Sanostee Day School

Sanostee Day School is a primary school of micro-enrollment scale in Sanostee, New Mexico, operated by Sanostee Day School, hosting 25 students in grades K through 3. Compared to the state average of about 287 students per school, that is 91% smaller than typical.

Sanostee Day School is a school of Sanostee Day School, the district that handles curriculum, staffing, and budget for the campus.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Sanostee Day School logs that 100% of students identify as Native American, making the school strongly Native American-majority.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 1 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 25.0:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 12.9:1, putting Sanostee Day School higher than the state norm the norm. About 88% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, San Juan County runs at roughly 99%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully below the surrounding baseline.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for San Juan County put the typical household earns roughly $55,872 per year, about 18% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 18%. Sanostee Day School is one of 62 public schools in San Juan County (combined enrollment of about 21,309 students).

The closest other public school is NEWCOMB ELEMENTARY, roughly 11.0 miles away.

The campus sits in a small-town setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Sanostee Day School's enrollment has edged down 57% since 2018, when it stood at 58 (now 25).

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