Elementary · New Mexico

Brown Early Childhood Center

Free meals for all

Brown Early Childhood Center, a public elementary school in Portales, New Mexico: grades pre-k–k, 332 students, 9.5 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of Portales.

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
332
Teachers (FTE)
35.0
Students per teacher
9.5
Grades
Pre-K–K
Elementary

Fewer students per teacher than 85% of elementary schools in New Mexico

Median 12.4 · 429 schools compared

Fewer students per teacher than 94% of elementary schools in the US

Median 14.6 · 50,575 schools compared

Larger than 56% of elementary schools in New Mexico

Median 306 · 445 schools compared

Smaller than 67% of elementary schools in the US

Median 415 · 51,933 schools compared

State test results

No state test results published for this school: state tests cover grades 3–8, and small groups are not published.

What it offers

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

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

Location

Address
520 West 5TH St, Portales, NM 88130
Phone
(575)356-7075
City or town
Portales

Nearby elementary schools

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

SchoolGradesStudentsStudents / teacher
James ElementaryFree meals for all
1–236410.4
Valencia ElementaryFree meals for all
3–436610.9
Floyd ElementaryFree meals for all
Pre-K–49211.0
Dora ElementaryFree meals for all
Pre-K–612612.5
La Casita ElementaryFree meals for all
Pre-K–548415.7
Arts Academy at Bella VistaFree meals for all
Pre-K–544415.3

Sources

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 350210000485