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Enrollment
536
Elementary
DISTRICT 345 · STATE 287
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ALBUQUERQUE·NCES 350006000782
PAINTED SKY ELEMENTARY
8101 GAVIN DR NW, ALBUQUERQUE, NM 87120 · (505) 836-7763 · Bernalillo County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL536 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 32% of New Mexico public elementary schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+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
11.8:1
46 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.5:1 · STATE 12.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
534 students
DISTRICT 92% · 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 | 30 | 6% |
| Kindergarten | 70 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 79 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 96 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 94 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 75 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 92 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (70) is 24% smaller than its 5th grade class (92).
Student demographics
33%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 52% · 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
36.2%
NM avg 44.2%
Math
21.5%
NM avg 27.2%
What this means: On the NM-MSSA + NM-ASR, New Mexico's statewide test, about 36 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 22 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
27.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
33.5%
based on NM schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-5.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 28% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 34% 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 PAINTED SKY ELEMENTARY
PAINTED SKY ELEMENTARY's state test result (27.6% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| PAINTED SKY ELEMENTARY this school | 536 | 99.6% | 27.6% |
| HELEN CORDERO PRIMARY ALBUQUERQUE | 445 | 99.6% | N/A |
| RUDOLFO ANAYA ELEMENTARY ALBUQUERQUE | 592 | 99.7% | 18.8% |
| SANTA TERESA ELEMENTARY SANTA TERESA | 484 | 100.0% | 42.5% |
| TURQUOISE TRAIL CHARTER SCHOOL SANTA FE | 622 | 99.8% | 25.7% |
| CARLOS REY ELEMENTARY ALBUQUERQUE | 446 | 99.6% | 27.1% |
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 PAINTED SKY ELEMENTARY ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New Mexico | In Bernalillo County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 27.6% | #221 of 329 | #56 of 91 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 21.5% | #210 of 354 | #52 of 96 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 36.2% | #227 of 366 | #54 of 101 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 536 | #30 of 490 | #7 of 108 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.8:1 | #95 of 318 | #44 of 97 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 32.8% | #216 of 334 | #69 of 97 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 99.6% | #237 of 393 | #56 of 101 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -49.7% | #10 of 287 | #3 of 88 |
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
536
-25 (-4%) vs 2020
-38% since 2000-01, when it was 862
Student : Teacher
11.8:1
was 13.1:1
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 | 536 | 45.5 | 11.8:1 | 100% (534) |
| 2023-24 | 558 | 43.5 | 12.8:1 | N/A |
| 2022-23 | 620 | 44.6 | 13.9:1 | 100% (620) |
| 2020-21 | 561 | 43 | 13.1:1 | 100% (561) |
| 2017-18 | 1,065 | 69.5 | 15.3:1 | 100% (1,065) |
| 2015-16 | 1,160 | 64 | 18.1:1 | 100% (1,160) |
| 2010-11 | 1,054 | 65 | 16.2:1 | 79% (829) |
| 2000-01 | 862 | 49 | 17.6:1 | 65% (562) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for PAINTED SKY ELEMENTARY.
Since 2017-18: students down 50% (1,065 to 536); teachers down 35% (69.5 to 45.5).
About PAINTED SKY ELEMENTARY
PAINTED SKY ELEMENTARY is a large elementary school in ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico. Enrollment stands at 536 students, covering pre-K through 5. That puts enrollment 87% above the 287-student average for elementary schools in New Mexico.
ALBUQUERQUE serves 74,800 students across 172 schools.
The share of students at PAINTED SKY ELEMENTARY who are Hispanic is 81%. Smaller groups are 8% White, 5% Native American, 2% Black, and 2% multiracial. County-wide, 49% of Bernalillo County residents are Hispanic. A diversity index of 33% means there is a 33% chance two randomly chosen students at PAINTED SKY ELEMENTARY are from different groups.
A staff of 45.5 full-time-equivalent teachers puts the student-to-teacher ratio at 11.8:1. Across elementary schools in New Mexico, the average ratio is 12.9:1. The share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch is 100%. That is 10 points above the 90% average for public schools in Bernalillo County.
PAINTED SKY ELEMENTARY holds a C allk12 Grade, placing it above 32% of New Mexico public elementary schools.
PAINTED SKY ELEMENTARY scores 27.6% on state tests, averaged across results. The predicted figure, based on its student poverty level, is 33.5%.
In Bernalillo County, where the school is located, the median household earns about $69,473 a year, roughly 38% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Counting PAINTED SKY ELEMENTARY, Bernalillo County has 211 public schools.
The closest school to PAINTED SKY ELEMENTARY is JIMMY CARTER MIDDLE, located about 0.9 miles away. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. Of 6 schools in the immediate area with test results, PAINTED SKY ELEMENTARY ranks 2nd on average proficiency.
Its NCES locale code is City: Large: the school is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
The school's enrollment decreased 4% from 2020-21 to 2024-25. Students per teacher dropped from 13.1 in 2020-21 to 11.8 in 2024-25.
PAINTED SKY ELEMENTARY has a community page on allk12 for topics such as athletics, class schedules, and weather closures. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
Bernalillo County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
673,930
Census ACS
Median income
$69,473
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
38%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
211
85,724 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in ALBUQUERQUE
- VOLCANO VISTA HIGHHigh · 2,089 students
- ATRISCO HERITAGE ACADEMY HSHigh · 1,930 students
- LA CUEVA HIGHHigh · 1,826 students
- SANDIA HIGHHigh · 1,618 students
- ELDORADO HIGHCombined · 1,579 students
- ALBUQUERQUE HIGHHigh · 1,568 students
Other schools in ALBUQUERQUE
- VOLCANO VISTA HIGHHigh · 2,089 students
- ATRISCO HERITAGE ACADEMY HSHigh · 1,930 students
- LA CUEVA HIGHHigh · 1,826 students
- SANDIA HIGHHigh · 1,618 students
- ELDORADO HIGHCombined · 1,579 students
- ALBUQUERQUE HIGHHigh · 1,568 students
Other Painted Sky Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Painted Sky Elementary. PAINTED SKY ELEMENTARY is the largest of the 2.
- Painted Sky Elementary SchoolORO VALLEY, AZ · 416 students
Nearby schools
- JIMMY CARTER MIDDLE0.9 mi · 436
- TRES VOLCANES COMMUNITY COLLABORATIVE SCHOOL1.1 mi · 865
- WEST MESA HIGH1.2 mi · 1,565
- SUSIE RAYOS MARMON ELEMENTARY1.2 mi · 507
- ALBUQUERQUE BILINGUAL ACADEMY1.2 mi · 328
- HORIZON ACADEMY WEST1.7 mi · 495
Frequently asked questions
About PAINTED SKY ELEMENTARYWhat is the total enrollment at PAINTED SKY ELEMENTARY?
PAINTED SKY ELEMENTARY enrolls approximately 536 students in grades PK-05.
Is PAINTED SKY ELEMENTARY an elementary, middle, or high school?
PAINTED SKY ELEMENTARY is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at PAINTED SKY ELEMENTARY?
The student-to-teacher ratio at PAINTED SKY ELEMENTARY is approximately 11.8:1 (46 FTE teachers).
How diverse is PAINTED SKY ELEMENTARY?
PAINTED SKY ELEMENTARY reports a student body of 8% White, 81% Hispanic, 2% Black, 1% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Who oversees PAINTED SKY ELEMENTARY?
PAINTED SKY ELEMENTARY is overseen by ALBUQUERQUE in Bernalillo County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.