Elementary · New Mexico
Jose Barrios Elementary
Free meals for allJose Barrios Elementary, a public elementary school in Silver City, New Mexico: grades 1–6, 199 students, 13.0 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of Silver City.
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
- 199
- Teachers (FTE)
- 15.3
- Students per teacher
- 13.0
- Grades
- 1–6
- Elementary
More students per teacher than 57% of elementary schools in New Mexico
Median 12.4 · 429 schools compared
Fewer students per teacher than 68% of elementary schools in the US
Median 14.6 · 50,575 schools compared
Smaller than 73% of elementary schools in New Mexico
Median 306 · 445 schools compared
Smaller than 88% 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%56%proficient
+7.1 points from 2023–24 school year
A higher share proficient than 80% of elementary schools in New Mexico
Median 41% · 415 elementary schools compared
142 students tested, grades 3–8 · NM-MSSA; proficient means Levels 3-4
Math
New Mexico: 27%37%proficient
−1.6 points from 2023–24 school year
A higher share proficient than 75% of elementary schools in New Mexico
Median 24% · 413 elementary schools compared
142 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 1–6
- Type
- District school · Regular
- Instruction
- In person
- Meals
- Free breakfast and lunch for every student
- Area
- Remote town
- Run by
- Silver City
Which school a home is assigned to is decided by the district's attendance zones; check with Silver City.
Location
- Address
- 1625 Little Walnut, Silver City, NM 88061
- Phone
- (575)956-2120
- City or town
- Silver City
- County
- Grant County
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Sixth Street ElementaryFree meals for all | K | 123 | 12.6 | — | — |
G.W.Stout ElementaryFree meals for all | 1–6 | 334 | 15.2 | 47% | 35% |
Harrison Schmitt ElementaryFree meals for all | 1–6 | 337 | 13.5 | 40% | 23% |
Central ElementaryFree meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 133 | 11.2 | 30% | 5.0% |
Bayard ElementaryFree meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 156 | 10.3 | 53% | 20% |
Hurley ElementaryFree meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 114 | 8.9 | 72% | 47% |
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.
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.
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.
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