Enrollment
280
Elementary
DISTRICT 345 · STATE 287
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ALBUQUERQUE·NCES 350006000105
SANDIA BASE ELEMENTARY
21001 WYOMING SE KAFB EAST, ALBUQUERQUE, NM 87116 · (505) 268-4356 · Bernalillo County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL280 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
13.7:1
21 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.5:1 · STATE 12.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
280 students
DISTRICT 92% · 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
Test scores
NM-MSSA + NM-ASR 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
57.5%
NM avg 44.2%
Math
35.8%
NM avg 27.2%
What this means: On the NM-MSSA + NM-ASR, New Mexico's statewide test, about 58 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 36 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
46.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
33.4%
based on NM schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+13.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 47% 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 →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
280
-249 (-47%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
13.7:1
was 17.6:1
% White
40%
was 41%
% Hispanic
42%
was 37%
% Black
5%
was 6%
% Asian
4%
was 2%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About SANDIA BASE ELEMENTARY
SANDIA BASE ELEMENTARY is a primary school of mid-tier scale in ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico, overseen by ALBUQUERQUE, enrolling 280 students in grades pre-K through 6.
Across the 171 schools in ALBUQUERQUE (74,041 students total), SANDIA BASE ELEMENTARY accounts for its share of the district's footprint.
In terms of who attends, SANDIA BASE ELEMENTARY reports that the most-represented group is Hispanic (42%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups; the rest comes out to 40% White, 6% multiracial, 5% Black, 4% Asian.
Looking at the economic backdrop, SANDIA BASE ELEMENTARY reports 21 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 13.7:1. The state averages around 12.9:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Roughly 100% of students at SANDIA BASE ELEMENTARY qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Bernalillo County runs at roughly 90%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.
Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, SANDIA BASE ELEMENTARY performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 33.4%, the actual is 46.5%, a residual of +13.1 points.
Around the school, the surrounding county (Bernalillo County) reports that the typical household earns roughly $69,473 per year, about 38% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 11%. SANDIA BASE ELEMENTARY is one of 211 public schools in Bernalillo County (combined enrollment of about 85,724 students).
WHERRY ELEMENTARY is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.8 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, SANDIA BASE ELEMENTARY comes 1st of 7 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 24.4%.
The campus sits in a bedroom-community setting.
Over the past 7-year window. SANDIA BASE ELEMENTARY's enrollment has declined 47% since 2018, when it stood at 529 (now 280). Over the same period, the Hispanic share climbed from 37% to 42%. Class-load math has fell: from 17.6:1 in 2018 to 13.7:1 in 2025.
On this page, members of the SANDIA BASE ELEMENTARY community share and discuss pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. Members of the school community can share what they know.
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
- WHERRY ELEMENTARY0.8 mi · 240
- VAN BUREN MIDDLE1.1 mi · 344
- TECHNOLOGY LEADERSHIP HIGH SCHOOL1.2 mi · 334
- HAWTHORNE ELEMENTARY1.3 mi · 288
- EMERSON ELEMENTARY1.3 mi · 334
- LA MESA ELEMENTARY1.4 mi · 415
Frequently asked questions
About SANDIA BASE ELEMENTARYHow many students attend SANDIA BASE ELEMENTARY?
SANDIA BASE ELEMENTARY enrolls approximately 280 students in grades PK-06.
What grades does SANDIA BASE ELEMENTARY serve?
SANDIA BASE ELEMENTARY serves grades PK-06.
What is the student-teacher ratio at SANDIA BASE ELEMENTARY?
The student-to-teacher ratio at SANDIA BASE ELEMENTARY is approximately 13.7:1 (21 FTE teachers).
How diverse is SANDIA BASE ELEMENTARY?
SANDIA BASE ELEMENTARY reports a student body of 40% White, 42% Hispanic, 5% Black, 4% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Who oversees SANDIA BASE ELEMENTARY?
SANDIA BASE ELEMENTARY is overseen by ALBUQUERQUE in Bernalillo County.
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