Enrollment
227
Elementary
DISTRICT 424 · STATE 287
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LOS LUNAS·NCES 350168000441
PERALTA ELEMENTARY
3645 HWY 47, LOS LUNAS, NM 87031 · (505) 866-8231 · Valencia County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY23-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL227 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
14.2:1
16 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.8:1 · STATE 12.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
227 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 | 12 | 5% |
| Kindergarten | 33 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 23 | 10% |
| Grade 2 | 36 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 23 | 10% |
| Grade 4 | 32 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 39 | 17% |
| Grade 6 | 29 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (33) is 14% larger than its 6th grade class (29).
Student demographics
33%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 41% · 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
54.8%
NM avg 44.2%
Math
28.2%
NM avg 27.2%
What this means: On the NM-MSSA + NM-ASR, New Mexico's statewide test, about 55 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 28 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
33.4%
based on NM schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+6.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 40% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 33% 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 PERALTA ELEMENTARY
PERALTA ELEMENTARY's state test result (40.3% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| PERALTA ELEMENTARY this school | 227 | 100.0% | 40.3% |
| HAGERMAN ELEMENTARY HAGERMAN | 217 | 98.6% | 37.7% |
| LA PROMESA ELEMENTARY BELEN | 230 | 100.0% | 31.2% |
| JEFFERSON ELEMENTARY LOVINGTON | 228 | 100.0% | 23.4% |
| LOS RANCHOS ELEMENTARY ALBUQUERQUE | 194 | 100.0% | 30.6% |
| DENNIS CHAVEZ ELEMENTARY BELEN | 294 | 100.0% | 44.1% |
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 PERALTA ELEMENTARY ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New Mexico | In Valencia County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 40.3% | #102 of 329 | #6 of 14 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 28.2% | #152 of 354 | #7 of 14 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 54.8% | #79 of 366 | #4 of 14 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 227 | #297 of 490 | #14 of 15 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.2:1 | #212 of 318 | #3 of 14 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 33.4% | #214 of 334 | #7 of 14 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 100% | #149 of 393 | #9 of 15 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -32.6% | #78 of 287 | #1 of 10 |
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
227
-33 (-13%) vs 2020
-42% since 1990-91, when it was 391
Student : Teacher
14.2:1
was 15.3:1
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 | 227 | 16 | 14.2:1 | 100% (227) |
| 2023-24 | 232 | 20 | 11.6:1 | 81% (188) |
| 2022-23 | 248 | 16.6 | 14.9:1 | 100% (248) |
| 2020-21 | 260 | 17 | 15.3:1 | 100% (260) |
| 2017-18 | 337 | 20.4 | 16.6:1 | 100% (337) |
| 2015-16 | 348 | 20 | 17.4:1 | 100% (348) |
| 2010-11 | 398 | 24 | 16.6:1 | 72% (287) |
| 2000-01 | 326 | 19 | 17.2:1 | 58% (190) |
| 1990-91 | 391 | 20 | 19.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for PERALTA ELEMENTARY.
Since 2017-18: students down 33% (337 to 227); teachers down 21% (20.4 to 16).
About PERALTA ELEMENTARY
PERALTA ELEMENTARY is a small elementary school in New Mexico, located in LOS LUNAS. The school serves pre-K through 6. Enrollment is 227 students. By comparison, elementary schools in New Mexico enroll about 287 students on average.
PERALTA ELEMENTARY is run by LOS LUNAS, whose 16 schools enroll 8,207 students.
Hispanic students account for 80% of the school's enrollment. It is also 15% White and 4% multiracial. Valencia County's residents are about 61% Hispanic, 19 points below the school's share. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 33, compared with 70 nationally.
PERALTA ELEMENTARY has 16 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of about 14.2:1. The school's 14.2:1 compares with an average of 12.9:1 for elementary schools in New Mexico. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch, often used to gauge student poverty, is 100%. Public schools in Valencia County average a similar 100%.
On the allk12 Grade, PERALTA ELEMENTARY lands at B+, ahead of 67% of New Mexico public elementary schools.
Test results at PERALTA ELEMENTARY are 6.9 points above what its free or reduced-price lunch share predicts (40.3% actual, 33.4% predicted).
In Valencia County, where the school is located, the median household earns about $58,933 a year, roughly 21% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 13%. Public schools in Valencia County number 27, with about 11,956 students.
The closest school to PERALTA ELEMENTARY is VALENCIA ELEMENTARY, located about 1.7 miles away. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. Ranking the closest schools with test data puts PERALTA ELEMENTARY at 3rd of 7.
Locale: Suburb: Small. In NCES terms, the school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population under 100,000.
Enrollment figures show a decrease of 33 students from 2020-21 to 2024-25. The ratio of students to teachers went from 15.3:1 to 14.2:1 over the same years.
Parents, students, and staff can share information on pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback here. Members of the school community can share what they know.
Valencia County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
78,458
Census ACS
Median income
$58,933
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
21%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
13%
Below federal line
Schools in county
27
11,956 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in LOS LUNAS
- LOS LUNAS HIGHHigh · 1,460 students
- VALENCIA HIGHHigh · 960 students
- LOS LUNAS MIDDLEMiddle · 719 students
- SUNDANCE ELEMENTARYElementary · 617 students
- KATHERINE GALLEGOS ELEMENTARYElementary · 605 students
- BOSQUE FARMS ELEMENTARYElementary · 458 students
Other schools in LOS LUNAS
- LOS LUNAS HIGHHigh · 1,460 students
- VALENCIA HIGHHigh · 960 students
- LOS LUNAS MIDDLEMiddle · 719 students
- SUNDANCE ELEMENTARYElementary · 617 students
- KATHERINE GALLEGOS ELEMENTARYElementary · 605 students
- SCHOOL OF DREAMS ACADEMYCombined · 478 students
Other Peralta Elementary schools
2 other US public schools in 2 states are named Peralta Elementary. PERALTA ELEMENTARY is the 3rd largest of the 3.
- Peralta ElementaryJurupa Valley, CA · 443 students
- Peralta ElementaryOakland, CA · 355 students
Nearby schools
- VALENCIA ELEMENTARY1.7 mi · 370
- LOS LUNAS FAMILY SCHOOL1.7 mi · 35
- BOSQUE FARMS ELEMENTARY1.8 mi · 458
- LOS LUNAS ELEMENTARY2.5 mi · 458
- CENTURY ALT HIGH2.7 mi · 353
- RAYMOND GABALDON ELEMENTARY2.8 mi · 365
Frequently asked questions
About PERALTA ELEMENTARYWhat is the total enrollment at PERALTA ELEMENTARY?
PERALTA ELEMENTARY enrolls approximately 227 students in grades PK-06.
What age range does PERALTA ELEMENTARY serve?
PERALTA ELEMENTARY serves students from grade PK through grade 06.
How many students per teacher at PERALTA ELEMENTARY?
Approximately 14.2:1 students per teacher at PERALTA ELEMENTARY.
How diverse is PERALTA ELEMENTARY?
PERALTA ELEMENTARY reports a student body of 15% White, 80% Hispanic, 4% Two or more.
Who oversees PERALTA ELEMENTARY?
PERALTA ELEMENTARY is overseen by LOS LUNAS in Valencia County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.