RAYMOND GABALDON ELEMENTARY

RAYMOND GABALDON ELEMENTARY is an elementary campus of mid-tier scale in LOS LUNAS, New Mexico, operated by LOS LUNAS, caters to 365 students in grades pre-K through 6. That puts it 27% above the typical public school in New Mexico, which averages around 287 students.

Across the 16 schools in LOS LUNAS (8,207 students total), RAYMOND GABALDON ELEMENTARY accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On the student-mix side, RAYMOND GABALDON ELEMENTARY logs that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 80% of enrollment; the rest reads as 16% White. By comparison, Valencia County as a whole is about 61% Hispanic, so the school skews visibly more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school employs 20 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 18.3:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 12.9:1 average. About 100% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

After controlling for student poverty, RAYMOND GABALDON ELEMENTARY sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 33.4%; this one delivers 32.3%.

In the area at large, Valencia County reports that median household income runs about $58,933, 21% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 13%. Across Valencia County's 27 public schools (combined enrollment of about 11,956 students), RAYMOND GABALDON ELEMENTARY is one campus in the mix.

LOS LUNAS MIDDLE is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around RAYMOND GABALDON ELEMENTARY. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts RAYMOND GABALDON ELEMENTARY at 4th of 6; the average score across the group is 34.7%.

RAYMOND GABALDON ELEMENTARY operates from a bedroom-community location.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count shrank 22%: 469 students in 2018 compared to 365 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 74% to 80% across the same window.

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