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Enrollment
478
Combined
STATE 498
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SCHOOL OF DREAMS ACADEMY·NCES 350011201051
SCHOOL OF DREAMS ACADEMY
906 JUAN PEREA RD, LOS LUNAS, NM 87031 · (505) 866-7632 · Valencia County
GRADES PK–12COMBINED23-SUBURBCHARTERTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL478 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 41% of New Mexico public schools
- CTest 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 schools
Student : Teacher
10.2:1
47 FTE teachers
STATE 11.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
478 students
STATE 90%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other combined schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 51 | 11% |
| Kindergarten | 38 | 8% |
| Grade 1 | 31 | 6% |
| Grade 2 | 31 | 6% |
| Grade 3 | 33 | 7% |
| Grade 4 | 29 | 6% |
| Grade 5 | 27 | 6% |
| Grade 6 | 39 | 8% |
| Grade 7 | 32 | 7% |
| Grade 8 | 30 | 6% |
| Grade 9 | 36 | 8% |
| Grade 10 | 34 | 7% |
| Grade 11 | 35 | 7% |
| Grade 12 | 32 | 7% |
This year's kindergarten class (38) is 27% larger than its 8th grade class (30).
Student demographics
47%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
Test scores
NM-MSSA + NM-ASR 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
37.9%
NM avg 44.2%
Math
20.1%
NM avg 27.2%
What this means: On the NM-MSSA + NM-ASR, New Mexico's statewide test, about 38 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 20 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
35.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
33.4%
based on NM schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+2.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 36% 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 →
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
478
-26 (-5%) vs 2020
+164% since 2010-11, when it was 181
Student : Teacher
10.2:1
was 15.8:1
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 | 478 | 47 | 10.2:1 | 100% (478) |
| 2023-24 | 555 | 36.1 | 15.4:1 | N/A |
| 2022-23 | 606 | 38.1 | 15.9:1 | 100% (606) |
| 2020-21 | 504 | 32 | 15.8:1 | 100% (504) |
| 2017-18 | 481 | 31.3 | 15.4:1 | 42% (201) |
| 2015-16 | 378 | 21 | 18.0:1 | 31% (118) |
| 2010-11 | 181 | 7 | 25.9:1 | 27% (49) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for SCHOOL OF DREAMS ACADEMY.
Since 2017-18: students down 1% (481 to 478); teachers up 50% (31.3 to 47).
About SCHOOL OF DREAMS ACADEMY
At 906 JUAN PEREA RD in LOS LUNAS, New Mexico, SCHOOL OF DREAMS ACADEMY operates as a mid-sized school serving multiple grade levels. It had 478 students in 2024-25, spanning pre-K through 12.
SCHOOL OF DREAMS ACADEMY is its own local education agency in federal data.
Federal enrollment data show SCHOOL OF DREAMS ACADEMY is 69% Hispanic. The next largest groups are 25% White, 3% multiracial, and 2% Native American. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 47%.
Its ratio of 10.2:1 is based on 47 full-time-equivalent teachers. Statewide, combined schools in New Mexico average 11.3:1. The share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch is 100%. The figure for public schools in Valencia County is close, at 100%.
SCHOOL OF DREAMS ACADEMY earns a C+ on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 41% of New Mexico public schools.
Compared with New Mexico schools that have similar shares of low-income students, SCHOOL OF DREAMS ACADEMY's results are 2.5 points above predicted: 35.9% against 33.4%.
The school is in Valencia County, where median household income comes to about $58,933, roughly 21% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 13% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Valencia County's 27 public schools enroll about 11,956 students and include SCHOOL OF DREAMS ACADEMY.
The closest school to SCHOOL OF DREAMS ACADEMY is LOS LUNAS MIDDLE, located about 0.6 miles away. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of SCHOOL OF DREAMS ACADEMY. Among its closest neighbors with test data, SCHOOL OF DREAMS ACADEMY is 2nd of 6 on proficiency.
NCES assigns SCHOOL OF DREAMS ACADEMY the locale Suburb: Small, meaning in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population under 100,000. SCHOOL OF DREAMS ACADEMY holds a charter, making it a public charter school.
A 5% decline took enrollment from 504 in 2020-21 to 478 in 2024-25. The student-to-teacher ratio dropped from 15.8:1 in 2020-21 to 10.2:1 in 2024-25.
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Valencia County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
78,458
Census ACS
Median income
$58,933
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
21%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
13%
Below federal line
Schools in county
27
11,956 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in LOS LUNAS
- LOS LUNAS HIGHHigh · 1,460 students
- VALENCIA HIGHHigh · 960 students
- LOS LUNAS MIDDLEMiddle · 719 students
- SUNDANCE ELEMENTARYElementary · 617 students
- KATHERINE GALLEGOS ELEMENTARYElementary · 605 students
- BOSQUE FARMS ELEMENTARYElementary · 458 students
Nearby schools
- LOS LUNAS MIDDLE0.6 mi · 719
- RAYMOND GABALDON ELEMENTARY0.8 mi · 365
- LOS LUNAS ELEMENTARY1.0 mi · 458
- KATHERINE GALLEGOS ELEMENTARY1.1 mi · 605
- CENTURY ALT HIGH1.5 mi · 353
- CENTRAL NM CORRECTIONS1.8 mi · 1
Frequently asked questions
About SCHOOL OF DREAMS ACADEMYHow large is SCHOOL OF DREAMS ACADEMY?
SCHOOL OF DREAMS ACADEMY enrolls approximately 478 students in grades PK-12.
What age range does SCHOOL OF DREAMS ACADEMY serve?
SCHOOL OF DREAMS ACADEMY serves students from grade PK through grade 12.
How many teachers does SCHOOL OF DREAMS ACADEMY have?
SCHOOL OF DREAMS ACADEMY employs 47 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 10.2:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at SCHOOL OF DREAMS ACADEMY?
At SCHOOL OF DREAMS ACADEMY, the student body is approximately 25% White, 69% Hispanic, 0% Black, 1% Asian, 3% Two or more.
What district is SCHOOL OF DREAMS ACADEMY in?
SCHOOL OF DREAMS ACADEMY is part of SCHOOL OF DREAMS ACADEMY.
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