WAGON MOUND ELEMENTARY

WAGON MOUND ELEMENTARY, a micro-enrollment elementary-level community in WAGON MOUND, New Mexico, part of WAGON MOUND, works with 31 students, covering grades pre-K through 6. That puts it 89% below the typical public school in New Mexico, which averages around 287 students.

Within WAGON MOUND, which oversees 2 schools and 60 students, WAGON MOUND ELEMENTARY is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, WAGON MOUND ELEMENTARY lists that 87% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority. Beyond that, the school logs 6% Native American, 3% White, 3% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 74% Hispanic, putting the school's mix considerably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 6 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 5.2:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 12.9:1, putting WAGON MOUND ELEMENTARY tighter than the state norm the norm. About 100% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Mora County indicate the typical household earns roughly $53,663 per year, about 34% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 12%. In all, Mora County runs 6 public schools (combined enrollment of about 459 students), of which WAGON MOUND ELEMENTARY is one.

WAGON MOUND HIGH is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus.

The campus sits in a rural setting.

Five-year trend. WAGON MOUND ELEMENTARY's enrollment has fell 33% since 2018, when it stood at 46 (now 31). Over the same period, the White share contracted from 17% to 3%. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 7.9:1 in 2018 to 5.2:1 today.

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