Enrollment
255
Elementary
DISTRICT 312 · STATE 287
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ROSWELL·NCES 350225000520
PECOS ELEMENTARY
600 EAST HOBBS ST, ROSWELL, NM 88203 · (575) 637-3550 · Chaves County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY33-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL255 STUDENTS
B+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 67% of New Mexico public elementary schools
- BTest 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
,
Teacher data unavailable
DISTRICT 10.8:1 · STATE 12.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
99%
253 students
DISTRICT 100% · STATE 90%
Community
0
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 | 19 | 7% |
| Kindergarten | 39 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 44 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 41 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 35 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 36 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 41 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (39) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (41).
Student demographics
15%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 39% · 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
52.8%
NM avg 44.2%
Math
29.6%
NM avg 27.2%
What this means: On the NM-MSSA + NM-ASR, New Mexico's statewide test, about 53 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 30 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
40.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
33.6%
based on NM schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+6.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 40% 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 PECOS ELEMENTARY
PECOS ELEMENTARY's state test result (40.3% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| PECOS ELEMENTARY this school | 255 | 99.2% | 40.3% |
| MOUNTAIN VIEW ELEMENTARY ALBUQUERQUE | 233 | 100.0% | 18.9% |
| ATRISCO ELEMENTARY ALBUQUERQUE | 205 | 100.0% | 22.2% |
| HAWTHORNE ELEMENTARY ALBUQUERQUE | 288 | 99.0% | 22.1% |
| LAVALAND ELEMENTARY ALBUQUERQUE | 369 | 100.0% | 20.8% |
| SANDOVAL ACADEMY OF BILINGUAL EDUCATION RIO RANCHO | 222 | 100.0% | 38.6% |
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 PECOS ELEMENTARY ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New Mexico | In Chaves County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 40.3% | #101 of 329 | #3 of 15 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 29.6% | #141 of 354 | #6 of 15 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 52.8% | #94 of 366 | #4 of 15 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 255 | #270 of 490 | #11 of 18 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 15.4% | #286 of 334 | #14 of 14 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 99.2% | #266 of 393 | #15 of 16 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -32.9% | #76 of 287 | #4 of 14 |
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
255
-62 (-20%) vs 2020
-38% since 1990-91, when it was 410
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 | 255 | N/A | N/A | 99% (253) |
| 2023-24 | 271 | 17.7 | 15.3:1 | 100% (271) |
| 2022-23 | 275 | 17 | 16.2:1 | 100% (275) |
| 2020-21 | 317 | 20 | 15.8:1 | 100% (317) |
| 2017-18 | 380 | 22.2 | 17.1:1 | 100% (380) |
| 2015-16 | 384 | 22 | 17.4:1 | 100% (384) |
| 2010-11 | 392 | 21 | 18.7:1 | 99% (389) |
| 2000-01 | 289 | 20 | 14.4:1 | 93% (268) |
| 1990-91 | 410 | 22 | 18.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for PECOS ELEMENTARY.
About PECOS ELEMENTARY
PECOS ELEMENTARY is a medium-sized elementary school based in ROSWELL, New Mexico. It covers pre-K through 5, with a total enrollment of 255 students.
Besides PECOS ELEMENTARY, ROSWELL runs 21 other schools. The district enrolls 9,184 students.
The large majority of students at PECOS ELEMENTARY, 92%, are Hispanic. The rest of enrollment is 6% White and 2% Black. Among all residents of Chaves County, the Hispanic share is about 58%. By the diversity index, PECOS ELEMENTARY comes in at 15%.
A measure often used for student poverty, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, stands at 99%. That is close to the 100% average for public schools in Chaves County.
The allk12 Grade for PECOS ELEMENTARY is B+. Compared with New Mexico public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 67% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
On BeatsExpectations, PECOS ELEMENTARY is 6.7 points above its prediction, a result in the middle 80% of New Mexico schools.
PECOS ELEMENTARY is located in Chaves County, where median household income is about $52,938, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 18%, and roughly 20% of residents are in poverty. PECOS ELEMENTARY is one of 33 public schools in Chaves County, which together enroll about 10,504 students.
The closest public school, ROSWELL HIGH, is about 0.8 miles from PECOS ELEMENTARY. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 31.8%; PECOS ELEMENTARY's is 40.3%, ranking 2nd of 8.
PECOS ELEMENTARY has an NCES locale of Town: Remote.
The number of students declined from 317 to 255 over 4 years.
Posts about sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater are welcome on this page. Reviews and ratings from people who know the school are welcome.
Chaves County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
64,217
Census ACS
Median income
$52,938
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
18%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
20%
Below federal line
Schools in county
33
10,504 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in ROSWELL
- ROSWELL HIGHHigh · 1,437 students
- GODDARD HIGHHigh · 1,096 students
- BERRENDO MIDDLEMiddle · 571 students
- SIERRA MIDDLEMiddle · 557 students
- DEL NORTE ELEMENTARYElementary · 518 students
- MOUNTAIN VIEW MIDDLEMiddle · 481 students
Other schools in ROSWELL
- ROSWELL HIGHHigh · 1,437 students
- GODDARD HIGHHigh · 1,096 students
- BERRENDO MIDDLEMiddle · 571 students
- SIERRA MIDDLEMiddle · 557 students
- DEL NORTE ELEMENTARYElementary · 518 students
- MOUNTAIN VIEW MIDDLEMiddle · 481 students
Other Pecos Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Pecos Elementary. PECOS ELEMENTARY is the largest of the 2.
- PECOS ELEMENTARYPECOS, NM · 194 students
Nearby schools
- ROSWELL HIGH0.8 mi · 1,437
- NANCY LOPEZ ELEMENTARY1.1 mi · 190
- VALLEY VIEW ELEMENTARY1.1 mi · 388
- MESA MIDDLE1.3 mi · 350
- MISSOURI AVE ELEMENTARY1.4 mi · 322
- MONTERREY ELEMENTARY1.5 mi · 373
Frequently asked questions
About PECOS ELEMENTARYHow large is PECOS ELEMENTARY?
PECOS ELEMENTARY enrolls approximately 255 students in grades PK-05.
Is PECOS ELEMENTARY an elementary, middle, or high school?
PECOS ELEMENTARY is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
What is the student diversity at PECOS ELEMENTARY?
Student demographics at PECOS ELEMENTARY are roughly 6% White, 92% Hispanic, 2% Black.
What district is PECOS ELEMENTARY in?
PECOS ELEMENTARY is part of ROSWELL.
Where is PECOS ELEMENTARY located?
PECOS ELEMENTARY is located at 600 EAST HOBBS ST, ROSWELL, NM 88203.
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