Enrollment
206
Elementary
DISTRICT 195 · STATE 287
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BERNALILLO·NCES 350021000153
SANTO DOMINGO ELEMENTARY
100 HWY 22 WEST, SANTO DOMINGO PUEBLO, NM 87052 · (505) 867-4441 · Sandoval County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL206 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 9% of New Mexico public elementary schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-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
10.7:1
19 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.3:1 · STATE 12.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
206 students
DISTRICT 100% · 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 | 42 | 20% |
| Grade 1 | 36 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 35 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 35 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 27 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 31 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (42) is 35% larger than its 5th grade class (31).
Student demographics
13%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 58% · 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
20.4%
NM avg 44.2%
Math
9.8%
NM avg 27.2%
What this means: On the NM-MSSA + NM-ASR, New Mexico's statewide test, about 20 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 10 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
21.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
33.4%
based on NM schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-12.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 21% 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 SANTO DOMINGO ELEMENTARY
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| SANTO DOMINGO ELEMENTARY this school | 206 | 100.0% | 21.1% |
| Ch'ooshgai Community School Tohatchi | 208 | 98.6% | N/A |
| Atsa' Biya' a'zh Community School Shiprock | 200 | 98.5% | N/A |
| MESA ELEMENTARY SHIPROCK | 229 | 100.0% | 21.3% |
| Laguna Elementary School Laguna | 220 | 98.6% | N/A |
| Baca/Dlo'ay Azhi Community School Prewitt | 222 | 98.6% | N/A |
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 SANTO DOMINGO ELEMENTARY ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New Mexico | In Sandoval County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 21.1% | #303 of 329 | #12 of 12 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 9.8% | #333 of 354 | #18 of 19 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 20.4% | #345 of 366 | #18 of 21 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 206 | #324 of 490 | #17 of 28 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.7:1 | #50 of 318 | #1 of 17 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 12.9% | #301 of 334 | #17 of 17 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 100% | #75 of 393 | #10 of 20 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -12.0% | #213 of 287 | #9 of 12 |
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
206
-49 (-19%) vs 2020
-45% since 1990-91, when it was 376
Student : Teacher
10.7:1
was 13.4:1
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 | 206 | 19.3 | 10.7:1 | 100% (206) |
| 2023-24 | 220 | 23.8 | 9.3:1 | 100% (220) |
| 2022-23 | 246 | 21 | 11.7:1 | 100% (246) |
| 2020-21 | 255 | 19 | 13.4:1 | 100% (255) |
| 2017-18 | 234 | 17.3 | 13.5:1 | 100% (234) |
| 2015-16 | 225 | 19 | 11.8:1 | 100% (225) |
| 2010-11 | 248 | 19 | 13.1:1 | 99% (245) |
| 2000-01 | 411 | 31 | 13.3:1 | 99% (408) |
| 1990-91 | 376 | 20 | 18.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for SANTO DOMINGO ELEMENTARY.
Since 2017-18: students down 12% (234 to 206); teachers up 11% (17.3 to 19.3).
About SANTO DOMINGO ELEMENTARY
SANTO DOMINGO ELEMENTARY is an elementary school located in SANTO DOMINGO PUEBLO, New Mexico, in Sandoval County. The school has 206 students in 2024-25 across pre-K through 5. That compares with an average of about 287 students for elementary schools in New Mexico.
BERNALILLO has 11 schools and 2,761 students, and SANTO DOMINGO ELEMENTARY is one of those schools.
A large majority of enrollment at SANTO DOMINGO ELEMENTARY is Native American, at 93%. Beyond that, enrollment is 5% multiracial. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 13%.
SANTO DOMINGO ELEMENTARY has a student-to-teacher ratio of 10.7:1, with 19.3 full-time-equivalent teachers. Statewide, elementary schools in New Mexico average 12.9:1. The school has 100% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch.
Among New Mexico public elementary schools, SANTO DOMINGO ELEMENTARY outscored 9%, which works out to a D on the allk12 Grade.
When test results are adjusted for free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, SANTO DOMINGO ELEMENTARY is 12.3 points below its prediction. Actual: 21.1%. Predicted: 33.4%.
The school is in Sandoval County, where the median household earns about $86,636 a year, about 34% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 7%. SANTO DOMINGO ELEMENTARY shares Sandoval County with 48 other public schools.
Measured in a straight line, SANTO DOMINGO MIDDLE is less than a tenth of a mile from SANTO DOMINGO ELEMENTARY. Around the school, 4 other public schools are within ten miles. Its average proficiency rate of 21.1% is below the 40.2% average for nearby schools.
Locale: Rural: Distant. In NCES terms, the school is in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
In 2024-25, the school enrolled 206, down from 255 in 2020-21. Students per teacher dropped from 13.4 in 2020-21 to 10.7 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
Quick facts
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Other schools in SANTO DOMINGO PUEBLO
- SANTO DOMINGO MIDDLEMiddle · 74 students
Nearby schools
- SANTO DOMINGO MIDDLE0.0 mi · 74
- COCHITI ELEMENTARY6.8 mi · 153
- COCHITI MIDDLE6.8 mi · 52
- San Felipe Pueblo Elementary School8.4 mi · 166
- ALGODONES ELEMENTARY11.7 mi · 184
- PLACITAS ELEMENTARY13.3 mi · 112
Frequently asked questions
About SANTO DOMINGO ELEMENTARYHow many students attend SANTO DOMINGO ELEMENTARY?
SANTO DOMINGO ELEMENTARY enrolls approximately 206 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does SANTO DOMINGO ELEMENTARY serve?
SANTO DOMINGO ELEMENTARY serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at SANTO DOMINGO ELEMENTARY?
The student-to-teacher ratio at SANTO DOMINGO ELEMENTARY is approximately 10.7:1 (19 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at SANTO DOMINGO ELEMENTARY?
At SANTO DOMINGO ELEMENTARY, the student body is approximately 0% White, 1% Hispanic, 5% Two or more.
Who oversees SANTO DOMINGO ELEMENTARY?
SANTO DOMINGO ELEMENTARY is overseen by BERNALILLO in Sandoval County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.