Enrollment
365
Elementary
DISTRICT 424 · STATE 287
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LOS LUNAS·NCES 350168000438
RAYMOND GABALDON ELEMENTARY
454 CORONADO RD, LOS LUNAS, NM 87031 · (505) 866-8231 · Valencia County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY23-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL365 STUDENTS
C+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 44% 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.
- B-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
18.3:1
20 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.8:1 · STATE 12.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
365 students
DISTRICT 100% · 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 | 19 | 5% |
| Kindergarten | 35 | 10% |
| Grade 1 | 45 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 59 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 59 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 41 | 11% |
| Grade 5 | 56 | 15% |
| Grade 6 | 51 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (35) is 31% smaller than its 6th grade class (51).
Student demographics
34%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 41% · 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
41.5%
NM avg 44.2%
Math
20.2%
NM avg 27.2%
What this means: On the NM-MSSA + NM-ASR, New Mexico's statewide test, about 42 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 20 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
32.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
33.4%
based on NM schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-1.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 32% 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 RAYMOND GABALDON ELEMENTARY
RAYMOND GABALDON ELEMENTARY's state test result (32.3% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| RAYMOND GABALDON ELEMENTARY this school | 365 | 100.0% | 32.3% |
| G.W.STOUT ELEMENTARY SILVER CITY | 334 | 99.7% | 37.5% |
| VALENCIA ELEMENTARY LOS LUNAS | 370 | 100.0% | 25.7% |
| MESILLA ELEMENTARY LAS CRUCES | 324 | 100.0% | 45.7% |
| MONTERREY ELEMENTARY ROSWELL | 373 | 100.0% | 27.4% |
| FAIRACRES ELEMENTARY LAS CRUCES | 405 | 99.8% | 25.4% |
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 RAYMOND GABALDON ELEMENTARY ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New Mexico | In Valencia County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 32.3% | #178 of 329 | #9 of 14 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 20.2% | #229 of 354 | #12 of 14 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 41.5% | #179 of 366 | #9 of 14 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 365 | #157 of 490 | #9 of 15 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.3:1 | #304 of 318 | #13 of 14 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 33.9% | #207 of 334 | #5 of 14 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 100% | #148 of 393 | #8 of 15 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -22.2% | #143 of 287 | #3 of 10 |
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
365
-6 (-2%) vs 2020
-6% since 1990-91, when it was 387
Student : Teacher
18.3:1
was 12.8:1
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 | 365 | 20 | 18.3:1 | 100% (365) |
| 2023-24 | 378 | 30.1 | 12.6:1 | 83% (315) |
| 2022-23 | 386 | 29.1 | 13.3:1 | 100% (386) |
| 2020-21 | 371 | 29 | 12.8:1 | 100% (371) |
| 2017-18 | 469 | 26.4 | 17.8:1 | 100% (469) |
| 2015-16 | 422 | 25 | 16.9:1 | 100% (422) |
| 2010-11 | 342 | 21 | 16.3:1 | 80% (274) |
| 2000-01 | 518 | 32 | 16.2:1 | 64% (332) |
| 1990-91 | 387 | 19 | 20.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for RAYMOND GABALDON ELEMENTARY.
Since 2017-18: students down 22% (469 to 365); teachers down 24% (26.4 to 20).
About RAYMOND GABALDON ELEMENTARY
RAYMOND GABALDON ELEMENTARY is a mid-sized elementary school serving families in LOS LUNAS, New Mexico. It enrolls 365 students in 2024-25. The grades offered are pre-K through 6. That puts enrollment 27% above the 287-student average for elementary schools in New Mexico.
The district, LOS LUNAS, operates 16 schools serving 8,207 students.
About 80% of the student body at RAYMOND GABALDON ELEMENTARY is Hispanic. Smaller groups are 16% White. County-wide, 61% of Valencia County residents are Hispanic. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 34%.
With 20 full-time-equivalent teachers, the student-to-teacher ratio is about 18.3:1. The average for elementary schools in New Mexico is 12.9:1, so this school has more students per teacher. Student poverty is often measured by lunch eligibility; at RAYMOND GABALDON ELEMENTARY, 100% qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. That is in line with the 100% average for public schools in Valencia County.
Among New Mexico public elementary schools, RAYMOND GABALDON ELEMENTARY outscored 44%, which works out to a C+ on the allk12 Grade.
On the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure, RAYMOND GABALDON ELEMENTARY is 1.1 points below the average proficiency rate across its state test results predicted for its free or reduced-price lunch share: 32.3% actual, 33.4% predicted. That is outside both the top and bottom 10% in New Mexico.
In the wider Valencia County area, the median household earns about $58,933 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 21% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 13%. RAYMOND GABALDON ELEMENTARY shares Valencia County with 26 other public schools.
Measured in a straight line, LOS LUNAS MIDDLE is about 0.3 miles from RAYMOND GABALDON ELEMENTARY. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Among its closest neighbors with test data, RAYMOND GABALDON ELEMENTARY is 4th of 6 on proficiency.
Under the NCES locale system, RAYMOND GABALDON ELEMENTARY is Suburb: Small.
In 2020-21, RAYMOND GABALDON ELEMENTARY enrolled 371; in 2024-25, 365. Students per teacher increased from 12.8 in 2020-21 to 18.3 in 2024-25.
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Valencia County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
78,458
Census ACS
Median income
$58,933
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
21%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
13%
Below federal line
Schools in county
27
11,956 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in LOS LUNAS
- LOS LUNAS HIGHHigh · 1,460 students
- VALENCIA HIGHHigh · 960 students
- LOS LUNAS MIDDLEMiddle · 719 students
- SUNDANCE ELEMENTARYElementary · 617 students
- KATHERINE GALLEGOS ELEMENTARYElementary · 605 students
- BOSQUE FARMS ELEMENTARYElementary · 458 students
Other schools in LOS LUNAS
- LOS LUNAS HIGHHigh · 1,460 students
- VALENCIA HIGHHigh · 960 students
- LOS LUNAS MIDDLEMiddle · 719 students
- SUNDANCE ELEMENTARYElementary · 617 students
- KATHERINE GALLEGOS ELEMENTARYElementary · 605 students
- SCHOOL OF DREAMS ACADEMYCombined · 478 students
Nearby schools
- LOS LUNAS MIDDLE0.3 mi · 719
- LOS LUNAS ELEMENTARY0.4 mi · 458
- KATHERINE GALLEGOS ELEMENTARY0.6 mi · 605
- SCHOOL OF DREAMS ACADEMY0.8 mi · 478
- CENTURY ALT HIGH1.4 mi · 353
- LOS LUNAS HIGH1.6 mi · 1,460
Frequently asked questions
About RAYMOND GABALDON ELEMENTARYHow many students attend RAYMOND GABALDON ELEMENTARY?
RAYMOND GABALDON ELEMENTARY enrolls approximately 365 students in grades PK-06.
Is RAYMOND GABALDON ELEMENTARY an elementary, middle, or high school?
RAYMOND GABALDON ELEMENTARY is an elementary school covering grades PK-06.
How many teachers does RAYMOND GABALDON ELEMENTARY have?
RAYMOND GABALDON ELEMENTARY employs 20 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 18.3:1.
What is the student diversity at RAYMOND GABALDON ELEMENTARY?
Student demographics at RAYMOND GABALDON ELEMENTARY are roughly 16% White, 80% Hispanic, 2% Black, 0% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Is RAYMOND GABALDON ELEMENTARY public or private?
RAYMOND GABALDON ELEMENTARY is a public K-12 school, overseen by LOS LUNAS.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.