PENASCO ELEMENTARY

As a cozy elementary school in PENASCO, New Mexico, PENASCO ELEMENTARY caters to 127 students from grades pre-K through 5, part of PENASCO. Enrollment runs roughly 56% smaller than the state mean of about 287.

PENASCO comprises 3 schools with combined enrollment of 276 students; PENASCO ELEMENTARY is among them.

In terms of who attends, PENASCO ELEMENTARY records that nearly all students (87%) are Hispanic. Other groups include 6% Native American, 5% White. The wider county runs roughly 51% Hispanic, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the resource side, On paper, PENASCO ELEMENTARY has 7 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 17.9:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 12.9:1 average. Roughly 100% of students at PENASCO ELEMENTARY qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Taos County (around 89%), the school's rate is meaningfully above typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), PENASCO ELEMENTARY sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 33.4%; this one delivers 38.2%.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Taos County) records that median household income runs about $58,950, about 39% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 12%. In all, Taos County runs 23 public schools (combined enrollment of about 3,727 students), of which PENASCO ELEMENTARY is one.

PENASCO HIGH is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 2 other public schools cluster around PENASCO ELEMENTARY. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts PENASCO ELEMENTARY at 3rd of 5; the average score across the group is 38.0%.

The campus sits in a small-town setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. PENASCO ELEMENTARY's enrollment has declined 37% since 2018, when it stood at 201 (now 127). The student-to-teacher ratio grew from 12.5:1 in 2018 to 17.9:1 today.

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