TIERRA AMARILLA ELEMENTARY

TIERRA AMARILLA ELEMENTARY is one of the rural-scale elementary campuss in TIERRA AMARILLA, New Mexico, run under CHAMA VALLEY, with 76 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 6. By comparison, New Mexico's public schools average about 287 students each, so TIERRA AMARILLA ELEMENTARY sits 74% below that benchmark.

Across the 3 schools in CHAMA VALLEY (262 students total), TIERRA AMARILLA ELEMENTARY accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On the student-mix side, TIERRA AMARILLA ELEMENTARY lists that 87% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority. Beyond that, the school shows 7% White, 4% multiracial. By comparison, Rio Arriba County as a whole is about 67% Hispanic, so the school skews meaningfully more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 8 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 10.1:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 12.9:1 average. About 100% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

Around the school, census data for Rio Arriba County shows median household earnings sit near $57,155, about 19% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 15%. In all, Rio Arriba County runs 30 public schools (combined enrollment of about 3,127 students), of which TIERRA AMARILLA ELEMENTARY is one.

ESCALANTE MIDDLE/HIGH SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles from this campus.

Geographically, the school is in a low-density area.

Five-year trend. TIERRA AMARILLA ELEMENTARY's enrollment has ticked down 34% since 2018, when it stood at 115 (now 76). Over the same period, the White share declined from 17% to 7%. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 11.2:1 in 2018 to 10.1:1 today.

On the community side, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.