TONY QUINTANA ELEMENTARY

Located at 18670 US 84/285, in ESPANOLA, New Mexico, TONY QUINTANA ELEMENTARY is a cozy K-5 school that hosts 208 students (grades K through 6), overseen by ESPANOLA. Enrollment runs roughly 28% leaner than the state mean of about 287.

TONY QUINTANA ELEMENTARY is one of 12 schools operated by ESPANOLA, a district that teaches 1,876 students overall.

On demographics, TONY QUINTANA ELEMENTARY shows that nearly all students (89%) are Hispanic. Other groups include 6% Native American, 3% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 48% Hispanic, putting the school's mix considerably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 17 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 12.2:1 students per teacher. The state averages about 12.9:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Around 97% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Santa Fe County (around 84%), the school's rate is meaningfully above typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), TONY QUINTANA ELEMENTARY sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 34.1%; this one delivers 21.8%.

In the surrounding community, census data for Santa Fe County shows median household earnings sit near $79,071, 46% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 9%. TONY QUINTANA ELEMENTARY is one of 53 public schools in Santa Fe County (combined enrollment of about 20,719 students).

The closest other public school is MCCURDY CHARTER SCHOOL, roughly 1.5 miles away. 6 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts TONY QUINTANA ELEMENTARY at 3rd of 5; the average score across the group is 26.4%.

The campus sits in a low-density setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at TONY QUINTANA ELEMENTARY has shrank 14%, going from 241 students in 2018 to 208 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 6% to 1% across the same window. Class-load math has fell: from 13.3:1 in 2018 to 12.2:1 in 2025.

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