Elementary · New Mexico

Bell Elementary

Free meals for all

Bell Elementary, a public elementary school in Deming, New Mexico: grades pre-k–5, 301 students, 13.1 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of Deming.

Size and class size

Compared with elementary schools of the same state and the whole country. Students per teacher counts every full-time-equivalent teacher, not the size of each class.

Students: 301
Teachers (FTE): 23.0
Students per teacher: 13.1
Grades: Pre-K–5; Elementary

More students per teacher than 59% of elementary schools in New Mexico

Median 12.4 · 429 schools compared

Fewer students per teacher than 67% of elementary schools in the US

Median 14.6 · 50,575 schools compared

Smaller than 51% of elementary schools in New Mexico

Median 306 · 445 schools compared

Smaller than 73% of elementary schools in the US

Median 415 · 51,933 schools compared

State test results

Share of students scoring proficient or above on New Mexico's tests, grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year.

Reading and writing

New Mexico: 44%

48%proficient

+5.3 points from 2023–24 school year

A higher share proficient than 66% of elementary schools in New Mexico

Median 41% · 415 elementary schools compared

119 students tested, grades 3–8 · NM-MSSA; proficient means Levels 3-4

Math

New Mexico: 27%

42%proficient

−6.7 points from 2023–24 school year

A higher share proficient than 81% of elementary schools in New Mexico

Median 24% · 413 elementary schools compared

119 students tested, grades 3–8 · NM-MSSA; proficient means Levels 3-4

Each state sets its own test and its own bar for “proficient”, so results compare only within a state. Results also follow family income closely: a school's share reflects its students' circumstances as much as its teaching.

Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.

What it offers

Grades: Elementary · Grades Pre-K–5
Type: District school · Regular
Instruction: In person
Meals: Free breakfast and lunch for every student
Area: Remote town
Run by: Deming

Which school a home is assigned to is decided by the district's attendance zones; check with Deming.

Location

Address: 1000 East Maple, Deming, NM 88030
Phone: (575)546-9712
City or town: Deming
County: Luna County

Website Quality of life in Deming Schools in Deming

Nearby elementary schools

The closest public elementary schools by straight-line distance. Attendance zones are set by each district.

School	Grades	Students	Students / teacher	Reading	Math
Chaparral ElementaryFree meals for all	Pre-K–5	377	14.4	32%	18%	1.0 mi
Memorial ElementaryFree meals for all	Pre-K–5	331	13.8	47%	26%	1.5 mi
Ruben S. Torres ElementaryFree meals for all	Pre-K–5	363	10.7	27%	16%	1.7 mi
Bataan ElementaryFree meals for all	Pre-K–5	487	13.2	34%	21%	2.7 mi

Reading and Math: share of tested students proficient or above on the state's own tests (grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year). Compare only within a state.

Sources

Public schools and school districts (National Center for Education Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau), 2024–25 school year. NCES Common Core of Data and EDGE public school geocodes; U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances and cartographic boundary files (places).
State Assessment Data Repository (Education Data Center), 2024–25 school year. Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository v3.1.

Analisa does not rate schools. Figures are what a school has (students, teachers, programs), placed among schools of the same level; state test results are compared only within a state.

NCES 350069000236