SHIWI TS'ANA ELEMENTARY

SHIWI TS'ANA ELEMENTARY operates as a large elementary campus in ZUNI, New Mexico, overseen by ZUNI. Current enrollment sits at 447 students spanning grades pre-K through 5. That puts it 56% larger than the typical public school in New Mexico, which averages around 287 students.

ZUNI runs 4 schools in total, collectively educating 1,052 students. SHIWI TS'ANA ELEMENTARY is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, SHIWI TS'ANA ELEMENTARY logs that nearly all students (92%) are Native American. Beyond that, the school shows 4% multiracial, 2% Asian.

Looking at school resources, SHIWI TS'ANA ELEMENTARY shows 41 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 10.8:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 12.9:1, putting SHIWI TS'ANA ELEMENTARY tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 100% of students at SHIWI TS'ANA ELEMENTARY qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, McKinley County runs at roughly 85%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, SHIWI TS'ANA ELEMENTARY performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 33.4%, the actual is 22.4%, a residual of -11.1 points.

Around the school, ACS estimates for McKinley County put median household earnings sit near $47,668, roughly 13% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 28% of residents live below the federal poverty line. SHIWI TS'ANA ELEMENTARY is one of 53 public schools in McKinley County (combined enrollment of about 16,807 students).

ZUNI HIGH is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles from this campus. 3 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts SHIWI TS'ANA ELEMENTARY at 4th of 5; the average score across the group is 27.2%.

The school occupies an outlying site.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 35%: 691 students in 2018 compared to 447 in 2025. Class-load math has pulled in: from 13.6:1 in 2018 to 10.8:1 in 2025.

Inside the community feed, members of the SHIWI TS'ANA ELEMENTARY community share and discuss open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.