ZUNI ELEMENTARY

ZUNI ELEMENTARY operates as a compact elementary school in ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico, operated by ALBUQUERQUE. Current enrollment sits at 212 students spanning grades pre-K through 5. By comparison, New Mexico's public schools average about 287 students each, so ZUNI ELEMENTARY sits 26% smaller than that benchmark.

ALBUQUERQUE comprises 171 schools with combined enrollment of 74,041 students; ZUNI ELEMENTARY is among them.

Demographically, ZUNI ELEMENTARY shows that 67% of the student body identifies as Hispanic; the rest breaks down as 18% White, 6% multiracial, 5% Native American, 3% Black. By comparison, Bernalillo County as a whole is about 49% Hispanic, so the school skews considerably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, On paper, ZUNI ELEMENTARY has 20 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 10.9:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 12.9:1, putting ZUNI 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. That share is north of Bernalillo County's rate of about 90%.

With demographic context factored in, ZUNI ELEMENTARY tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 33.4% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 24.6%.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Bernalillo County indicate median household earnings sit near $69,473, 38% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. ZUNI ELEMENTARY is one of 211 public schools in Bernalillo County (combined enrollment of about 85,724 students).

The closest other public school is NEW FUTURES HIGH SCHOOL, roughly 0.7 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around ZUNI ELEMENTARY.

Geographically, the school is in a downtown area.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at ZUNI ELEMENTARY has fell 43%, going from 374 students in 2018 to 212 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 26% to 18% across the same window. Class-load math has pulled in: from 16.3:1 in 2018 to 10.9:1 in 2025.

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