POJOAQUE INTERMEDIATE

POJOAQUE INTERMEDIATE is a low-enrollment primary school in SANTA FE, New Mexico, operated by POJOAQUE. The school enrolls 224 students in grades 4 through 5. By comparison, New Mexico's public schools average about 287 students each, so POJOAQUE INTERMEDIATE sits 22% smaller than that benchmark.

Across the 5 schools in POJOAQUE (1,500 students total), POJOAQUE INTERMEDIATE accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Looking at the student body, POJOAQUE INTERMEDIATE shows that Hispanic students make up the majority at 77%. The remainder comes out to 18% Native American, 4% White. By comparison, Santa Fe County as a whole is about 48% Hispanic, so the school skews noticeably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 15 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 15.2:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 12.9:1, putting POJOAQUE INTERMEDIATE higher than the state norm the norm. An estimated 100% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is above Santa Fe County's rate of about 84%.

After controlling for student poverty, POJOAQUE INTERMEDIATE tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 33.4% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 25.5%.

In the broader community, Santa Fe County reports that median household earnings sit near $79,071, about 46% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 9%. Across Santa Fe County's 53 public schools (combined enrollment of about 20,719 students), POJOAQUE INTERMEDIATE is one campus in the mix.

PABLO ROYBAL ELEMENTARY is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. 5 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, POJOAQUE INTERMEDIATE comes 3rd of 5 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 26.7%.

POJOAQUE INTERMEDIATE operates from a rural location.

Over the past 7-year window. POJOAQUE INTERMEDIATE's enrollment has edged down 26% since 2018, when it stood at 301 (now 224). Hispanic enrollment moved from 83% to 77% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 18.0:1 in 2018 to 15.2:1 today.

On the community side, members of the POJOAQUE INTERMEDIATE community share and discuss pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.