SANDIA ELEMENTARY

As a medium-sized K-5 school in CLOVIS, New Mexico, SANDIA ELEMENTARY instructs 338 students from grades pre-K through 5, overseen by CLOVIS.

SANDIA ELEMENTARY is one of 18 schools operated by CLOVIS, a district that educates 7,780 students overall.

Demographically, SANDIA ELEMENTARY shows that Hispanic students make up the majority at 72%. Beyond that, the school records 18% White, 4% Black, 4% multiracial. By comparison, Curry County as a whole is about 46% Hispanic, so the school skews meaningfully more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 24 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 14.3:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 12.9:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. About 86% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

With demographic context factored in, SANDIA ELEMENTARY performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 36.8%, the actual is 36.8%, a residual of -0.0 points.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Curry County indicate median household income runs about $57,309, 23% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 17%. SANDIA ELEMENTARY is one of 28 public schools in Curry County (combined enrollment of about 8,777 students).

The closest other public school is LOS NINOS, roughly 0.7 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around SANDIA ELEMENTARY. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts SANDIA ELEMENTARY at 3rd of 5; the average score across the group is 34.0%.

SANDIA ELEMENTARY operates from a town-center location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at SANDIA ELEMENTARY has ticked down 16%, going from 403 students in 2018 to 338 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment climbed from 62% to 72% over that span. Class-load math has fell: from 18.7:1 in 2018 to 14.3:1 in 2025.

On this page, the feed for SANDIA ELEMENTARY typically covers science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.