UPPER ELEMENTARY

UPPER ELEMENTARY is an elementary school of modestly sized scale in ESTANCIA, New Mexico, run under ESTANCIA, hosting 179 students in grades 2 through 6. Enrollment runs roughly 38% smaller than the state mean of about 287.

Within ESTANCIA, which oversees 4 schools and 575 students, UPPER ELEMENTARY is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, UPPER ELEMENTARY records that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 78% of enrollment. The remainder is composed of 19% White. That is considerably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 43%.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 16 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 11.4:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 12.9:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 100% of students at UPPER ELEMENTARY qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

With demographic context factored in, UPPER ELEMENTARY tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 33.4% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 36.5%.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Torrance County shows median household income runs about $57,842, 17% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 12% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Torrance County runs 11 public schools (combined enrollment of about 2,258 students), of which UPPER ELEMENTARY is one.

The closest other public school is LOWER ELEMENTARY, roughly 0.1 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 3 other public schools cluster around UPPER ELEMENTARY. On composite proficiency, UPPER ELEMENTARY comes 2nd of 4 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 28.7%.

The campus sits in a low-density setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count climbed 33%: 135 students in 2018 compared to 179 in 2025. The White share of enrollment ticked down from 27% to 19% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio rose from 8.4:1 in 2018 to 11.4:1 today.

Inside the community feed, recent activity here tends to focus on sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.