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Enrollment
417
Elementary
DISTRICT 319 · STATE 287
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SANTA FE·NCES 350237000887
RAMIREZ THOMAS ELEMENTARY
610 ALTA VISTA, SANTA FE, NM 87505 · (505) 467-3000 · Santa Fe County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL417 STUDENTS
F
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Scored higher than 4% 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.
- DBeats 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
15.4:1
27 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.4:1 · STATE 12.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
417 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
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 33 | 8% |
| Kindergarten | 65 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 68 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 59 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 72 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 61 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 59 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (65) is 10% larger than its 5th grade class (59).
Student demographics
12%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 34% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
RAMIREZ THOMAS ELEMENTARY→EDWARD ORTIZ MIDDLE
Based on grade levels within SANTA FE. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
NM-MSSA + NM-ASR 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
24.2%
NM avg 44.2%
Math
9.3%
NM avg 27.2%
What this means: On the NM-MSSA + NM-ASR, New Mexico's statewide test, about 24 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 9 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
18.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
33.4%
based on NM schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-14.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 19% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 33% 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 RAMIREZ THOMAS ELEMENTARY
RAMIREZ THOMAS ELEMENTARY's state test result (18.8% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| RAMIREZ THOMAS ELEMENTARY this school | 417 | 100.0% | 18.8% |
| SUNRISE ELEMENTARY ANTHONY | 406 | 100.0% | 25.2% |
| MARYANN BINFORD ELEMENTARY ALBUQUERQUE | 460 | 100.0% | 24.5% |
| CHAPARRAL ELEMENTARY CHAPARRAL | 437 | 100.0% | 27.6% |
| ALAMOSA ELEMENTARY ALBUQUERQUE | 382 | 99.7% | 23.0% |
| CARLOS REY ELEMENTARY ALBUQUERQUE | 446 | 99.6% | 27.1% |
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 RAMIREZ THOMAS ELEMENTARY ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New Mexico | In Santa Fe County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 18.8% | #315 of 329 | #16 of 18 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 9.3% | #338 of 354 | #22 of 24 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 24.2% | #328 of 366 | #20 of 24 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 417 | #108 of 490 | #6 of 28 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.4:1 | #255 of 318 | #19 of 21 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 11.5% | #305 of 334 | #18 of 21 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 100% | #192 of 393 | #13 of 20 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -13.7% | #200 of 287 | #15 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. 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
417
-51 (-11%) vs 2020
-10% since 2010-11, when it was 462
Student : Teacher
15.4:1
was 15.1:1
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 | 417 | 27.1 | 15.4:1 | 100% (417) |
| 2023-24 | 417 | 28.2 | 14.8:1 | 100% (415) |
| 2022-23 | 420 | 30.2 | 13.9:1 | 100% (420) |
| 2020-21 | 468 | 31 | 15.1:1 | 99% (465) |
| 2017-18 | 483 | 31.3 | 15.4:1 | 99% (480) |
| 2015-16 | 498 | 35 | 14.2:1 | 99% (495) |
| 2010-11 | 462 | 40 | 11.6:1 | 80% (368) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for RAMIREZ THOMAS ELEMENTARY.
Since 2017-18: students down 14% (483 to 417); teachers down 13% (31.3 to 27.1).
About RAMIREZ THOMAS ELEMENTARY
RAMIREZ THOMAS ELEMENTARY operates as a mid-sized elementary school in SANTA FE, New Mexico. Total enrollment is 417 students, and the grades served are pre-K through 5. By comparison, elementary schools in New Mexico enroll about 287 students on average.
SANTA FE counts 11,182 students in its 29 schools, and RAMIREZ THOMAS ELEMENTARY is one of them.
A large majority of enrollment at RAMIREZ THOMAS ELEMENTARY is Hispanic, at 94%. After that, the student body is 2% White. Among all residents of Santa Fe County, the Hispanic share is about 48%. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 12%.
RAMIREZ THOMAS ELEMENTARY reports a ratio of 15.4 students per teacher, from 27.1 full-time-equivalent teachers. By comparison, the average for elementary schools in New Mexico is 12.9:1. Student poverty is often measured by lunch eligibility; at RAMIREZ THOMAS ELEMENTARY, 100% qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. That rate is above the 84% average among public schools in Santa Fe County.
RAMIREZ THOMAS 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 4% of New Mexico public elementary schools.
RAMIREZ THOMAS ELEMENTARY scores 14.6 points below its predicted average proficiency rate across its state test results: 18.8% actual versus 33.4% predicted. That puts it in the bottom 10% of New Mexico schools on BeatsExpectations.
In the surrounding county, Santa Fe County, median household income comes to about $79,071, about 46% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 9%. The county's public schools total 53, with about 20,719 students.
The closest school to RAMIREZ THOMAS ELEMENTARY is R.M. SWEENEY ELEMENTARY, located about 0.6 miles away. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. RAMIREZ THOMAS ELEMENTARY's average proficiency of 18.8% compares with 23.7% for its nearest scored neighbors.
The NCES locale for RAMIREZ THOMAS ELEMENTARY is City: Small, which covers schools inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.
By 2024-25, enrollment had dropped to 417, from 468 in 2020-21.
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Santa Fe County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
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
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- EL CAMINO REAL ACADEMY COMMUNITYElementary · 704 students
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Nearby schools
- R.M. SWEENEY ELEMENTARY0.6 mi · 265
- EL CAMINO REAL ACADEMY COMMUNITY0.7 mi · 704
- DESERT SAGE ACADEMY0.8 mi · 69
- EDWARD ORTIZ MIDDLE1.0 mi · 416
- CESAR CHAVEZ ELEMENTARY1.2 mi · 290
- CAPITAL HIGH1.5 mi · 1,388
Frequently asked questions
About RAMIREZ THOMAS ELEMENTARYWhat is the total enrollment at RAMIREZ THOMAS ELEMENTARY?
RAMIREZ THOMAS ELEMENTARY enrolls approximately 417 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does RAMIREZ THOMAS ELEMENTARY serve?
RAMIREZ THOMAS ELEMENTARY serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at RAMIREZ THOMAS ELEMENTARY?
The student-to-teacher ratio at RAMIREZ THOMAS ELEMENTARY is approximately 15.4:1 (27 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at RAMIREZ THOMAS ELEMENTARY?
At RAMIREZ THOMAS ELEMENTARY, the student body is approximately 2% White, 94% Hispanic, 1% Black, 0% Asian.
Is RAMIREZ THOMAS ELEMENTARY public or private?
RAMIREZ THOMAS ELEMENTARY is a public K-12 school, overseen by SANTA FE.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.