Enrollment
216
Elementary
DISTRICT 217 · STATE 287
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·TAOS·NCES 350252000817
TAOS MUNICIPAL CHARTER
1303 PASEO DEL CANON EAST, TAOS, NM 87571 · (575) 751-7222 · Taos County
GRADES KG–08ELEMENTARY33-TOWNCHARTERTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL216 STUDENTS
A
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 86% of New Mexico public elementary schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats 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
12.6:1
17 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.8:1 · STATE 12.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
216 students
DISTRICT 94% · 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 | 20 | 9% |
| Grade 1 | 20 | 9% |
| Grade 2 | 24 | 11% |
| Grade 3 | 24 | 11% |
| Grade 4 | 26 | 12% |
| Grade 5 | 27 | 13% |
| Grade 6 | 26 | 12% |
| Grade 7 | 26 | 12% |
| Grade 8 | 23 | 11% |
This year's kindergarten class (20) is 13% smaller than its 8th grade class (23).
Student demographics
54%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 43% · 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
55.8%
NM avg 44.2%
Math
31.3%
NM avg 27.2%
What this means: On the NM-MSSA + NM-ASR, New Mexico's statewide test, about 56 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 31 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
51.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
33.4%
based on NM schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+18.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 52% 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 18 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 TAOS MUNICIPAL CHARTER
TAOS MUNICIPAL CHARTER's state test result (51.5% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| TAOS MUNICIPAL CHARTER this school | 216 | 100.0% | 51.5% |
| JOSE BARRIOS ELEMENTARY SILVER CITY | 199 | 99.5% | 49.7% |
| HERMOSA ELEMENTARY ARTESIA | 311 | 100.0% | 49.9% |
| BELLEHAVEN ELEMENTARY ALBUQUERQUE | 216 | 99.5% | 40.9% |
| MITCHELL ELEMENTARY ALBUQUERQUE | 233 | 99.6% | 34.2% |
| THRIVE COMMUNITY SCHOOL SANTA FE | 305 | 98.0% | 49.0% |
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 TAOS MUNICIPAL CHARTER ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New Mexico | In Taos County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 51.5% | #38 of 329 | #2 of 6 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 31.3% | #129 of 354 | #3 of 7 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 55.8% | #74 of 366 | #2 of 8 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 216 | #313 of 490 | #3 of 13 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.6:1 | #135 of 318 | N/A |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 53.7% | #105 of 334 | N/A |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 100% | #202 of 393 | #5 of 9 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +1.4% | #52 of 57 | N/A |
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
216
0 (0%) vs 2020
-7% since 2000-01, when it was 232
Student : Teacher
12.6:1
was 13.5:1
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 | 216 | 17.1 | 12.6:1 | 100% (216) |
| 2023-24 | 211 | 18.6 | 11.3:1 | 25% (53) |
| 2022-23 | 218 | 17.4 | 12.5:1 | 53% (115) |
| 2020-21 | 216 | 16 | 13.5:1 | 52% (112) |
| 2017-18 | 213 | 14.8 | 14.4:1 | 46% (97) |
| 2015-16 | 211 | 14 | 15.1:1 | 53% (112) |
| 2010-11 | 202 | 13 | 15.5:1 | 52% (106) |
| 2000-01 | 232 | 15 | 15.5:1 | 27% (62) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for TAOS MUNICIPAL CHARTER.
Since 2017-18: students up 1% (213 to 216); teachers up 16% (14.8 to 17.1).
About TAOS MUNICIPAL CHARTER
As a small elementary school, TAOS MUNICIPAL CHARTER serves students in TAOS, New Mexico. Total enrollment is 216 students, and the grades served are kindergarten through 8. By comparison, elementary schools in New Mexico enroll about 287 students on average.
TAOS enrolls 2,184 students in 8 schools, including TAOS MUNICIPAL CHARTER.
More than half of the students at TAOS MUNICIPAL CHARTER are Hispanic (61%). Next come 31% White, 3% multiracial, and 3% Native American. That compares with about 51% Hispanic among all Taos County residents. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 54%.
Its ratio of 12.6:1 is based on 17.1 full-time-equivalent teachers. That is in line with the 12.9:1 average for elementary schools in New Mexico. The share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch is 100%. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Taos County is 89%.
TAOS MUNICIPAL CHARTER earns an A on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 86% of New Mexico public elementary schools.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, TAOS MUNICIPAL CHARTER would score about 33.4%. It scores 51.5%, a top-10% result among New Mexico schools on BeatsExpectations.
Five-year Census Bureau estimates for Taos County show that median household income comes to about $58,950, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 39% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 12%. Taos County counts 23 public schools with about 3,727 students.
The closest school to TAOS MUNICIPAL CHARTER is TAOS MIDDLE, located about 1.0 miles away. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. Nearby schools average 36.4% on proficiency, and TAOS MUNICIPAL CHARTER is above that at 51.5%.
The federal government classifies TAOS MUNICIPAL CHARTER's location as Town: Remote. Federal records list TAOS MUNICIPAL CHARTER as a charter school.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, enrollment moved from 216 to 216, a small change.
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Taos County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
34,543
Census ACS
Median income
$58,950
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
39%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
12%
Below federal line
Schools in county
23
3,727 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in TAOS
- TAOS HIGHHigh · 749 students
- ENOS GARCIA ELEMENTARYElementary · 348 students
- TAOS MIDDLEMiddle · 337 students
- RANCHOS DE TAOS ELEMENTARYElementary · 225 students
- ANANSI CHARTER SCHOOLElementary · 198 students
- ARROYO DEL NORTE ELEMENTARYElementary · 99 students
Other schools in TAOS
- TAOS HIGHHigh · 749 students
- ENOS GARCIA ELEMENTARYElementary · 348 students
- TAOS MIDDLEMiddle · 337 students
- TAOS ACADEMYHigh · 251 students
- TAOS INTEGRATED SCHOOL OF ARTSElementary · 215 students
- TAOS INTERNATIONAL SCHOOLElementary · 179 students
Nearby schools
- TAOS MIDDLE1.0 mi · 337
- VISTA GRANDE HIGH SCHOOL1.0 mi · 69
- TAOS HIGH1.2 mi · 749
- TAOS INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL1.4 mi · 179
- TAOS ACADEMY1.5 mi · 251
- TAOS INTEGRATED SCHOOL OF ARTS1.6 mi · 215
Frequently asked questions
About TAOS MUNICIPAL CHARTERHow many students attend TAOS MUNICIPAL CHARTER?
TAOS MUNICIPAL CHARTER enrolls approximately 216 students in grades KG-08.
Is TAOS MUNICIPAL CHARTER an elementary, middle, or high school?
TAOS MUNICIPAL CHARTER is an elementary school covering grades KG-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at TAOS MUNICIPAL CHARTER?
The student-to-teacher ratio at TAOS MUNICIPAL CHARTER is approximately 12.6:1 (17 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at TAOS MUNICIPAL CHARTER?
At TAOS MUNICIPAL CHARTER, the student body is approximately 31% White, 61% Hispanic, 1% Black, 2% Asian, 3% Two or more.
What district is TAOS MUNICIPAL CHARTER in?
TAOS MUNICIPAL CHARTER is part of TAOS.
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