WASHINGTON AVE ELEMENTARY

WASHINGTON AVE ELEMENTARY is an average-sized elementary campus in ROSWELL, New Mexico, one of the schools within ROSWELL. The school teaches 263 students in grades pre-K through 5.

ROSWELL runs 22 schools in total, collectively educating 9,184 students. WASHINGTON AVE ELEMENTARY is one of those campuses.

On demographics, WASHINGTON AVE ELEMENTARY reports that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 76% of enrollment. The remainder breaks down as 24% White. By comparison, Chaves County as a whole is about 58% Hispanic, so the school skews considerably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, WASHINGTON AVE ELEMENTARY has 32 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 8.3:1. The state averages around 12.9:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 100% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

After controlling for student poverty, WASHINGTON AVE ELEMENTARY tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 33.4% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 24.6%.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Chaves County indicate the typical household earns roughly $52,938 per year, about 18% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 20% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Chaves County runs 33 public schools (combined enrollment of about 10,504 students), of which WASHINGTON AVE ELEMENTARY is one.

The closest other public school is MISSOURI AVE ELEMENTARY, roughly 0.8 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around WASHINGTON AVE ELEMENTARY. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), WASHINGTON AVE ELEMENTARY ranks 7th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 34.1%.

The school occupies a town-based site.

Looking at the recent track record. WASHINGTON AVE ELEMENTARY's enrollment has fell 40% since 2018, when it stood at 442 (now 263). Class-load math has narrowed: from 17.7:1 in 2018 to 8.3:1 in 2025.

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