RANCHOS DE TAOS ELEMENTARY

Set in RANCHOS DE TAOS, New Mexico, RANCHOS DE TAOS ELEMENTARY is a close-knit primary school, operated by TAOS. It enrolls 225 students across grades pre-K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 22% smaller than the state mean of about 287.

Across the 8 schools in TAOS (2,184 students total), RANCHOS DE TAOS ELEMENTARY accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

For racial and ethnic makeup, RANCHOS DE TAOS ELEMENTARY shows that nearly all students (87%) are Hispanic. Beyond that, the school lists 8% White, 5% Native American. The wider county runs roughly 51% Hispanic, putting the school's mix noticeably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the resource side, The school employs 22 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 10.1:1. The state averages around 12.9:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 100% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is above Taos County's rate of about 89%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, RANCHOS DE TAOS ELEMENTARY tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 33.4% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 30.0%.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Taos County put median household earnings sit near $58,950, roughly 39% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 12% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Taos County's 23 public schools (combined enrollment of about 3,727 students), RANCHOS DE TAOS ELEMENTARY is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: TAOS INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL, around 1.0 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, RANCHOS DE TAOS ELEMENTARY comes 4th of 6 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 40.7%.

Geographically, the school is in a small-town area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 34%: 340 students in 2018 compared to 225 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 14.4:1 in 2018 to 10.1:1 today.

On allk12, the feed for RANCHOS DE TAOS ELEMENTARY typically covers open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.