VENTANA RANCH ELEMENTARY

VENTANA RANCH ELEMENTARY is one of the high-enrollment primary schools in ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico, operated by ALBUQUERQUE, with 573 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 100% above the state mean of about 287.

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

On the student-mix side, VENTANA RANCH ELEMENTARY logs that Hispanic students make up the majority at 63%; the rest looks like 25% White, 5% multiracial, 4% Native American, 3% Asian. That is visibly more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 49%.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, VENTANA RANCH ELEMENTARY has 40 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 14.5:1. The state averages around 12.9:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. About 100% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Bernalillo County (around 90%), the school's rate is meaningfully above typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), VENTANA RANCH ELEMENTARY performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 33.4%, the actual is 42.5%, a residual of +9.1 points.

In the area at large, census data for Bernalillo County shows median household income runs about $69,473, 38% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. VENTANA RANCH ELEMENTARY is one of 211 public schools in Bernalillo County (combined enrollment of about 85,724 students).

Nearest neighbor: COYOTE WILLOW FAMILY SCHOOL, around 0.6 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts VENTANA RANCH ELEMENTARY at 2nd of 6; the average score across the group is 39.8%.

The campus sits in an urban setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at VENTANA RANCH ELEMENTARY has edged down 25%, going from 766 students in 2018 to 573 in 2025. The White share of enrollment edged down from 33% to 25% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 18.9:1 in 2018 to 14.5:1 today.

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