Enrollment
311
Elementary
DISTRICT 320 · STATE 287
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·GALLUP·NCES 350111000312
RED ROCK ELEMENTARY
1305 RED ROCK DR, GALLUP, NM 87301 · (505) 721-3900 · McKinley County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY33-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL311 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 79% of New Mexico public elementary schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-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
,
Teacher data unavailable
DISTRICT 5.2:1 · STATE 12.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
84%
260 students
DISTRICT 84% · 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 | 35 | 11% |
| Kindergarten | 45 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 46 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 54 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 37 | 12% |
| Grade 4 | 42 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 52 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (45) is 13% smaller than its 5th grade class (52).
Student demographics
73%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 55% · 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
56.4%
NM avg 44.2%
Math
43.6%
NM avg 27.2%
What this means: On the NM-MSSA + NM-ASR, New Mexico's statewide test, about 56 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 44 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
47.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
37.4%
based on NM schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+10.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 47% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 37% 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 RED ROCK ELEMENTARY
RED ROCK ELEMENTARY's state test result (47.4% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| RED ROCK ELEMENTARY this school | 311 | 83.6% | 47.4% |
| EDMUND G ROSS ELEMENTARY ALBUQUERQUE | 343 | 99.7% | 25.5% |
| INDIAN HILLS ELEMENTARY GALLUP | 294 | 87.4% | 32.1% |
| MESA VIEW ELEMENTARY GRANTS | 465 | 94.6% | 27.4% |
| INEZ ELEMENTARY ALBUQUERQUE | 309 | 100.0% | 29.3% |
| DESERT HILLS ELEMENTARY LAS CRUCES | 502 | 100.0% | 60.1% |
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 RED ROCK ELEMENTARY ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New Mexico | In McKinley County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 47.4% | #53 of 329 | #1 of 17 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 43.6% | #58 of 354 | #1 of 17 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 56.4% | #69 of 366 | #1 of 17 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 311 | #218 of 490 | #10 of 28 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 72.9% | #1 of 334 | #1 of 21 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 83.6% | #342 of 393 | #23 of 23 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -22.8% | #141 of 287 | #7 of 13 |
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
311
+16 (+5%) vs 2020
-46% since 1990-91, when it was 576
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 | 311 | N/A | N/A | 84% (260) |
| 2023-24 | 289 | 18 | 16.1:1 | 93% (269) |
| 2022-23 | 303 | 19 | 15.9:1 | 100% (303) |
| 2020-21 | 295 | 20 | 14.8:1 | 100% (295) |
| 2017-18 | 403 | 27.5 | 14.6:1 | 100% (403) |
| 2015-16 | 363 | 24 | 15.1:1 | 57% (208) |
| 2010-11 | 395 | 26 | 15.2:1 | 45% (176) |
| 2000-01 | 378 | 24 | 15.8:1 | 48% (181) |
| 1990-91 | 576 | 30 | 19.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for RED ROCK ELEMENTARY.
About RED ROCK ELEMENTARY
RED ROCK ELEMENTARY is a medium-sized elementary school in GALLUP, New Mexico. The school reports 311 students in pre-K through 5.
GALLUP is made up of 33 schools with 12,698 students in all.
Hispanic students form the largest group at RED ROCK ELEMENTARY, 35% of enrollment. Other groups make up 30% Native American, 23% White, 6% Asian, and 5% multiracial. County-wide, 12% of McKinley County residents are Hispanic. RED ROCK ELEMENTARY has a diversity index of 73%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
The lunch program counts 84% of students at RED ROCK ELEMENTARY as eligible for free or reduced-price meals. Across public schools in McKinley County, the average is about the same, 85%.
Measured against New Mexico public elementary schools, RED ROCK ELEMENTARY receives an A-. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
RED ROCK ELEMENTARY sits between the top and bottom 10% of New Mexico schools on BeatsExpectations, with an actual average proficiency rate on state tests of 47.4% and a predicted 37.4%.
Among McKinley County residents, median household income is about $47,668, roughly 13% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 28% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Federal data list 53 public schools in McKinley County, with a combined enrollment of about 16,807.
GALLUP MIDDLE is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.5 miles away. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. RED ROCK ELEMENTARY ranks 1st of 5 among nearby schools on average proficiency, with 47.4% against a local average of 31.4%.
Its location is classified as Town: Remote by the National Center for Education Statistics.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, RED ROCK ELEMENTARY went from 295 students to 311.
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McKinley County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
70,431
Census ACS
Median income
$47,668
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
13%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
28%
Below federal line
Schools in county
53
16,807 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in GALLUP
- GALLUP CENTRAL ALTERNATIVEHigh · 1,244 students
- MIYAMURA HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,237 students
- GALLUP HIGHHigh · 796 students
- JOHN F. KENNEDY MIDDLEMiddle · 648 students
- CHIEF MANUELITO MIDDLEMiddle · 634 students
- GALLUP MIDDLEMiddle · 480 students
Other schools in GALLUP
- GALLUP CENTRAL ALTERNATIVEHigh · 1,244 students
- MIYAMURA HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,237 students
- GALLUP HIGHHigh · 796 students
- HOZHO ACADEMYCombined · 781 students
- JOHN F. KENNEDY MIDDLEMiddle · 648 students
- CHIEF MANUELITO MIDDLEMiddle · 634 students
Other Red Rock Elementary schools
5 other US public schools in 6 states are named Red Rock Elementary. RED ROCK ELEMENTARY is the 6th largest of the 6.
- Red Rock Elementary SchoolRED ROCK, TX · 777 students
- RED ROCK ELEMENTARYWOODBURY, MN · 596 students
- Red Rock Elementary SchoolLas Vegas, NV · 546 students
- Red Rock ElementaryRoyal City, WA · 513 students
- Red Rock Elementary SchoolRed Rock, AZ · 420 students
Nearby schools
- GALLUP MIDDLE0.5 mi · 480
- EDUCATION DEV CENTER0.8 mi · 5
- JEFFERSON ELEMENTARY0.8 mi · 460
- HOZHO ACADEMY0.9 mi · 781
- MIYAMURA HIGH SCHOOL1.0 mi · 1,237
- JOHN F. KENNEDY MIDDLE1.0 mi · 648
Frequently asked questions
About RED ROCK ELEMENTARYHow many students attend RED ROCK ELEMENTARY?
RED ROCK ELEMENTARY enrolls approximately 311 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does RED ROCK ELEMENTARY serve?
RED ROCK ELEMENTARY serves grades PK-05.
What is the racial breakdown of students at RED ROCK ELEMENTARY?
At RED ROCK ELEMENTARY, the student body is approximately 23% White, 35% Hispanic, 1% Black, 6% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Is RED ROCK ELEMENTARY public or private?
RED ROCK ELEMENTARY is a public K-12 school, overseen by GALLUP.
What county does RED ROCK ELEMENTARY serve?
RED ROCK ELEMENTARY serves McKinley County in NM.
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