Elementary · New Mexico

Rio Grande Elementary

Free meals for all

Rio Grande Elementary, a public elementary school in Hatch, New Mexico: grades 3–5, 240 students, 14.8 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of Hatch Valley.

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
240
Teachers (FTE)
16.2
Students per teacher
14.8
Grades
3–5
Elementary

More students per teacher than 79% of elementary schools in New Mexico

Median 12.4 · 429 schools compared

More students per teacher than 52% of elementary schools in the US

Median 14.6 · 50,575 schools compared

Smaller than 62% of elementary schools in New Mexico

Median 306 · 445 schools compared

Smaller than 83% 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%

35%proficient

+21.4 points from 2023–24 school year

A lower share proficient than 65% of elementary schools in New Mexico

Median 41% · 415 elementary schools compared

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

Math

New Mexico: 27%

14%proficient

+5.8 points from 2023–24 school year

A lower share proficient than 77% of elementary schools in New Mexico

Median 24% · 413 elementary schools compared

224 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 3–5
Type
District school · Regular
Instruction
In person
Meals
Free breakfast and lunch for every student
Area
Remote rural area

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

Location

Address
940 East Herrera, Hatch, NM 87937
Phone
(575)267-8260
City or town
Hatch

Nearby elementary schools

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

SchoolGradesStudentsStudents / teacherReadingMath
Hatch Valley ElementaryFree meals for all
Pre-K–219014.1——
Garfield ElementaryFree meals for all
Pre-K–29610.3——
Arrey ElementaryFree meals for all
Pre-K–59310.024%24%

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

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 350123000753