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Enrollment
573
Elementary
DISTRICT 345 · STATE 287
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ALBUQUERQUE·NCES 350006000897
VENTANA RANCH ELEMENTARY
6801 VENTANA VILLAGE RD NW, ALBUQUERQUE, NM 87114 · (505) 890-7375 · Bernalillo County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL573 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 72% of New Mexico public elementary schools
- B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded New Mexico public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
14.5:1
40 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.5:1 · STATE 12.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
573 students
DISTRICT 92% · STATE 90%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 44 | 8% |
| Kindergarten | 73 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 78 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 83 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 92 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 103 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 100 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (73) is 27% smaller than its 5th grade class (100).
Student demographics
54%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 52% · STATE 55% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
NM-MSSA + NM-ASR 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
52.5%
NM avg 44.2%
Math
34.2%
NM avg 27.2%
What this means: On the NM-MSSA + NM-ASR, New Mexico's statewide test, about 53 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 34 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New Mexico schools, those numbers are about 44 and 27.
Source: NM-MSSA + NM-ASR. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
42.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
33.4%
based on NM schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+9.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 43% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 33% typical for New Mexico schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among New Mexico's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like VENTANA RANCH ELEMENTARY
VENTANA RANCH ELEMENTARY's state test result (42.5% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| VENTANA RANCH ELEMENTARY this school | 573 | 100.0% | 42.5% |
| HIGHLAND ELEMENTARY LAS CRUCES | 704 | 100.0% | 41.8% |
| TIERRA ANTIGUA ELEMENTARY ALBUQUERQUE | 696 | 99.9% | 37.3% |
| SIERRA VISTA PRIMARY RUIDOSO | 514 | 96.3% | N/A |
| WHITE MOUNTAIN ELEMENTARY RUIDOSO | 374 | 100.0% | 34.8% |
| MONTESSORI ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ALBUQUERQUE | 452 | 98.9% | 56.7% |
Matched among New Mexico elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where VENTANA RANCH ELEMENTARY ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New Mexico | In Bernalillo County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 42.5% | #87 of 329 | #26 of 91 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 34.2% | #103 of 354 | #28 of 96 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 52.5% | #95 of 366 | #27 of 101 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 573 | #23 of 490 | #5 of 108 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.5:1 | #223 of 318 | #87 of 97 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 53.7% | #104 of 334 | #43 of 97 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 100% | #49 of 393 | #35 of 101 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -25.2% | #117 of 287 | #47 of 88 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
573
-21 (-4%) vs 2020
-24% since 2010-11, when it was 753
Student : Teacher
14.5:1
was 14.8:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 573 | 39.5 | 14.5:1 | 100% (573) |
| 2023-24 | 617 | 42.1 | 14.7:1 | 65% (404) |
| 2022-23 | 641 | 40.1 | 16.0:1 | 37% (240) |
| 2020-21 | 594 | 40 | 14.8:1 | 34% (201) |
| 2017-18 | 766 | 40.6 | 18.9:1 | 39% (300) |
| 2015-16 | 769 | 41 | 18.8:1 | 38% (289) |
| 2010-11 | 753 | 43 | 17.5:1 | 35% (265) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for VENTANA RANCH ELEMENTARY.
Since 2017-18: students down 25% (766 to 573); teachers down 3% (40.6 to 39.5).
About VENTANA RANCH ELEMENTARY
VENTANA RANCH ELEMENTARY is a large elementary school in ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico, under ALBUQUERQUE. The school serves 573 students in pre-K through 5 in 2024-25. The average among elementary schools in New Mexico is roughly 287 students; this school is 100% above that.
VENTANA RANCH ELEMENTARY is in ALBUQUERQUE, a district with 74,800 students across 172 schools.
VENTANA RANCH ELEMENTARY is 63% Hispanic by enrollment. Beyond that, enrollment is 25% White, 5% multiracial, 4% Native American, and 3% Asian. In Bernalillo County overall, about 49% of residents are Hispanic. VENTANA RANCH ELEMENTARY's diversity index is 54%, against a US figure of 70%.
A ratio of 14.5:1 comes from the school's 39.5 full-time-equivalent teachers. The school has more students per teacher than the 12.9:1 average for elementary schools in New Mexico. The lunch program counts 100% of students at VENTANA RANCH ELEMENTARY as eligible for free or reduced-price meals. Among public schools in Bernalillo County, the average eligibility rate is 90%.
Measured against New Mexico public elementary schools, VENTANA RANCH ELEMENTARY receives a B+. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, VENTANA RANCH ELEMENTARY would score about 33.4%. It scores 42.5%, 9.1 points above that figure.
In Bernalillo County (population about 673,930), the median household income is $69,473, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 38% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 11%. There are 211 public schools in Bernalillo County, enrolling about 85,724 students in all.
The school nearest to VENTANA RANCH ELEMENTARY is COYOTE WILLOW FAMILY SCHOOL, at a distance of about 0.6 miles. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. By average proficiency, VENTANA RANCH ELEMENTARY is 2nd among 6 schools close by.
Its NCES locale code is City: Large: the school is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
The school enrolled 573 students in 2024-25, 21 fewer than the 594 it had in 2020-21.
Families, students, and staff can use this page to discuss school safety, transportation, and start times at VENTANA RANCH ELEMENTARY. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Bernalillo County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
673,930
Census ACS
Median income
$69,473
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
38%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
211
85,724 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in ALBUQUERQUE
- VOLCANO VISTA HIGHHigh · 2,089 students
- ATRISCO HERITAGE ACADEMY HSHigh · 1,930 students
- LA CUEVA HIGHHigh · 1,826 students
- SANDIA HIGHHigh · 1,618 students
- ELDORADO HIGHCombined · 1,579 students
- ALBUQUERQUE HIGHHigh · 1,568 students
Other schools in ALBUQUERQUE
- VOLCANO VISTA HIGHHigh · 2,089 students
- ATRISCO HERITAGE ACADEMY HSHigh · 1,930 students
- LA CUEVA HIGHHigh · 1,826 students
- SANDIA HIGHHigh · 1,618 students
- ELDORADO HIGHCombined · 1,579 students
- ALBUQUERQUE HIGHHigh · 1,568 students
Nearby schools
- COYOTE WILLOW FAMILY SCHOOL0.6 mi · 280
- JAMES MONROE MIDDLE0.9 mi · 630
- SUNSET VIEW ELEMENTARY1.0 mi · 407
- VOLCANO VISTA HIGH1.2 mi · 2,089
- TONY HILLERMAN MIDDLE SCHOOL1.3 mi · 860
- TIERRA ANTIGUA ELEMENTARY1.3 mi · 696
Frequently asked questions
About VENTANA RANCH ELEMENTARYHow large is VENTANA RANCH ELEMENTARY?
VENTANA RANCH ELEMENTARY enrolls approximately 573 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does VENTANA RANCH ELEMENTARY serve?
VENTANA RANCH ELEMENTARY serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at VENTANA RANCH ELEMENTARY?
The student-to-teacher ratio at VENTANA RANCH ELEMENTARY is approximately 14.5:1 (40 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at VENTANA RANCH ELEMENTARY?
At VENTANA RANCH ELEMENTARY, the student body is approximately 25% White, 63% Hispanic, 1% Black, 3% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Is VENTANA RANCH ELEMENTARY public or private?
VENTANA RANCH ELEMENTARY is a public K-12 school, overseen by ALBUQUERQUE.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.