Thoreau Elementary

Public elementary school, pre-kindergarten to grade 5 · Thoreau, New Mexico

Thoreau Elementary in Thoreau, New Mexico enrolled 359 students in 2024-25. 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, 15-19% of its students tested were proficient in reading in 2021-22 and 10-14% 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 10% from 2022-23 to 2024-25

400 students in 2022-23, 385 students in 2023-24, 359 students in 2024-25.

Students enrolled at Thoreau Elementary by school year2022-23: 400, 2023-24: 385, 2024-25: 35901002003004002022-234002023-243852024-25359
Students enrolled at Thoreau Elementary by school year2022-23: 400, 2023-24: 385, 2024-25: 35901002003004002022-234002023-243852024-25359
Students enrolled at Thoreau Elementary by school year2022-23: 400, 2023-24: 385, 2024-25: 35901002003004002022-234002023-243852024-25359
Students enrolled at Thoreau Elementary by school year2022-23: 400, 2023-24: 385, 2024-25: 35901002003004002022-234002023-243852024-25359
The numbers as a table
School yearStudentsTeachers (FTE)Per teacher
2022-2340022.018.2
2023-2438522.017.5
2024-25359not reportednot reported

Source: NCES Common Core of Data membership and staff files, 2022-23, 2023-24, 2024-25.

Programs and staff in 2021-22

In the 2021-22 civil rights collection Thoreau Elementary enrolled 380 students and reported no counselor; it reported 23 out-of-school suspensions that year.

  • Advanced Placement coursesNone
  • Gifted and talented programYes
  • Counselors (FTE)0.0
  • Out-of-school suspensions23
  • Chronically absent70.8% (2022-23)

Who attends

71.3% of students were American Indian, 17.0% Hispanic, 7.5% White in 2024-25.

  1. American Indian71.3%
  2. Hispanic17.0%
  3. White7.5%
  4. Two or more races2.8%
  5. Black1.4%

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 Thoreau Elementary scored proficient or above: 15-19% in reading in 2021-22 and 10-14% 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.

Students proficient or above, 2021-22 and 2022-23
Subject and yearThis schoolIts districtNew Mexico
Reading and language arts, 2021-2215‑19%22%33.8%
Math, 2022-2310‑14%18% (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.

What to look at next about Thoreau Elementary

  1. Crownpoint ElementaryThe nearest public elementary school, 19 miles away: 281 students, 16.6 per teacher (2024-25).19 mi
  2. Catherine a. Miller ElementaryThe next nearest public elementary school, 23 miles away: 317 students, 18.0 per teacher (2024-25).23 mi
  3. Compare Thoreau Elementary with Crownpoint ElementaryStudents, teachers, meals, test results and who attends, side by side.
  4. How much Gallup-McKinley County Schools spends per student$18,936 per student on current operations in fiscal year 2022-23 (U.S. $16,260), with its revenue sources and teacher pay.$18,936
  5. The largest public schools in New MexicoThoreau Elementary is the number 162 by size of 443 New Mexico elementary schools open in 2024-25.#162 of 443
  6. 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 Thoreau Elementary

  1. How many students attend Thoreau Elementary?
    359 in the 2024-25 school year, according to the NCES Common Core of Data; 400 in 2022-23. It is an elementary school in Thoreau, NM.
  2. What is the student-teacher ratio at Thoreau Elementary?
    18.2 students per full-time teacher (2022-23). A ratio counts every teacher, so it is not the size of a class.
  3. Is Thoreau Elementary a Title I school?
    Thoreau Elementary ran a schoolwide Title I program in 2021-22, the last year NCES published school Title I status.
  4. How do students at Thoreau Elementary do on state tests?
    The students tested at Thoreau Elementary scored proficient or above: 15-19% in reading in 2021-22 and 10-14% 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.
  5. What district is Thoreau Elementary in?
    Gallup-McKinley County Schools, NCES district ID 3501110. The first seven digits of the school's NCES ID 350111000315 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.

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