Enrollment
265
Elementary
DISTRICT 319 · STATE 287
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SANTA FE·NCES 350237000645
R.M. SWEENEY ELEMENTARY
501 AIRPORT RD, SANTA FE, NM 87505 · (505) 467-1500 · Santa Fe County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL265 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
12.4:1
21 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.4:1 · STATE 12.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
265 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
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. 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
R.M. SWEENEY ELEMENTARY→EDWARD ORTIZ MIDDLE
Based on grade levels within SANTA FE. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
NM-MSSA + NM-ASR 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
18.9%
NM avg 44.2%
Math
10.2%
NM avg 27.2%
What this means: On the NM-MSSA + NM-ASR, New Mexico's statewide test, about 19 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 10 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of NM schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
18.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
33.4%
based on NM schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-14.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 19% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 33% typical for New Mexico schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
265
-206 (-44%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
12.4:1
was 15.4:1
% White
2%
was 4%
% Hispanic
95%
was 94%
% Black
0%
was 0%
% Asian
1%
was 0%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About R.M. SWEENEY ELEMENTARY
R.M. SWEENEY ELEMENTARY, a moderately sized elementary-level community in SANTA FE, New Mexico, run under SANTA FE, serves 265 students, covering grades pre-K through 5.
Within SANTA FE, which oversees 29 schools and 11,182 students, R.M. SWEENEY ELEMENTARY is one campus in the system.
In terms of who attends, R.M. SWEENEY ELEMENTARY reports that nearly all students (95%) are Hispanic. Other groups include 2% White. The wider county runs roughly 48% Hispanic, putting the school's mix noticeably more Hispanic than the area baseline.
Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, R.M. SWEENEY ELEMENTARY has 21 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 12.4:1. That tracks the state average closely. Roughly 100% of students at R.M. SWEENEY ELEMENTARY qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is north of Santa Fe County's rate of about 84%.
Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, R.M. SWEENEY ELEMENTARY falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 33.4%; this one comes in at 18.6%, -14.8 points off the demographic line.
Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Santa Fe County put median household earnings sit near $79,071, roughly 46% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 9%. In all, Santa Fe County runs 53 public schools (combined enrollment of about 20,719 students), of which R.M. SWEENEY ELEMENTARY is one.
Nearest neighbor: EDWARD ORTIZ MIDDLE, around 0.4 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, R.M. SWEENEY ELEMENTARY comes 4th of 6 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 23.7%.
The campus sits in a downtown setting.
Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 44%: 471 students in 2018 compared to 265 in 2025. Class-load math has pulled in: from 15.4:1 in 2018 to 12.4:1 in 2025.
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Santa Fe County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
156,105
Census ACS
Median income
$79,071
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
46%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
53
20,719 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in SANTA FE
- SANTA FE HIGHHigh · 1,491 students
- CAPITAL HIGHHigh · 1,388 students
- EL CAMINO REAL ACADEMY COMMUNITYElementary · 704 students
- NINA OTERO COMMUNITY SCHOOLElementary · 629 students
- PINON ELEMENTARYElementary · 513 students
- EL DORADO COMMUNITY SCHOOLElementary · 432 students
Other schools in SANTA FE
- SANTA FE HIGHHigh · 1,491 students
- NEW MEXICO CONNECTIONS ACADEMYCombined · 1,487 students
- CAPITAL HIGHHigh · 1,388 students
- EL CAMINO REAL ACADEMY COMMUNITYElementary · 704 students
- Santa Fe Indian SchoolHigh · 701 students
- NINA OTERO COMMUNITY SCHOOLElementary · 629 students
Nearby schools
- EDWARD ORTIZ MIDDLE0.4 mi · 416
- RAMIREZ THOMAS ELEMENTARY0.6 mi · 417
- CESAR CHAVEZ ELEMENTARY0.6 mi · 290
- DESERT SAGE ACADEMY0.9 mi · 69
- CAPITAL HIGH0.9 mi · 1,388
- NINA OTERO COMMUNITY SCHOOL1.0 mi · 629
Frequently asked questions
About R.M. SWEENEY ELEMENTARYHow many students attend R.M. SWEENEY ELEMENTARY?
R.M. SWEENEY ELEMENTARY enrolls approximately 265 students in grades PK-05.
Is R.M. SWEENEY ELEMENTARY an elementary, middle, or high school?
R.M. SWEENEY ELEMENTARY is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at R.M. SWEENEY ELEMENTARY?
The student-to-teacher ratio at R.M. SWEENEY ELEMENTARY is approximately 12.4:1 (21 FTE teachers).
How diverse is R.M. SWEENEY ELEMENTARY?
R.M. SWEENEY ELEMENTARY reports a student body of 2% White, 95% Hispanic, 0% Black, 1% Asian.
Who oversees R.M. SWEENEY ELEMENTARY?
R.M. SWEENEY ELEMENTARY is overseen by SANTA FE in Santa Fe County.
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