Ojo Caliente Elementary
Public middle school, grades 4 to 6 · Ojo Caliente, New Mexico
Ojo Caliente Elementary in Ojo Caliente, New Mexico enrolled 55 students in 2024-25 with 3.9 full-time teachers, 14.2 students per teacher against the New Mexico middle-school median of 12.6. It ran a schoolwide Title I program in 2021-22; every student eats free under the Community Eligibility Provision (2024-25). On the state tests, 11-19% of its students tested were proficient in reading in 2021-22 and 20-29% proficient in math in 2022-23 (New Mexico: 33.8% and 24.4%).
NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 · Civil Rights Data Collection 2021-22 · Title I status CCD 2021-22 · method
Enrollment fell 7% from 2022-23 to 2024-25; full-time teachers rose 19%
59 students in 2022-23, 63 students in 2023-24, 55 students in 2024-25. Full-time teachers went from 3.3 to 3.9.
The numbers as a table
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Per teacher |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-23 | 59 | 3.3 | 18.2 |
| 2023-24 | 63 | 3.3 | 18.9 |
| 2024-25 | 55 | 3.9 | 14.2 |
14.2 students per teacher, a higher ratio than 71 of every 100 New Mexico middle schools
Among the 154 New Mexico middle schools that reported teachers for 2024-25 the median is 12.6; the national median for middle schools is 14.6. A ratio counts every teacher, so it is not the size of a class.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data membership and staff files, 2022-23, 2023-24, 2024-25; the comparison counts schools with a 2024-25 teacher count and a ratio from 3 to 99 (lower values are reporting errors).
Programs and staff in 2021-22
In the 2021-22 civil rights collection Ojo Caliente Elementary enrolled 49 students and reported no counselor; it reported 0 out-of-school suspensions that year.
- Advanced Placement coursesNone
- Gifted and talented programNo
- Counselors (FTE)0.0
- Out-of-school suspensions0
- Chronically absent1.7% (2022-23)
Who attends
85.5% of students were Hispanic, 12.7% White, 1.8% American Indian in 2024-25.
- Hispanic85.5%
- White12.7%
- American Indian1.8%
Source: U.S. Department of Education, Civil Rights Data Collection 2021-22; chronic absenteeism from EDFacts 2022-23; every count and the counselor ratio are for that school year. Who attends: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25, membership by race and ethnicity.
State test results, 2021-22 and 2022-23
The students tested at Ojo Caliente Elementary scored proficient or above: 11-19% in reading in 2021-22 and 20-29% in math in 2022-23, against 33.8% in reading in 2021-22 and 24.4% in math in 2022-23 across New Mexico. Each state writes its own test and sets its own proficiency bar, so compare these within New Mexico, not across states. ED Data Express holds no district results after 2021-22, so the district column gives its 2021-22 figure.
| Subject and year | This school | Its district | New Mexico |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reading and language arts, 2021-22 | 11‑19% | 20‑24% | 33.8% |
| Math, 2022-23 | 20‑29% | 10‑14% (2021-22) | 24.4% |
Source: U.S. Department of Education, EDFacts state assessment results 2021-22 and 2022-23, all students, from ED Data Express (2021-22 through the Data Rescue Project archive); for 2022-23 ED published math by school and reading only by state: ED shows school and district results as ranges (for example 20-24%) to protect small groups.
Middle schools in Ojo Caliente
2 public middle schools in Ojo Caliente report 2024-25 enrollment; Ojo Caliente Elementary is the largest.
| School | Students | Per teacher | Free lunch |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ojo Caliente Elementary | 55 | 14.2 | 100.0% |
| Mesa Vista Middle | 51 | 12.8 | 100.0% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25.
What to look at next about Ojo Caliente Elementary
- Mesa Vista MiddleThe nearest public middle school, under 0.1 miles away: 51 students, 12.8 per teacher (2024-25).under 0.1 mi
- Penasco MiddleThe next nearest public middle school, 22 miles away: 74 students, 15.5 per teacher (2024-25).22 mi
- Compare Ojo Caliente Elementary with Mesa Vista MiddleStudents, teachers, meals, test results and who attends, side by side.
- How much Mesa Vista Consolidated Schools spends per student$22,728 per student on current operations in fiscal year 2022-23 (U.S. $16,260), with its revenue sources and teacher pay.$22,728
- The largest public schools in New MexicoOjo Caliente Elementary is the number 140 by size of 158 New Mexico middle schools open in 2024-25.#140 of 158
- New Mexico schools by students per teacher14.2 students per teacher here against the New Mexico median of 12.6 for middle schools.14.2:1
- Find the school district for an addressA home's district, not its city, decides which public schools it can enroll in.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (locations, enrollment, teachers); NCES F-33 finance survey, fiscal year 2022-23. Distances are straight lines between the schools' NCES coordinates, not travel routes.
Questions about Ojo Caliente Elementary
How many students attend Ojo Caliente Elementary?
55 in the 2024-25 school year, according to the NCES Common Core of Data; 59 in 2022-23. It is a middle school in Ojo Caliente, NM.What is the student-teacher ratio at Ojo Caliente Elementary?
14.2 students per full-time teacher (2024-25); the New Mexico median for middle schools is 12.6. A ratio counts every teacher, so it is not the size of a class.Is Ojo Caliente Elementary a Title I school?
Ojo Caliente Elementary ran a schoolwide Title I program in 2021-22, the last year NCES published school Title I status.How do students at Ojo Caliente Elementary do on state tests?
The students tested at Ojo Caliente Elementary scored proficient or above: 11-19% in reading in 2021-22 and 20-29% in math in 2022-23, against 33.8% in reading in 2021-22 and 24.4% in math in 2022-23 across New Mexico. New Mexico's own test sets what proficient means, so results compare within the state, not across states. Source: U.S. Department of Education, EDFacts state assessment results, 2021-22 and 2022-23; ED publishes school results as ranges to protect small groups.What district is Ojo Caliente Elementary in?
Mesa Vista Consolidated Schools, NCES district ID 3501980. The first seven digits of the school's NCES ID 350198000476 are the district's.
Reading these figures: how to choose a school district, what Title I means and what an absenteeism rate means. They are for information and are not a substitute for the school's or district's own records.
Sources
Every federal file behind this record
- NCES Common Core of Data, 2024-25: directory, membership, staff and lunch files. nces.ed.gov
- NCES Common Core of Data, 2021-22 school characteristics: Title I status. nces.ed.gov
- Civil Rights Data Collection, 2021-22: AP courses, gifted programs, counselors, discipline. civilrightsdata.ed.gov
- EDFacts, 2022-23: chronic absenteeism. ed.gov
- EDFacts state assessment results, 2021-22 and 2022-23: reading and math proficiency for the school, its district and its state (ED Data Express). eddataexpress.ed.gov
- NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, fiscal year 2022-23: district spending and revenue. nces.ed.gov
- U.S. Census Bureau geocoder and TIGER school districts: the district boundary used by the district finder. census.gov
Source: NCES Common Core of Data Directory, membership, staff and lunch files · 2024-25
Source: Civil Rights Data Collection School-level files (AP, gifted, counselors, discipline) · 2021-22
District spending on the district page is from the NCES F-33 finance survey, fiscal year 2022-23.