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Enrollment
519
Elementary
DISTRICT 345 · STATE 287
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ALBUQUERQUE·NCES 350006000103
S. Y. JACKSON ELEMENTARY
4720 CAIRO DR NE, ALBUQUERQUE, NM 87111 · (505) 296-9536 · Bernalillo County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL519 STUDENTS
A+
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Scored higher than 98% 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
13.3:1
39 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.5:1 · STATE 12.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
519 students
DISTRICT 92% · STATE 90%
Community
1
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 87 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 82 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 80 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 89 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 90 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 91 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (87) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (91).
Student demographics
62%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 52% · 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
78.0%
NM avg 44.2%
Math
61.6%
NM avg 27.2%
What this means: On the NM-MSSA + NM-ASR, New Mexico's statewide test, about 78 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 62 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of NM schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
69.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
33.4%
based on NM schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+35.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 69% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 33% typical for New Mexico schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 36 points, placing it in New Mexico's top 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 S. Y. JACKSON ELEMENTARY
S. Y. JACKSON ELEMENTARY's state test result (69.2% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| S. Y. JACKSON ELEMENTARY this school | 519 | 100.0% | 69.2% |
| T OR C ELEMENTARY T OR C | 367 | 99.7% | 23.7% |
| MONTE VISTA ELEMENTARY ALBUQUERQUE | 379 | 99.7% | 45.2% |
| BANDELIER ELEMENTARY ALBUQUERQUE | 387 | 99.0% | 54.6% |
| GEORGIA O'KEEFFE ELEMENTARY ALBUQUERQUE | 504 | 100.0% | 69.2% |
| OSUNA ELEMENTARY ALBUQUERQUE | 438 | 99.5% | 48.3% |
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 S. Y. JACKSON ELEMENTARY ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New Mexico | In Bernalillo County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 69.2% | #6 of 329 | #4 of 91 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 61.6% | #15 of 354 | #8 of 96 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 78.0% | #12 of 366 | #5 of 101 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 519 | #37 of 490 | #11 of 108 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.3:1 | #169 of 318 | #69 of 97 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 62.4% | #47 of 334 | #23 of 97 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 100% | #35 of 393 | #21 of 101 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -6.7% | #243 of 287 | #80 of 88 |
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
519
+56 (+12%) vs 2020
-12% since 1990-91, when it was 592
Student : Teacher
13.3:1
was 14.0:1
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 | 519 | 39 | 13.3:1 | 100% (519) |
| 2023-24 | 527 | 34 | 15.5:1 | 43% (226) |
| 2022-23 | 517 | 33 | 15.7:1 | 19% (96) |
| 2020-21 | 463 | 33 | 14.0:1 | 17% (80) |
| 2017-18 | 556 | 34.5 | 16.1:1 | 21% (114) |
| 2015-16 | 575 | 35 | 16.4:1 | 22% (128) |
| 2010-11 | 539 | 37 | 14.6:1 | 19% (102) |
| 2000-01 | 513 | 31 | 16.6:1 | 9% (48) |
| 1990-91 | 592 | 32 | 18.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for S. Y. JACKSON ELEMENTARY.
Since 2017-18: students down 7% (556 to 519); teachers up 13% (34.5 to 39).
About S. Y. JACKSON ELEMENTARY
S. Y. JACKSON ELEMENTARY is an elementary school located in ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico, in Bernalillo County. Its grade span covers kindergarten through 5, with 519 students on the rolls. Across elementary schools in New Mexico, the average enrollment is about 287.
ALBUQUERQUE has 172 schools and 74,800 students, and S. Y. JACKSON ELEMENTARY is one of those schools.
About 51% of the student body at S. Y. JACKSON ELEMENTARY is White. The remaining students are 33% Hispanic, 8% multiracial, 5% Asian, and 2% Native American. Bernalillo County residents are about 49% White, a similar share. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 62, compared with 70 nationally.
There are about 13.3 students for every full-time-equivalent teacher at S. Y. JACKSON ELEMENTARY, which has 39. That is in line with the 12.9:1 average for elementary schools in New Mexico. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at S. Y. JACKSON ELEMENTARY is about 100%. That is higher than the 90% average for public schools in Bernalillo County.
S. Y. JACKSON ELEMENTARY holds an A+ allk12 Grade, placing it above 98% of New Mexico public elementary schools.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, S. Y. JACKSON ELEMENTARY is in the top 10% of New Mexico schools: 69.2% actual against 33.4% predicted.
For Bernalillo County, Census Bureau data show median household income comes to about $69,473, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 38%, and about 11% of people live in poverty. There are 211 public schools in the county, enrolling about 85,724, S. Y. JACKSON ELEMENTARY among them.
Straight-line distance to the nearest public school, ELDORADO HIGH, is about 0.5 miles. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. By average proficiency, S. Y. JACKSON ELEMENTARY is 1st among 7 schools close by.
S. Y. JACKSON ELEMENTARY falls in the City: Large locale category, used for schools inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Federal enrollment counts increased from 463 (2020-21) to 519 (2024-25).
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Bernalillo County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
673,930
Census ACS
Median income
$69,473
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
38%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
211
85,724 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in ALBUQUERQUE
- VOLCANO VISTA HIGHHigh · 2,089 students
- ATRISCO HERITAGE ACADEMY HSHigh · 1,930 students
- LA CUEVA HIGHHigh · 1,826 students
- SANDIA HIGHHigh · 1,618 students
- ELDORADO HIGHCombined · 1,579 students
- ALBUQUERQUE HIGHHigh · 1,568 students
Other schools in ALBUQUERQUE
- VOLCANO VISTA HIGHHigh · 2,089 students
- ATRISCO HERITAGE ACADEMY HSHigh · 1,930 students
- LA CUEVA HIGHHigh · 1,826 students
- SANDIA HIGHHigh · 1,618 students
- ELDORADO HIGHCombined · 1,579 students
- ALBUQUERQUE HIGHHigh · 1,568 students
Nearby schools
- ELDORADO HIGH0.5 mi · 1,579
- EISENHOWER MIDDLE0.9 mi · 740
- JOHN BAKER ELEMENTARY0.9 mi · 404
- HOOVER MIDDLE0.9 mi · 404
- GEORGIA O'KEEFFE ELEMENTARY1.0 mi · 504
- MITCHELL ELEMENTARY1.3 mi · 233
Frequently asked questions
About S. Y. JACKSON ELEMENTARYHow many students attend S. Y. JACKSON ELEMENTARY?
S. Y. JACKSON ELEMENTARY enrolls approximately 519 students in grades KG-05.
Is S. Y. JACKSON ELEMENTARY an elementary, middle, or high school?
S. Y. JACKSON ELEMENTARY is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
How many teachers does S. Y. JACKSON ELEMENTARY have?
S. Y. JACKSON ELEMENTARY employs 39 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.3:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at S. Y. JACKSON ELEMENTARY?
At S. Y. JACKSON ELEMENTARY, the student body is approximately 51% White, 33% Hispanic, 1% Black, 5% Asian, 8% Two or more.
Is S. Y. JACKSON ELEMENTARY public or private?
S. Y. JACKSON ELEMENTARY is a public K-12 school, overseen by ALBUQUERQUE.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.