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PINON ELEMENTARY

2921 CAMINO CABALLOS, SANTA FE, NM 87507 · (505) 467-1600 · Santa Fe County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL513 STUDENTS
Enrollment
513
Elementary
DISTRICT 319 · STATE 287
Student : Teacher
15.4:1
33 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.4:1 · STATE 12.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
513 students
DISTRICT 100% · 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

GradeStudentsShare
Pre-K5210%
Kindergarten4910%
Grade 16513%
Grade 26412%
Grade 37314%
Grade 47214%
Grade 57314%
Grade 66513%
Student demographics
34%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 34% · STATE 55% · US 70%
White
6813%
DISTRICT 15% · STATE 19% · US 43%
Hispanic
41080%
DISTRICT 80% · STATE 63% · US 30%
Black
41%
DISTRICT 1% · STATE 2% · US 15%
Asian
194%
DISTRICT 2% · STATE 1% · US 6%
Two+
10%
DISTRICT 0% · STATE 4% · US 5%
Native American
92%
DISTRICT 2% · STATE 12% · US 1%
Pacific Islander
20%
DISTRICT 0% · STATE 0% · US 0%
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
Male
25850%
Female
25550%

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Test scores

NM-MSSA + NM-ASR 2024-25 . % Proficient
English Language Arts
57.8%
NM avg 44.2%
Math
33.2%
NM avg 27.2%

What this means: On the NM-MSSA + NM-ASR, New Mexico's statewide test, about 58 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 33 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 · methodology
Tier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
43.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
33.4%
based on NM schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+9.8pp
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 →

Where PINON ELEMENTARY ranks

Among elementary schools
MeasureThis schoolIn New MexicoIn Santa Fe County
State test proficiency
ranked highest first
43.3%#79 of 329#3 of 18
Math proficiency
ranked highest first
33.2%#112 of 354#7 of 24
Reading proficiency
ranked highest first
57.8%#57 of 366#7 of 24
Enrollment
ranked largest first
513#41 of 490#4 of 28
Students per teacher
ranked fewest first
15.4:1#254 of 318#18 of 21
Diversity index
ranked most diverse first
34.2%#203 of 334#9 of 21
Enrollment change since 2017-18
ranked steepest decline first
-3.0%#263 of 287#19 of 20
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.

7-year change

SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25
Enrollment
513
-16 (-3%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
15.4:1
was 17.1:1
% White
13%
was 15%
% Hispanic
80%
was 79%
% Black
1%
was 1%
% Asian
4%
was 2%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Enrollment and staffing by year

School yearStudentsTeachers (FTE)Students per teacherFree or reduced lunch
2024-2551333.415.4:1100% (513)
2023-2451936.514.2:146% (238)
2022-2354534.715.7:147% (258)
2017-1852930.917.1:164% (340)
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for PINON ELEMENTARY.

About PINON ELEMENTARY

PINON ELEMENTARY is a high-enrollment elementary school in SANTA FE, New Mexico, under SANTA FE. Students in pre-K through 6 make up the school's enrollment of 513 students. Elementary schools in New Mexico average about 287 students, which makes this school 79% above average.

SANTA FE runs 29 schools with a combined 11,182 students. PINON ELEMENTARY is one of them.

More than half of enrollment at PINON ELEMENTARY is Hispanic: 80%. Other groups make up 13% White and 4% Asian. Santa Fe County as a whole is about 48% Hispanic, so the school's share is higher. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, PINON ELEMENTARY scores 34%.

Its staff includes 33.4 full-time-equivalent teachers, for about 15.4 students per teacher. The gap from the 12.9:1 average for elementary schools in New Mexico is 2.5 students per teacher. Roughly 100% of students at PINON ELEMENTARY can receive free or reduced-price lunch. The 84% average for public schools in Santa Fe County is 16 points lower.

Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, PINON ELEMENTARY would score about 33.4%. It scores 43.3%, 9.8 points above that figure.

In Santa Fe County, home to about 156,105 people, median household income comes to about $79,071, 46% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 9% of people live in poverty. There are 53 public schools in the county, enrolling about 20,719, PINON ELEMENTARY among them.

TIERRA ENCANTADA CHARTER SCHOOL is the nearest public school to PINON ELEMENTARY, about 0.6 miles away. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. The nearest schools with test data average 31.4%, lower than PINON ELEMENTARY's 43.3%.

By NCES locale, the school is City: Small, or inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.

A 3% decline took enrollment from 529 in 2017-18 to 513 in 2024-25. The student-to-teacher ratio dropped from 17.1:1 in 2017-18 to 15.4:1 in 2024-25.

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Santa Fe County at a glance

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Population
156,105
Census ACS
Median income
$79,071
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
46%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
53
20,719 students

Quick facts

School name
PINON ELEMENTARY
District
SANTA FE
Address
2921 CAMINO CABALLOS, SANTA FE, NM 87507
Phone
(505) 467-1600
County
Santa Fe County
Level
Elementary
Grade range
PK–06
Total enrollment
513
Teachers (FTE)
33
Student–teacher ratio
15.4:1
Free/Reduced lunch
513 (100%)
Locale
13-City: Small
NCES ID
350237000641
Charter school
No
Virtual school
No

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Frequently asked questions

About PINON ELEMENTARY
How many students attend PINON ELEMENTARY?
PINON ELEMENTARY enrolls approximately 513 students in grades PK-06.
Is PINON ELEMENTARY an elementary, middle, or high school?
PINON ELEMENTARY is an elementary school covering grades PK-06.
How many teachers does PINON ELEMENTARY have?
PINON ELEMENTARY employs 33 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.4:1.
What is the student diversity at PINON ELEMENTARY?
Student demographics at PINON ELEMENTARY are roughly 13% White, 80% Hispanic, 1% Black, 4% Asian, 0% Two or more.
Who oversees PINON ELEMENTARY?
PINON ELEMENTARY is overseen by SANTA FE in Santa Fe County.
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