TESUQUE ELEMENTARY

TESUQUE ELEMENTARY is an one-room-style elementary school in TESUQUE, New Mexico, run under SANTA FE. The school caters to 61 students in grades pre-K through 6. Compared to the state average of about 287 students per school, that is 79% below typical.

SANTA FE comprises 29 schools with combined enrollment of 11,182 students; TESUQUE ELEMENTARY is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, TESUQUE ELEMENTARY shows that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 70% of enrollment; the rest consists of 15% Native American, 11% White, 3% Asian. By comparison, Santa Fe County as a whole is about 48% Hispanic, so the school skews visibly more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school lists 5 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 12.2:1. The state averages around 12.9:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 100% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Santa Fe County runs at roughly 84%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Santa Fe County indicate the typical household earns roughly $79,071 per year, roughly 46% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. TESUQUE ELEMENTARY is one of 53 public schools in Santa Fe County (combined enrollment of about 20,719 students).

Nearest neighbor: Te Tsu Geh Oweenge Day School, around 3.6 miles off. Within five miles, there are 2 other public schools.

TESUQUE ELEMENTARY operates from a rural location.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count fell 38%: 98 students in 2018 compared to 61 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio widened from 9.9:1 in 2018 to 12.2:1 today.

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