TURQUOISE TRAIL CHARTER SCHOOL

TURQUOISE TRAIL CHARTER SCHOOL, a well-populated K-5 school in SANTA FE, New Mexico, overseen by TURQUOISE TRAIL CHARTER SCHOOL, works with 622 students, covering grades pre-K through 8. That puts it 117% above the typical public school in New Mexico, which averages around 287 students.

TURQUOISE TRAIL CHARTER SCHOOL sits inside TURQUOISE TRAIL CHARTER SCHOOL, the local public-school operator responsible for the campus.

In terms of who attends, TURQUOISE TRAIL CHARTER SCHOOL logs that nearly all students (80%) are Hispanic. The remainder breaks down as 14% White. The wider county runs roughly 48% Hispanic, putting the school's mix visibly more Hispanic than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, The school lists 31 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 19.8:1. The state averages around 12.9:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Roughly 100% of students at TURQUOISE TRAIL CHARTER SCHOOL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Santa Fe County (around 84%), the school's rate is somewhat above typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), TURQUOISE TRAIL CHARTER SCHOOL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 33.4%, the actual is 25.7%, a residual of -7.8 points.

Around the school, the surrounding county (Santa Fe County) logs that median household earnings sit near $79,071, roughly 46% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Santa Fe County runs 53 public schools (combined enrollment of about 20,719 students), of which TURQUOISE TRAIL CHARTER SCHOOL is one.

Nearest neighbor: PENITENTIARY OF NM-SANTA FE, around 1.8 miles off. 2 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 4 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), TURQUOISE TRAIL CHARTER SCHOOL ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, below the local average of 26.0%.

The school occupies an outlying site. TURQUOISE TRAIL CHARTER SCHOOL operates as a public charter school, meaning it is publicly funded but governed independently of the surrounding district's traditional schools.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count increased 26%: 495 students in 2018 compared to 622 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 23% to 14% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio loosened from 15.6:1 in 2018 to 19.8:1 today.

In the discussion threads here, members of the TURQUOISE TRAIL CHARTER SCHOOL community share and discuss open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.