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Enrollment
498
Elementary
DISTRICT 345 · STATE 287
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ALBUQUERQUE·NCES 350006000039
PETROGLYPH ELEMENTARY
5100 MARNA LYNN AVE NW, ALBUQUERQUE, NM 87114 · (505) 898-0923 · Bernalillo County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL498 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 73% of New Mexico public elementary schools
- B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-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
12.8:1
39 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.5:1 · STATE 12.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
497 students
DISTRICT 92% · STATE 90%
Community
1
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 | 85 | 17% |
| Kindergarten | 70 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 62 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 71 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 65 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 76 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 69 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (70) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (69).
Student demographics
61%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 52% · 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
55.8%
NM avg 44.2%
Math
37.7%
NM avg 27.2%
What this means: On the NM-MSSA + NM-ASR, New Mexico's statewide test, about 56 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 38 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
43.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
33.5%
based on NM schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+9.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 43% 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 PETROGLYPH ELEMENTARY
PETROGLYPH ELEMENTARY's state test result (43.0% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| PETROGLYPH ELEMENTARY this school | 498 | 99.8% | 43.0% |
| MILITARY HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY ROSWELL | 426 | 100.0% | 37.0% |
| MILAN ELEMENTARY MILAN | 410 | 98.8% | 27.8% |
| SIERRA VISTA ELEMENTARY ALBUQUERQUE | 402 | 99.5% | 37.8% |
| SEVEN BAR ELEMENTARY ALBUQUERQUE | 455 | 99.8% | 34.7% |
| CIELO AZUL ELEMENTARY RIO RANCHO | 640 | 100.0% | 33.3% |
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 PETROGLYPH ELEMENTARY ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New Mexico | In Bernalillo County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 43.0% | #83 of 329 | #24 of 91 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 37.7% | #82 of 354 | #18 of 96 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 55.8% | #72 of 366 | #23 of 101 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 498 | #49 of 490 | #16 of 108 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.8:1 | #141 of 318 | #64 of 97 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 60.9% | #56 of 334 | #25 of 97 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 99.8% | #211 of 393 | #43 of 101 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -28.4% | #96 of 287 | #43 of 88 |
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
498
-32 (-6%) vs 2020
-43% since 2000-01, when it was 879
Student : Teacher
12.8:1
was 14.7:1
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 | 498 | 39.1 | 12.8:1 | 100% (497) |
| 2023-24 | 509 | 31.4 | 16.2:1 | 67% (343) |
| 2022-23 | 471 | 30 | 15.7:1 | 44% (205) |
| 2020-21 | 530 | 36 | 14.7:1 | 40% (212) |
| 2017-18 | 696 | 42.7 | 16.3:1 | 45% (310) |
| 2015-16 | 667 | 38 | 17.6:1 | 42% (280) |
| 2010-11 | 734 | 46 | 16.0:1 | 42% (310) |
| 2000-01 | 879 | 49 | 17.9:1 | 20% (176) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for PETROGLYPH ELEMENTARY.
Since 2017-18: students down 28% (696 to 498); teachers down 9% (42.7 to 39.1).
About PETROGLYPH ELEMENTARY
A large elementary school in ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico, PETROGLYPH ELEMENTARY is part of ALBUQUERQUE. The school's enrollment of 498 students covers pre-K through 5. Statewide, elementary schools in New Mexico average about 287 students each.
ALBUQUERQUE counts 74,800 students in its 172 schools, and PETROGLYPH ELEMENTARY is one of them.
Hispanic students make up a majority at PETROGLYPH ELEMENTARY, at 57%. The next largest groups are 23% White, 10% Native American, 5% multiracial, and 3% Black. Pick two students at random and there is a 61% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
PETROGLYPH ELEMENTARY's 39.1 full-time-equivalent teachers put its ratio at 12.8:1. That matches the 12.9:1 average for elementary schools in New Mexico fairly closely. The school's rate of free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is 100%. The rate at public schools in Bernalillo County averages 90%, lower than here.
allk12 grades PETROGLYPH ELEMENTARY a B+. The grade compares the school only with New Mexico public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
The model predicts 33.5% for a school in New Mexico with PETROGLYPH ELEMENTARY's free or reduced-price lunch share. PETROGLYPH ELEMENTARY posts 43.0%.
Bernalillo County has about 673,930 residents, and the median household income is $69,473, about 38% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and about 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Bernalillo County has 211 public schools and roughly 85,724 students.
The nearest other public school, SEVEN BAR ELEMENTARY, is about 1.5 miles away. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. Among the 7 closest schools with test data, this one included, PETROGLYPH ELEMENTARY ranks 1st on average proficiency.
NCES assigns PETROGLYPH ELEMENTARY the locale City: Large, meaning inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment is down 6% from 2020-21, when PETROGLYPH ELEMENTARY had 530 students, to 2024-25, when it had 498. Students per teacher fell from 14.7 in 2020-21 to 12.8 in 2024-25.
Questions about enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news can be posted here. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
Bernalillo County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
673,930
Census ACS
Median income
$69,473
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
38%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
211
85,724 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in ALBUQUERQUE
- VOLCANO VISTA HIGHHigh · 2,089 students
- ATRISCO HERITAGE ACADEMY HSHigh · 1,930 students
- LA CUEVA HIGHHigh · 1,826 students
- SANDIA HIGHHigh · 1,618 students
- ELDORADO HIGHCombined · 1,579 students
- ALBUQUERQUE HIGHHigh · 1,568 students
Other schools in ALBUQUERQUE
- VOLCANO VISTA HIGHHigh · 2,089 students
- ATRISCO HERITAGE ACADEMY HSHigh · 1,930 students
- LA CUEVA HIGHHigh · 1,826 students
- SANDIA HIGHHigh · 1,618 students
- ELDORADO HIGHCombined · 1,579 students
- ALBUQUERQUE HIGHHigh · 1,568 students
Nearby schools
- SEVEN BAR ELEMENTARY1.5 mi · 455
- CHAMIZA ELEMENTARY1.5 mi · 249
- CIBOLA HIGH1.7 mi · 1,517
- L.B. JOHNSON MIDDLE1.8 mi · 491
- SIERRA VISTA ELEMENTARY1.8 mi · 402
- SUNSET VIEW ELEMENTARY2.0 mi · 407
Frequently asked questions
About PETROGLYPH ELEMENTARYWhat is the total enrollment at PETROGLYPH ELEMENTARY?
PETROGLYPH ELEMENTARY enrolls approximately 498 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does PETROGLYPH ELEMENTARY serve?
PETROGLYPH ELEMENTARY serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many teachers does PETROGLYPH ELEMENTARY have?
PETROGLYPH ELEMENTARY employs 39 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.8:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at PETROGLYPH ELEMENTARY?
At PETROGLYPH ELEMENTARY, the student body is approximately 23% White, 57% Hispanic, 3% Black, 1% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Who oversees PETROGLYPH ELEMENTARY?
PETROGLYPH ELEMENTARY is overseen by ALBUQUERQUE in Bernalillo County.
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