PAINTED SKY ELEMENTARY

PAINTED SKY ELEMENTARY, a substantial elementary campus in ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico, operated by ALBUQUERQUE, serves 536 students, covering grades pre-K through 5. That puts it 87% above the typical public school in New Mexico, which averages around 287 students.

ALBUQUERQUE runs 171 schools in total, collectively educating 74,041 students. PAINTED SKY ELEMENTARY is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, PAINTED SKY ELEMENTARY lists that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (81%); the rest is composed of 8% White, 5% Native American, 2% Black, 2% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 49% Hispanic, putting the school's mix considerably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 46 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 11.8:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 12.9:1, putting PAINTED SKY ELEMENTARY tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 100% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is north of Bernalillo County's rate of about 90%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, PAINTED SKY ELEMENTARY performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 33.5%, the actual is 27.6%, a residual of -5.9 points.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Bernalillo County indicate median household income runs about $69,473, about 38% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. In all, Bernalillo County runs 211 public schools (combined enrollment of about 85,724 students), of which PAINTED SKY ELEMENTARY is one.

JIMMY CARTER MIDDLE is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.9 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, PAINTED SKY ELEMENTARY comes 2nd of 6 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 24.2%.

The campus sits in a city-core setting.

Five-year trend. PAINTED SKY ELEMENTARY's enrollment has shrank 50% since 2018, when it stood at 1,065 (now 536). Over the same period, the Hispanic share edged up from 77% to 81%. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 15.3:1 in 2018 to 11.8:1 today.

Inside the community feed, members of the PAINTED SKY ELEMENTARY community share and discuss school events, parent volunteer needs, and clubs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.