SIXTH STREET ELEMENTARY

SIXTH STREET ELEMENTARY is one of the low-enrollment elementary schools in SILVER CITY, New Mexico, part of SILVER CITY, with 123 students on its rolls from grade K. By comparison, New Mexico's public schools average about 287 students each, so SIXTH STREET ELEMENTARY sits 57% smaller than that benchmark.

SILVER CITY comprises 9 schools with combined enrollment of 2,100 students; SIXTH STREET ELEMENTARY is among them.

In terms of who attends, SIXTH STREET ELEMENTARY logs that Hispanic students make up the majority at 72%. Other groups include 22% White, 6% multiracial. By comparison, Grant County as a whole is about 48% Hispanic, so the school skews meaningfully more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, The school currently runs with 10 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 12.6:1. The state averages about 12.9:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. About 100% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Grant County put median household earnings sit near $44,958, about 31% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 12% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Grant County runs 16 public schools (combined enrollment of about 3,240 students), of which SIXTH STREET ELEMENTARY is one.

ALDO LEOPOLD CHARTER is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. 7 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

Geographically, the school is in a town-center area.

Looking at the recent track record. SIXTH STREET ELEMENTARY's enrollment has shrank 32% since 2018, when it stood at 182 (now 123). Over the same period, the White share ticked down from 34% to 22%. Class-load math has pulled in: from 14.0:1 in 2018 to 12.6:1 in 2025.

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