PECOS ELEMENTARY

PECOS ELEMENTARY is one of the small elementary campuss in PECOS, New Mexico, one of the schools within PECOS, with 194 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 5. That puts it 32% smaller than the typical public school in New Mexico, which averages around 287 students.

Across the 3 schools in PECOS (434 students total), PECOS ELEMENTARY accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

For racial and ethnic makeup, PECOS ELEMENTARY shows that nearly all students (93%) are Hispanic. The remainder comes out to 6% White. The wider county runs roughly 75% Hispanic, putting the school's mix considerably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 17 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 11.4:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 12.9:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 47% of students at PECOS ELEMENTARY qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against San Miguel County (around 96%), the school's rate is somewhat below typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), PECOS ELEMENTARY falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 46.2%; this one comes in at 28.2%, -18.0 points off the demographic line.

Around the school, San Miguel County reports that median household income runs about $49,431, roughly 27% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 18% of residents live below the federal poverty line. PECOS ELEMENTARY is one of 19 public schools in San Miguel County (combined enrollment of about 3,156 students).

The closest other public school is PECOS MIDDLE, roughly 0.2 miles away. 2 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, PECOS ELEMENTARY comes 2nd of 4 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 33.4%.

Geographically, the school is in an outlying area.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 36%: 304 students in 2018 compared to 194 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 88% to 93% across the same window. Class-load math has pulled in: from 14.5:1 in 2018 to 11.4:1 in 2025.

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