PARKVIEW ELEMENTARY

PARKVIEW ELEMENTARY, a mid-sized primary school in SOCORRO, New Mexico, operated by SOCORRO, serves 382 students, covering grades pre-K through 5. By comparison, New Mexico's public schools average about 287 students each, so PARKVIEW ELEMENTARY sits 33% above that benchmark.

Across the 6 schools in SOCORRO (1,318 students total), PARKVIEW ELEMENTARY accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

For racial and ethnic makeup, PARKVIEW ELEMENTARY lists that 80% of the student body identifies as Hispanic. Beyond that, the school lists 9% White, 5% Native American, 3% multiracial, 2% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 50% Hispanic, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the resource side, PARKVIEW ELEMENTARY records 27 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 14.4:1. The state averages around 12.9:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Roughly 99% of students at PARKVIEW ELEMENTARY qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, PARKVIEW ELEMENTARY sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 33.7%; this one delivers 30.6%.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (Socorro County) records that the typical household earns roughly $36,570 per year, 19% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 30%. In all, Socorro County runs 11 public schools (combined enrollment of about 2,135 students), of which PARKVIEW ELEMENTARY is one.

Nearest neighbor: R. SARRACINO MIDDLE, around 0.8 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 3 other public schools cluster around PARKVIEW ELEMENTARY. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), PARKVIEW ELEMENTARY ranks 5th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 41.8%.

The campus sits in a small-town setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at PARKVIEW ELEMENTARY has ticked up 9%, going from 349 students in 2018 to 382 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 23% to 9% across the same window.

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