TAOS ACADEMY

TAOS ACADEMY is a 9-12 campus of compact scale in TAOS, New Mexico, overseen by TAOS ACADEMY, works with 251 students in grades 5 through 12. By comparison, New Mexico's public schools average about 450 students each, so TAOS ACADEMY sits 44% smaller than that benchmark.

TAOS ACADEMY sits inside TAOS ACADEMY, the local public-school operator responsible for the campus.

For racial and ethnic makeup, TAOS ACADEMY logs that 66% of the student body identifies as Hispanic. Beyond that, the school logs 25% White, 6% multiracial. That is considerably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 51%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school lists 19 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 13.5:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 22.9:1 average. About 34% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Taos County (around 89%), the school's rate is meaningfully below typical.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, TAOS ACADEMY performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 49.3%, the actual is 52.6%, a residual of +3.3 points.

Zooming out to the county, Taos County reports that median household earnings sit near $58,950, 39% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 12%. In all, Taos County runs 23 public schools (combined enrollment of about 3,727 students), of which TAOS ACADEMY is one.

The closest other public school is VISTA GRANDE HIGH SCHOOL, roughly 0.6 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around TAOS ACADEMY. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), TAOS ACADEMY ranks 1st on composite proficiency, above the local average of 36.2%.

TAOS ACADEMY operates from a low-density location. As a public charter, TAOS ACADEMY runs on public funding but with greater curricular and operational autonomy than a typical district school.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at TAOS ACADEMY has climbed 20%, going from 209 students in 2018 to 251 in 2025. The White share of enrollment decreased from 45% to 25% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio widened from 11.7:1 in 2018 to 13.5:1 today.

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