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Teachers: what resource would make the biggest difference at SHIWI TS'ANA ELEMENTARY this year?
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Enrollment
447
Elementary
DISTRICT 263 · STATE 287
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ZUNI·NCES 350280001124
SHIWI TS'ANA ELEMENTARY
38 ZUNI ROUTE 301 NORTH, ZUNI, NM 87327 · (505) 782-4441 · McKinley County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY43-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL447 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 12% 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
10.8:1
41 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.0:1 · STATE 12.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
447 students
DISTRICT 100% · STATE 90%
Community
1
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 31 | 7% |
| Kindergarten | 50 | 11% |
| Grade 1 | 63 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 51 | 11% |
| Grade 3 | 72 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 80 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 100 | 22% |
This year's kindergarten class (50) is 50% smaller than its 5th grade class (100).
Student demographics
15%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 21% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Based on grade levels within ZUNI. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
NM-MSSA + NM-ASR 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
32.2%
NM avg 44.2%
Math
15.5%
NM avg 27.2%
What this means: On the NM-MSSA + NM-ASR, New Mexico's statewide test, about 32 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 16 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
22.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
33.4%
based on NM schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-11.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 22% 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 SHIWI TS'ANA ELEMENTARY
SHIWI TS'ANA ELEMENTARY's state test result (22.4% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 3 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| SHIWI TS'ANA ELEMENTARY this school | 447 | 100.0% | 22.4% |
| JUDY NELSON ELEMENTARY KIRTLAND | 486 | 100.0% | 34.2% |
| Wingate Elementary School Ft. Wingate | 366 | 99.2% | N/A |
| OJO AMARILLO ELEMENTARY FRUITLAND | 280 | 100.0% | 25.6% |
| CUBA ELEMENTARY CUBA | 298 | 99.7% | N/A |
| APACHE ELEMENTARY FARMINGTON | 375 | 100.0% | 22.7% |
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 SHIWI TS'ANA ELEMENTARY ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New Mexico | In McKinley County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 22.4% | #290 of 329 | #12 of 17 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 15.5% | #280 of 354 | #15 of 17 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 32.2% | #266 of 366 | #6 of 17 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 447 | #77 of 490 | #2 of 28 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.8:1 | #52 of 318 | #6 of 9 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 14.8% | #289 of 334 | #17 of 21 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 100% | #206 of 393 | #1 of 23 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -35.3% | #62 of 287 | #4 of 13 |
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
447
-115 (-20%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
10.8:1
was 17.6:1
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 | 447 | 41.4 | 10.8:1 | 100% (447) |
| 2023-24 | 461 | 48.6 | 9.5:1 | 86% (395) |
| 2022-23 | 480 | 36.5 | 13.2:1 | 100% (480) |
| 2020-21 | 562 | 32 | 17.6:1 | 100% (562) |
| 2017-18 | 691 | 50.9 | 13.6:1 | 100% (688) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for SHIWI TS'ANA ELEMENTARY.
Since 2017-18: students down 35% (691 to 447); teachers down 19% (50.9 to 41.4).
About SHIWI TS'ANA ELEMENTARY
SHIWI TS'ANA ELEMENTARY is a large elementary school in ZUNI, New Mexico, administered by ZUNI. The school enrolls 447 students in pre-K through 5. Elementary schools in New Mexico average about 287 students, which makes this school 56% above average.
SHIWI TS'ANA ELEMENTARY falls under ZUNI, which has 4 schools enrolling 1,052 students.
At SHIWI TS'ANA ELEMENTARY, 92% of students are Native American. It is also 4% multiracial and 2% Asian. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, SHIWI TS'ANA ELEMENTARY scores 15%.
The student-to-teacher ratio is 10.8:1. The school has 41.4 full-time-equivalent teachers. By comparison, the average for elementary schools in New Mexico is 12.9:1. In all, 100% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. That is 15 points above the 85% average for public schools in McKinley County.
On the allk12 Grade, SHIWI TS'ANA ELEMENTARY lands at D, ahead of 12% of New Mexico public elementary schools.
Given its share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, SHIWI TS'ANA ELEMENTARY would be expected to post about 33.4%. Its actual average proficiency rate across its state test results is 22.4%.
In McKinley County, where the school is located, median household income comes to about $47,668, about 13% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 28%. The county has 53 public schools and about 16,807 students.
ZUNI HIGH is about 0.4 miles from SHIWI TS'ANA ELEMENTARY, the shortest distance to any other public school. The five-mile area around SHIWI TS'ANA ELEMENTARY holds 3 other public schools. SHIWI TS'ANA ELEMENTARY comes in 4th of 5 nearby schools on average proficiency.
SHIWI TS'ANA ELEMENTARY is coded as Rural: Remote in federal locale data.
From 562 students in 2020-21, enrollment fell to 447 by 2024-25. Students per teacher dropped from 17.6 in 2020-21 to 10.8 in 2024-25.
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McKinley County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
70,431
Census ACS
Median income
$47,668
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
13%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
28%
Below federal line
Schools in county
53
16,807 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in ZUNI
- ZUNI HIGHHigh · 295 students
- ZUNI MIDDLEMiddle · 240 students
- TWIN BUTTES CYBER ACADEMYHigh · 70 students
Other schools in ZUNI
- ZUNI HIGHHigh · 295 students
- ZUNI MIDDLEMiddle · 240 students
- TWIN BUTTES CYBER ACADEMYHigh · 70 students
Nearby schools
- ZUNI HIGH0.4 mi · 295
- TWIN BUTTES CYBER ACADEMY0.9 mi · 70
- ZUNI MIDDLE1.8 mi · 240
- Chi Chil'tah Community School13.0 mi · 54
- DAVID SKEET ELEMENTARY16.1 mi · 232
- RAMAH HIGH17.9 mi · 269
Frequently asked questions
About SHIWI TS'ANA ELEMENTARYWhat is the total enrollment at SHIWI TS'ANA ELEMENTARY?
SHIWI TS'ANA ELEMENTARY enrolls approximately 447 students in grades PK-05.
Is SHIWI TS'ANA ELEMENTARY an elementary, middle, or high school?
SHIWI TS'ANA ELEMENTARY is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does SHIWI TS'ANA ELEMENTARY have?
SHIWI TS'ANA ELEMENTARY employs 41 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 10.8:1.
What is the student diversity at SHIWI TS'ANA ELEMENTARY?
Student demographics at SHIWI TS'ANA ELEMENTARY are roughly 0% White, 2% Hispanic, 2% Asian, 4% Two or more.
What district is SHIWI TS'ANA ELEMENTARY in?
SHIWI TS'ANA ELEMENTARY is part of ZUNI.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.