63% (270) |
| 2020-21 | 461 | 30 | 15.4:1 | 65% (298) |
| 2017-18 | 555 | 37.1 | 15.0:1 | 57% (317) |
| 2015-16 | 532 | 36 | 14.8:1 | 71% (377) |
| 2010-11 | 541 | 36 | 15.0:1 | 62% (337) |
| 2000-01 | 642 | 38 | 16.9:1 | 66% (422) |
| 1990-91 | 593 | 26 | 22.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for PABLO ROYBAL ELEMENTARY.
Since 2017-18: students down 31% (555 to 384); teachers down 26% (37.1 to 27.3).
About PABLO ROYBAL ELEMENTARY
PABLO ROYBAL ELEMENTARY is a mid-sized elementary school that serves part of SANTA FE, New Mexico. It is open to students in pre-K through 3 and enrolls 384 students. Elementary schools in New Mexico have about 287 students on average; enrollment here is 34% higher.
The district, POJOAQUE, has 1,500 students enrolled across 5 schools.
Hispanic students are 76% of those enrolled at PABLO ROYBAL ELEMENTARY. The remaining shares are 18% Native American and 4% White. Census estimates put the Hispanic share of Santa Fe County's population at about 48%. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 39, compared with 70 nationally.
Teacher count: 27.3 full-time equivalents. Student-to-teacher ratio: 14.1:1. Across elementary schools in New Mexico, the average ratio is 12.9:1. Roughly 100% of students come from households that qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. The average for public schools in Santa Fe County is 84%.
PABLO ROYBAL ELEMENTARY holds a B- allk12 Grade, placing it above 46% of New Mexico public elementary schools.
Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the BeatsExpectations model predicts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 33.4% for PABLO ROYBAL ELEMENTARY. The school posts 32.8%, within a point of the prediction.
In Santa Fe County, where the school is located, the median household earns about $79,071 a year, 46% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 9% of people live in poverty. Counting PABLO ROYBAL ELEMENTARY, Santa Fe County has 53 public schools.
PABLO ROYBAL ELEMENTARY's nearest public school is POJOAQUE INTERMEDIATE (less than a tenth of a mile). Inside a five-mile radius, there are 5 other public schools. Ranked by average proficiency, PABLO ROYBAL ELEMENTARY places 1st out of 5 schools in its immediate area.
PABLO ROYBAL ELEMENTARY falls in the Rural: Distant locale category, used for schools in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
The school shrank from 461 students in 2020-21 to 384 in 2024-25. The student-to-teacher ratio went down from 15.4:1 to 14.1:1.
This page is a place to ask questions and share updates about athletics, class schedules, and weather closures at PABLO ROYBAL ELEMENTARY. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
Santa Fe County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
156,105
Census ACS
Median income
$79,071
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
46%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
53
20,719 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in POJOAQUE
- POJOAQUE HIGHHigh · 550 students
- POJOAQUE MIDDLEMiddle · 263 students
- POJOAQUE INTERMEDIATEElementary · 224 students
- SIXTH GRADE ACADEMYMiddle · 79 students
Other schools in SANTA FE
- SANTA FE HIGHHigh · 1,491 students
- NEW MEXICO CONNECTIONS ACADEMYCombined · 1,487 students
- CAPITAL HIGHHigh · 1,388 students
- EL CAMINO REAL ACADEMY COMMUNITYElementary · 704 students
- Santa Fe Indian SchoolHigh · 701 students
- NINA OTERO COMMUNITY SCHOOLElementary · 629 students
Nearby schools
- POJOAQUE INTERMEDIATE0.1 mi · 224
- POJOAQUE HIGH0.2 mi · 550
- POJOAQUE MIDDLE2.5 mi · 263
- SIXTH GRADE ACADEMY2.5 mi · 79
- San Ildefonso Day School3.4 mi · 36
- Kha'p'o Community School6.8 mi · 98
Frequently asked questions
About PABLO ROYBAL ELEMENTARYHow large is PABLO ROYBAL ELEMENTARY?
PABLO ROYBAL ELEMENTARY enrolls approximately 384 students in grades PK-03.
What age range does PABLO ROYBAL ELEMENTARY serve?
PABLO ROYBAL ELEMENTARY serves students from grade PK through grade 03.
How many students per teacher at PABLO ROYBAL ELEMENTARY?
Approximately 14.1:1 students per teacher at PABLO ROYBAL ELEMENTARY.
How diverse is PABLO ROYBAL ELEMENTARY?
PABLO ROYBAL ELEMENTARY reports a student body of 4% White, 76% Hispanic, 1% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Who oversees PABLO ROYBAL ELEMENTARY?
PABLO ROYBAL ELEMENTARY is overseen by POJOAQUE in Santa Fe County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.