Enrollment
223
Elementary
DISTRICT 320 · STATE 287
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·GALLUP·NCES 350111000311
RAMAH ELEMENTARY
27 LEWIS ST, RAMAH, NM 87321 · (505) 721-3700 · McKinley County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY43-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL223 STUDENTS
F
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Scored higher than 1% of New Mexico public elementary schools
- FTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- FBeats 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
5.3:1
43 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 5.2:1 · STATE 12.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
88%
196 students
DISTRICT 84% · 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 | 23 | 10% |
| Grade 1 | 28 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 28 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 37 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 49 | 22% |
| Grade 5 | 46 | 21% |
This year's kindergarten class (23) is 50% smaller than its 5th grade class (46).
Student demographics
60%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 55% · 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
18.7%
NM avg 44.2%
Math
12.2%
NM avg 27.2%
What this means: On the NM-MSSA + NM-ASR, New Mexico's statewide test, about 19 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 12 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of NM schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
17.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
36.3%
based on NM schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-19.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 17% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 36% typical for New Mexico schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 RAMAH ELEMENTARY
RAMAH ELEMENTARY's state test result (17.3% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| RAMAH ELEMENTARY this school | 223 | 87.9% | 17.3% |
| DAVID SKEET ELEMENTARY VANDERWAGEN | 232 | 84.5% | 27.0% |
| CHEE DODGE ELEMENTARY YAH TA HEY | 261 | 85.4% | 38.5% |
| TWIN LAKES ELEMENTARY GALLUP | 256 | 87.1% | 27.8% |
| CROWNPOINT ELEMENTARY CROWNPOINT | 281 | 84.7% | 27.6% |
| NAVAJO ELEMENTARY NAVAJO | 310 | 88.4% | 19.5% |
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 RAMAH ELEMENTARY ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New Mexico | In McKinley County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 17.3% | #326 of 329 | #17 of 17 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 12.2% | #310 of 354 | #17 of 17 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 18.7% | #357 of 366 | #17 of 17 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 223 | #304 of 490 | #19 of 28 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 5.3:1 | #3 of 318 | #3 of 9 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 60.4% | #63 of 334 | #3 of 21 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 87.9% | #331 of 393 | #16 of 23 |
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
223
+43 (+24%) vs 2020
+3% since 1990-91, when it was 216
Student : Teacher
5.3:1
was 12.9:1
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 | 223 | 42.5 | 5.3:1 | 88% (196) |
| 2023-24 | 222 | 12.5 | 17.8:1 | 96% (213) |
| 2022-23 | 232 | 13.5 | 17.2:1 | 100% (232) |
| 2020-21 | 180 | 14 | 12.9:1 | 100% (180) |
| 2017-18 | 172 | 15.5 | 11.1:1 | 100% (172) |
| 2015-16 | 182 | 14 | 13.0:1 | 100% (182) |
| 2010-11 | 191 | 16 | 11.9:1 | 82% (156) |
| 2000-01 | 186 | 18 | 10.3:1 | 75% (139) |
| 1990-91 | 216 | 14 | 15.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for RAMAH ELEMENTARY.
Since 2017-18: students up 30% (172 to 223); teachers up 174% (15.5 to 42.5).
About RAMAH ELEMENTARY
RAMAH ELEMENTARY is a low-enrollment elementary school in RAMAH, New Mexico, one of the schools in GALLUP. In all, 223 students attend the school in pre-K through 5. The school is 22% below the average for elementary schools in New Mexico.
GALLUP enrolls 12,698 students, and its 33 schools include RAMAH ELEMENTARY.
More than half of the students at RAMAH ELEMENTARY are Native American (58%). Next come 17% White, 16% Hispanic, and 9% multiracial. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 60%.
With 42.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, the student-to-teacher ratio is about 5.3:1. Statewide, elementary schools in New Mexico average 12.9:1. Roughly 88% of students come from households that qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. The figure for public schools in McKinley County is close, at 85%.
RAMAH ELEMENTARY earns an F on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 1% of New Mexico public elementary schools.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, RAMAH ELEMENTARY would score about 36.3%. It scores 17.3%, a bottom-10% result among New Mexico schools on BeatsExpectations.
Five-year Census Bureau estimates for McKinley County show that median household income comes to about $47,668, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 13% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 28%. McKinley County counts 53 public schools with about 16,807 students.
Among nearby public schools, RAMAH HIGH is closest at about 0.9 miles. RAMAH ELEMENTARY comes in 5th of 5 nearby schools on average proficiency.
Federal records code the school's setting as Rural: Remote.
The school's student count rose 24% between the 2020-21 and 2024-25 school years. Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio dropped to 5.3:1, from 12.9:1.
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McKinley County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
70,431
Census ACS
Median income
$47,668
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
13%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
28%
Below federal line
Schools in county
53
16,807 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in GALLUP
- GALLUP CENTRAL ALTERNATIVEHigh · 1,244 students
- MIYAMURA HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,237 students
- GALLUP HIGHHigh · 796 students
- JOHN F. KENNEDY MIDDLEMiddle · 648 students
- CHIEF MANUELITO MIDDLEMiddle · 634 students
- GALLUP MIDDLEMiddle · 480 students
Nearby schools
- RAMAH HIGH0.9 mi · 269
- Pine Hill Schools17.4 mi · 315
- ZUNI HIGH18.0 mi · 295
- SHIWI TS'ANA ELEMENTARY18.3 mi · 447
- TWIN BUTTES CYBER ACADEMY19.2 mi · 70
- DAVID SKEET ELEMENTARY19.4 mi · 232
Frequently asked questions
About RAMAH ELEMENTARYHow large is RAMAH ELEMENTARY?
RAMAH ELEMENTARY enrolls approximately 223 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does RAMAH ELEMENTARY serve?
RAMAH ELEMENTARY serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at RAMAH ELEMENTARY?
The student-to-teacher ratio at RAMAH ELEMENTARY is approximately 5.3:1 (43 FTE teachers).
How diverse is RAMAH ELEMENTARY?
RAMAH ELEMENTARY reports a student body of 17% White, 16% Hispanic, 0% Black, 9% Two or more.
Is RAMAH ELEMENTARY public or private?
RAMAH ELEMENTARY is a public K-12 school, overseen by GALLUP.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.