Wingate Elementary School

Set in Ft. Wingate, New Mexico, Wingate Elementary School is a moderately sized elementary-level community, operated by Wingate Elementary School. It works with 366 students across grades K through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 28% bigger than the state mean of about 287.

Wingate Elementary School is a school of Wingate Elementary School, the district that handles curriculum, staffing, and budget for the campus.

Looking at the student body, Wingate Elementary School lists that nearly all students (100%) are Native American.

In terms of school funding signals, Wingate Elementary School shows 19 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 19.3:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 12.9:1 average. Around 99% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against McKinley County (around 85%), the school's rate is north of typical.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for McKinley County indicate median household income runs about $47,668, roughly 13% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 28%. In all, McKinley County runs 53 public schools (combined enrollment of about 16,807 students), of which Wingate Elementary School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Wingate High School, around 0.6 miles off. 5 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint.

Wingate Elementary School operates from a rural location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 37%: 585 students in 2018 compared to 366 in 2025.

On the community side, members of the Wingate Elementary School community share and discuss pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. Members of the school community can share what they know.