Enrollment
303
Elementary
DISTRICT 290 · STATE 287
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MORIARTY-EDGEWOOD·NCES 350189000749
SOUTH MOUNTAIN ELEMENTARY
577 STATE RD 344, MORIARTY, NM 87015 · (505) 835-5835 · Santa Fe County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL303 STUDENTS
A
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 93% of New Mexico public elementary schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A+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
11.3:1
27 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.9:1 · STATE 12.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
302 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 | 39 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 51 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 57 | 19% |
| Grade 3 | 53 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 45 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 58 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (39) is 33% smaller than its 5th grade class (58).
Student demographics
54%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 54% · 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
69.5%
NM avg 44.2%
Math
56.5%
NM avg 27.2%
What this means: On the NM-MSSA + NM-ASR, New Mexico's statewide test, about 70 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 57 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of NM schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
59.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
33.5%
based on NM schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+26.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 60% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 33% typical for New Mexico schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 26 points, placing it in New Mexico's top 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 SOUTH MOUNTAIN ELEMENTARY
SOUTH MOUNTAIN ELEMENTARY's state test result (59.6% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| SOUTH MOUNTAIN ELEMENTARY this school | 303 | 99.7% | 59.6% |
| ROUTE 66 ELEMENTARY MORIARTY | 278 | 99.6% | 32.6% |
| MCCOY AVENUE ELEMENTARY AZTEC | 313 | 100.0% | 29.9% |
| LA LUZ ELEMENTARY LA LUZ | 224 | 99.6% | 36.3% |
| PARK AVENUE ELEMENTARY AZTEC | 317 | 100.0% | 24.6% |
| A. MONTOYA ELEMENTARY TIJERAS | 370 | 99.2% | 38.0% |
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 SOUTH MOUNTAIN ELEMENTARY ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New Mexico | In Santa Fe County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 59.6% | #21 of 329 | #1 of 18 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 56.5% | #25 of 354 | #4 of 24 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 69.5% | #24 of 366 | #4 of 24 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 303 | #228 of 490 | #13 of 28 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.3:1 | #74 of 318 | #1 of 21 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 54.5% | #101 of 334 | #5 of 21 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 99.7% | #227 of 393 | #18 of 20 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -2.9% | #265 of 287 | #20 of 20 |
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
303
+10 (+3%) vs 2020
-17% since 2000-01, when it was 366
Student : Teacher
11.3:1
was 14.7:1
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 | 303 | 26.7 | 11.3:1 | 100% (302) |
| 2023-24 | 309 | 23.7 | 13.0:1 | 100% (309) |
| 2022-23 | 304 | 20.6 | 14.8:1 | 100% (304) |
| 2020-21 | 293 | 20 | 14.7:1 | 38% (110) |
| 2017-18 | 312 | 16.9 | 18.5:1 | 54% (169) |
| 2015-16 | 280 | 17 | 16.5:1 | 54% (150) |
| 2010-11 | 324 | 18 | 18.0:1 | 39% (126) |
| 2000-01 | 366 | 23 | 15.9:1 | 29% (105) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for SOUTH MOUNTAIN ELEMENTARY.
Since 2017-18: students down 3% (312 to 303); teachers up 58% (16.9 to 26.7).
About SOUTH MOUNTAIN ELEMENTARY
SOUTH MOUNTAIN ELEMENTARY is a medium-sized elementary school in MORIARTY-EDGEWOOD, located in MORIARTY, New Mexico. The school had 303 students in kindergarten through 5 in 2024-25.
The district, MORIARTY-EDGEWOOD, has 2,361 students enrolled across 7 schools.
Hispanic students are the majority at SOUTH MOUNTAIN ELEMENTARY, with 51% of enrollment. The school is also 45% White and 4% multiracial. That is close to the 48% Hispanic share among all Santa Fe County residents. SOUTH MOUNTAIN ELEMENTARY's diversity index is 54%, against a US figure of 70%.
With 26.7 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25, the ratio at SOUTH MOUNTAIN ELEMENTARY was 11.3:1. On average, elementary schools in New Mexico have 12.9:1, compared with 11.3:1 here. SOUTH MOUNTAIN ELEMENTARY's free or reduced-price lunch eligibility rate is 100%. Public schools in Santa Fe County average 84%.
allk12 grades SOUTH MOUNTAIN ELEMENTARY an A. The grade compares the school only with New Mexico public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
The BeatsExpectations model predicts 33.5% for SOUTH MOUNTAIN ELEMENTARY, given its share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The actual figure is 59.6%. The 26.1-point gap ranks in the top 10% of New Mexico schools.
Santa Fe County has these Census figures: the median household income is $79,071, about 46% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 9% of residents are in poverty. In all, Santa Fe County has 53 public schools and roughly 20,719 students.
Nearby, EDGEWOOD MIDDLE is about 3.3 miles away. Within five miles of SOUTH MOUNTAIN ELEMENTARY, there are 2 other public schools. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 50.8%; SOUTH MOUNTAIN ELEMENTARY's is 59.6%, ranking 1st of 6.
Under the NCES locale system, SOUTH MOUNTAIN ELEMENTARY is Rural: Distant.
Compared with 2020-21, the school had 10 more students in 2024-25. Federal data show the ratio falling from 14.7:1 to 11.3:1.
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Santa Fe County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
156,105
Census ACS
Median income
$79,071
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
46%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
53
20,719 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in MORIARTY-EDGEWOOD
- MORIARTY HIGHHigh · 671 students
- MORIARTY ELEMENTARYElementary · 464 students
- EDGEWOOD MIDDLEMiddle · 281 students
- ROUTE 66 ELEMENTARYElementary · 278 students
- MORIARTY MIDDLEMiddle · 248 students
- MESD EARLY CHILDHOOD CENTERElementary · 116 students
Other schools in MORIARTY
- MORIARTY HIGHHigh · 671 students
- MORIARTY ELEMENTARYElementary · 464 students
- EDGEWOOD MIDDLEMiddle · 281 students
- ROUTE 66 ELEMENTARYElementary · 278 students
- MORIARTY MIDDLEMiddle · 248 students
- MESD EARLY CHILDHOOD CENTERElementary · 116 students
Other South Mountain Elementary schools
3 other US public schools in 4 states are named South Mountain Elementary. SOUTH MOUNTAIN ELEMENTARY is the 3rd largest of the 4.
- South Mountain Elementary SchoolS ORANGE, NJ · 613 students
- South Mountain Elementary SchoolDillsburg, PA · 389 students
- South Mountain ElementaryWausau, WI · 235 students
Nearby schools
- EDGEWOOD MIDDLE3.3 mi · 281
- ESTANCIA VALLEY CLASSICAL ACADEMY4.6 mi · 565
- PECOS CYBER ACADEMY5.4 mi · 1,569
- ROUTE 66 ELEMENTARY5.4 mi · 278
- SAN ANTONITO ELEMENTARY8.5 mi · 299
- MESD EARLY CHILDHOOD CENTER8.7 mi · 116
Frequently asked questions
About SOUTH MOUNTAIN ELEMENTARYHow many students attend SOUTH MOUNTAIN ELEMENTARY?
SOUTH MOUNTAIN ELEMENTARY enrolls approximately 303 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does SOUTH MOUNTAIN ELEMENTARY serve?
SOUTH MOUNTAIN ELEMENTARY serves grades KG-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at SOUTH MOUNTAIN ELEMENTARY?
The student-to-teacher ratio at SOUTH MOUNTAIN ELEMENTARY is approximately 11.3:1 (27 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at SOUTH MOUNTAIN ELEMENTARY?
At SOUTH MOUNTAIN ELEMENTARY, the student body is approximately 45% White, 51% Hispanic, 0% Black, 4% Two or more.
Who oversees SOUTH MOUNTAIN ELEMENTARY?
SOUTH MOUNTAIN ELEMENTARY is overseen by MORIARTY-EDGEWOOD in Santa Fe County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.