Enrollment
225
Elementary
DISTRICT 217 · STATE 287
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·TAOS·NCES 350252000580
RANCHOS DE TAOS ELEMENTARY
200 RANCHOS ELEMENTARY RD, RANCHOS DE TAOS, NM 87557 · (575) 758-5202 · Taos County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY33-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL225 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 39% of New Mexico public elementary schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+Beats 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
10.1:1
22 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.8:1 · STATE 12.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
225 students
DISTRICT 94% · 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 | 18 | 8% |
| Kindergarten | 27 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 26 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 45 | 20% |
| Grade 3 | 33 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 45 | 20% |
| Grade 5 | 31 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (27) is 13% smaller than its 5th grade class (31).
Student demographics
24%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 43% · 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
RANCHOS DE TAOS ELEMENTARY→TAOS MIDDLE
Based on grade levels within TAOS. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
NM-MSSA + NM-ASR 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
34.3%
NM avg 44.2%
Math
18.1%
NM avg 27.2%
What this means: On the NM-MSSA + NM-ASR, New Mexico's statewide test, about 34 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 18 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
30.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
33.4%
based on NM schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-3.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 30% 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 →
Schools most like RANCHOS DE TAOS ELEMENTARY
RANCHOS DE TAOS ELEMENTARY's state test result (30.0% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| RANCHOS DE TAOS ELEMENTARY this school | 225 | 100.0% | 30.0% |
| HAGERMAN ELEMENTARY HAGERMAN | 217 | 98.6% | 37.7% |
| SALAZAR ELEMENTARY SANTA FE | 282 | 100.0% | 27.9% |
| LOS PADILLAS ELEMENTARY ALBUQUERQUE | 202 | 100.0% | 25.1% |
| VALLE VISTA ELEMENTARY ALBUQUERQUE | 259 | 100.0% | 18.2% |
| PERALTA ELEMENTARY LOS LUNAS | 227 | 100.0% | 40.3% |
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 RANCHOS DE TAOS ELEMENTARY ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New Mexico | In Taos County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 30.0% | #196 of 329 | #5 of 6 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 18.1% | #249 of 354 | #4 of 7 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 34.3% | #242 of 366 | #8 of 8 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 225 | #300 of 490 | #2 of 13 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.1:1 | #34 of 318 | N/A |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 24.1% | #250 of 334 | N/A |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 100% | #201 of 393 | #4 of 9 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -33.8% | #74 of 287 | N/A |
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
225
-54 (-19%) vs 2020
-24% since 1990-91, when it was 297
Student : Teacher
10.1:1
was 12.7:1
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 | 225 | 22.3 | 10.1:1 | 100% (225) |
| 2023-24 | 252 | 22.7 | 11.1:1 | 100% (252) |
| 2022-23 | 272 | 23.7 | 11.5:1 | 100% (272) |
| 2020-21 | 279 | 22 | 12.7:1 | 100% (279) |
| 2017-18 | 340 | 23.6 | 14.4:1 | 100% (340) |
| 2015-16 | 402 | 29 | 13.9:1 | 100% (402) |
| 2010-11 | 463 | 34 | 13.6:1 | 99% (460) |
| 2000-01 | 355 | 26 | 13.7:1 | 98% (347) |
| 1990-91 | 297 | 13 | 22.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for RANCHOS DE TAOS ELEMENTARY.
Since 2017-18: students down 34% (340 to 225); teachers down 6% (23.6 to 22.3).
About RANCHOS DE TAOS ELEMENTARY
RANCHOS DE TAOS ELEMENTARY is a small elementary school in New Mexico, with an address in RANCHOS DE TAOS. The grade span is pre-K through 5, and enrollment is 225 students. An average school in this group (elementary schools in New Mexico) has about 287 students.
TAOS oversees RANCHOS DE TAOS ELEMENTARY and 7 other schools, with 2,184 students in total.
At RANCHOS DE TAOS ELEMENTARY, Hispanic students make up 87% of the student body. It is also 8% White and 5% Native American. Taos County's residents are about 51% Hispanic, 36 points below the school's share. By the diversity index, RANCHOS DE TAOS ELEMENTARY comes in at 24%.
The count of teachers at RANCHOS DE TAOS ELEMENTARY is 22.3 full-time equivalents, for a ratio of 10.1:1. Among elementary schools in New Mexico, the typical ratio is 12.9:1. The school counts 225 students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, or 100%. That rate is above the 89% average among public schools in Taos County.
RANCHOS DE TAOS ELEMENTARY is graded C+ by allk12, scoring above 39% of New Mexico public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
RANCHOS DE TAOS ELEMENTARY's actual average proficiency rate on state tests (30.0%) and its predicted rate (33.4%) put it outside the top and bottom 10% of New Mexico schools.
Taos County has about 34,543 residents, and median household income is about $58,950, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 39% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 12%. Federal data list 23 public schools in Taos County, with a combined enrollment of about 3,727.
TAOS INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.0 miles away. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. Local comparison: RANCHOS DE TAOS ELEMENTARY ranks 4th of 6 nearby schools, at 30.0% versus a 40.7% average.
NCES describes the area around RANCHOS DE TAOS ELEMENTARY as Town: Remote, meaning in a town far from an urbanized area.
The student count in 2024-25 was 225, 19% below the 279 of 2020-21. Students per teacher fell from 12.7 in 2020-21 to 10.1 in 2024-25.
Discussion on this page can cover sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
Taos County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
34,543
Census ACS
Median income
$58,950
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
39%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
12%
Below federal line
Schools in county
23
3,727 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in TAOS
- TAOS HIGHHigh · 749 students
- ENOS GARCIA ELEMENTARYElementary · 348 students
- TAOS MIDDLEMiddle · 337 students
- TAOS MUNICIPAL CHARTERElementary · 216 students
- ANANSI CHARTER SCHOOLElementary · 198 students
- ARROYO DEL NORTE ELEMENTARYElementary · 99 students
Nearby schools
- TAOS INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL1.0 mi · 179
- VISTA GRANDE HIGH SCHOOL1.8 mi · 69
- TAOS ACADEMY1.8 mi · 251
- TAOS MIDDLE1.9 mi · 337
- TAOS MUNICIPAL CHARTER2.2 mi · 216
- TAOS HIGH2.8 mi · 749
Frequently asked questions
About RANCHOS DE TAOS ELEMENTARYWhat is the total enrollment at RANCHOS DE TAOS ELEMENTARY?
RANCHOS DE TAOS ELEMENTARY enrolls approximately 225 students in grades PK-05.
Is RANCHOS DE TAOS ELEMENTARY an elementary, middle, or high school?
RANCHOS DE TAOS ELEMENTARY is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at RANCHOS DE TAOS ELEMENTARY?
The student-to-teacher ratio at RANCHOS DE TAOS ELEMENTARY is approximately 10.1:1 (22 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at RANCHOS DE TAOS ELEMENTARY?
At RANCHOS DE TAOS ELEMENTARY, the student body is approximately 8% White, 87% Hispanic, 1% Two or more.
Is RANCHOS DE TAOS ELEMENTARY public or private?
RANCHOS DE TAOS ELEMENTARY is a public K-12 school, overseen by TAOS.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.