Elementary · New Mexico

Penasco Elementary

Free meals for all

Penasco Elementary, a public elementary school in Hope, New Mexico: grades k–8, 19 students, 9.5 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of Artesia.

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
19
Teachers (FTE)
2.0
Students per teacher
9.5
Grades
K–8
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

Smaller than 100% of elementary schools in New Mexico

Median 306 · 445 schools compared

Smaller than 99% 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%

90%proficient

Unchanged from 2023–24 school year

A higher share proficient than 100% of elementary schools in New Mexico

Median 41% · 415 elementary schools compared

13 students tested, grades 3–8 · NM-MSSA; proficient means Levels 3-4 Approximate: the state published a range or left out some grades.

Math

New Mexico: 27%

90%proficient

Unchanged from 2023–24 school year

A higher share proficient than 100% of elementary schools in New Mexico

Median 24% · 413 elementary schools compared

13 students tested, grades 3–8 · NM-MSSA; proficient means Levels 3-4 Approximate: the state published a range or left out some grades.

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 K–8
Type
District school · Regular
Instruction
In person
Meals
Free breakfast and lunch for every student
Area
Remote rural area
Run by
Artesia

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

Location

Address
12 Dunkin Rd, Hope, NM 88250
Phone
(575)746-3585

Nearby elementary schools

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

No other public elementary schools within 25 miles.

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.

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