TOMASITA ELEMENTARY

TOMASITA ELEMENTARY is one of the close-knit primary schools in ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico, one of the schools within ALBUQUERQUE, with 187 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 287 students per school, that is 35% smaller than typical.

Across the 171 schools in ALBUQUERQUE (74,041 students total), TOMASITA ELEMENTARY accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

For racial and ethnic makeup, TOMASITA ELEMENTARY shows that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 67% of enrollment; the rest breaks down as 9% White, 8% Native American, 7% Black, 6% multiracial. That is noticeably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 49%.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 17 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 10.8:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 12.9:1 average. An estimated 100% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Bernalillo County runs at roughly 90%, so the school's eligibility rate is above the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), TOMASITA ELEMENTARY tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 33.4% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 30.9%.

In the broader community, census data for Bernalillo County shows the typical household earns roughly $69,473 per year, about 38% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. In all, Bernalillo County runs 211 public schools (combined enrollment of about 85,724 students), of which TOMASITA ELEMENTARY is one.

KENNEDY MIDDLE is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around TOMASITA ELEMENTARY. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), TOMASITA ELEMENTARY ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 27.8%.

TOMASITA ELEMENTARY operates from an urban location.

Looking at the recent track record. TOMASITA ELEMENTARY's enrollment has declined 48% since 2018, when it stood at 361 (now 187). Hispanic enrollment moved from 57% to 67% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 14.6:1 in 2018 to 10.8:1 today.

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