Enrollment
222
Elementary
STATE 287
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SANDOVAL ACADEMY OF BILINGUAL EDUCATION·NCES 350017201116
SANDOVAL ACADEMY OF BILINGUAL EDUCATION
4321 FULCRUM WAY NE SUITE A, RIO RANCHO, NM 87144 · (505) 771-0555 · Sandoval County
GRADES KG–08ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBCHARTERTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL222 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 63% of New Mexico public elementary schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+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
13.6:1
16 FTE teachers
STATE 12.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
222 students
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 37 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 30 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 36 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 23 | 10% |
| Grade 4 | 30 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 26 | 12% |
| Grade 6 | 16 | 7% |
| Grade 7 | 13 | 6% |
| Grade 8 | 11 | 5% |
This year's kindergarten class (37) is 236% larger than its 8th grade class (11).
Student demographics
34%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
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
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NM-MSSA + NM-ASR 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
48.0%
NM avg 44.2%
Math
18.6%
NM avg 27.2%
What this means: On the NM-MSSA + NM-ASR, New Mexico's statewide test, about 48 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 19 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
38.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
33.4%
based on NM schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+5.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 39% 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 →
Schools most like SANDOVAL ACADEMY OF BILINGUAL EDUCATION
SANDOVAL ACADEMY OF BILINGUAL EDUCATION's state test result (38.6% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 3 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| SANDOVAL ACADEMY OF BILINGUAL EDUCATION this school | 222 | 100.0% | 38.6% |
| RIO GRANDE ACADEMY OF FINE ARTS ALBUQUERQUE | 203 | 98.0% | 31.2% |
| LEA ELEMENTARY LOVINGTON | 231 | 100.0% | N/A |
| TAOS INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL TAOS | 179 | 100.0% | N/A |
| GRIEGOS ELEMENTARY ALBUQUERQUE | 229 | 99.1% | 43.4% |
| NANCY LOPEZ ELEMENTARY ROSWELL | 190 | 100.0% | 48.9% |
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 SANDOVAL ACADEMY OF BILINGUAL EDUCATION ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New Mexico | In Sandoval County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 38.6% | #113 of 329 | #5 of 12 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 18.6% | #241 of 354 | #15 of 19 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 48.0% | #120 of 366 | #10 of 21 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 222 | #306 of 490 | #16 of 28 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.6:1 | #184 of 318 | #4 of 17 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 34.0% | #206 of 334 | #16 of 17 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 100% | #64 of 393 | #6 of 20 |
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
222
+15 (+7%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
13.6:1
was 17.3:1
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 | 222 | 16.3 | 13.6:1 | 100% (222) |
| 2023-24 | 235 | 17.3 | 13.6:1 | 58% (136) |
| 2022-23 | 228 | 17.1 | 13.3:1 | 76% (173) |
| 2020-21 | 207 | 12 | 17.3:1 | 58% (120) |
| 2017-18 | 94 | 4.3 | 21.9:1 | 47% (44) |
| 2015-16 | 45 | 3 | 15.0:1 | 0% (0) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for SANDOVAL ACADEMY OF BILINGUAL EDUCATION.
Since 2017-18: students up 136% (94 to 222); teachers up 280% (4.3 to 16.3).
About SANDOVAL ACADEMY OF BILINGUAL EDUCATION
SANDOVAL ACADEMY OF BILINGUAL EDUCATION, located in RIO RANCHO, New Mexico, is a small elementary school. Its 222 students are spread across kindergarten through 8. The average for elementary schools in New Mexico is about 287 students, so this school is 23% smaller than average.
The school serves as its own district in federal records.
Hispanic students are the large majority at SANDOVAL ACADEMY OF BILINGUAL EDUCATION, with 80% of enrollment. Other groups include 12% White and 4% multiracial. By comparison, Sandoval County residents are about 40% Hispanic. By the diversity index, SANDOVAL ACADEMY OF BILINGUAL EDUCATION comes in at 34%.
Its teaching staff equals 16.3 full-time positions, a ratio of 13.6:1. Elementary schools in New Mexico have a similar average ratio of 12.9:1. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility, a common measure of family income, is 100%.
Measured against New Mexico public elementary schools, SANDOVAL ACADEMY OF BILINGUAL EDUCATION receives a B. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
A school with SANDOVAL ACADEMY OF BILINGUAL EDUCATION's lunch-eligibility share in New Mexico is predicted to score 33.4%. SANDOVAL ACADEMY OF BILINGUAL EDUCATION scores 38.6%, 5.2 points above that line.
SANDOVAL ACADEMY OF BILINGUAL EDUCATION is located in Sandoval County, where median household income is about $86,636, roughly 34% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Federal data list 49 public schools in Sandoval County, with a combined enrollment of about 22,445.
Of nearby public schools, MOUNTAIN VIEW MIDDLE is the closest, at about 0.5 miles. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. In a group of 4 nearby schools with scores, SANDOVAL ACADEMY OF BILINGUAL EDUCATION ranks 1st on average proficiency.
By NCES locale, the school is Suburb: Large, or in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more. It is a charter school, open to the public and funded by taxpayers.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, SANDOVAL ACADEMY OF BILINGUAL EDUCATION went from 207 students to 222. The ratio was 17.3:1 in 2020-21 and 13.6:1 in 2024-25.
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Sandoval County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
153,604
Census ACS
Median income
$86,636
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
34%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
49
22,445 students
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- RIO RANCHO HIGHHigh · 2,568 students
- RIO RANCHO MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 1,024 students
- MOUNTAIN VIEW MIDDLEMiddle · 931 students
- LINCOLN MIDDLEMiddle · 805 students
- ERNEST STAPLETON ELEMENTARYElementary · 798 students
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- MOUNTAIN VIEW MIDDLE0.5 mi · 931
- SANDIA VISTA ELEMENTARY1.2 mi · 713
- BERNALILLO ELEMENTARY1.6 mi · 364
- SPARTAN LEARNING ACADEMY1.8 mi · 276
- BERNALILLO HIGH2.1 mi · 824
- WD CARROLL ELEMENTARY2.2 mi · 399
Frequently asked questions
About SANDOVAL ACADEMY OF BILINGUAL EDUCATIONHow large is SANDOVAL ACADEMY OF BILINGUAL EDUCATION?
SANDOVAL ACADEMY OF BILINGUAL EDUCATION enrolls approximately 222 students in grades KG-08.
Is SANDOVAL ACADEMY OF BILINGUAL EDUCATION an elementary, middle, or high school?
SANDOVAL ACADEMY OF BILINGUAL EDUCATION is an elementary school covering grades KG-08.
How many teachers does SANDOVAL ACADEMY OF BILINGUAL EDUCATION have?
SANDOVAL ACADEMY OF BILINGUAL EDUCATION employs 16 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.6:1.
What is the student diversity at SANDOVAL ACADEMY OF BILINGUAL EDUCATION?
Student demographics at SANDOVAL ACADEMY OF BILINGUAL EDUCATION are roughly 12% White, 80% Hispanic, 2% Black, 4% Two or more.
Is SANDOVAL ACADEMY OF BILINGUAL EDUCATION public or private?
SANDOVAL ACADEMY OF BILINGUAL EDUCATION is a public K-12 school operated as a charter, overseen by SANDOVAL ACADEMY OF BILINGUAL EDUCATION.
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