THOREAU ELEMENTARY

THOREAU ELEMENTARY is a moderately sized elementary school in THOREAU, New Mexico, part of GALLUP. The school instructs 359 students in grades pre-K through 5. That puts it 25% larger than the typical public school in New Mexico, which averages around 287 students.

GALLUP comprises 33 schools with combined enrollment of 12,698 students; THOREAU ELEMENTARY is among them.

Demographically, THOREAU ELEMENTARY logs that 71% of the student body identifies as Native American. Beyond that, the school reports 17% Hispanic, 8% White, 3% multiracial.

On the income-and-resources front, Roughly 90% of students at THOREAU ELEMENTARY qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

With demographic context factored in, THOREAU ELEMENTARY performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 35.8%, the actual is 22.3%, a residual of -13.5 points.

In the broader community, McKinley County reports that median household income runs about $47,668, about 13% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 28%. Across McKinley County's 53 public schools (combined enrollment of about 16,807 students), THOREAU ELEMENTARY is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: THOREAU MIDDLE, around 0.9 miles off. Within five miles, there are 2 other public schools.

THOREAU ELEMENTARY operates from a small-town location.

Five-year trend. THOREAU ELEMENTARY's enrollment has expanded 16% since 2018, when it stood at 309 (now 359). Hispanic enrollment moved from 6% to 17% across the same window.

Within the allk12 community for this school, posts here usually surface around pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. Members of the school community can share what they know.