Summary:
Puesta Del Sol Elementary is a public elementary school in Rio Rancho, New Mexico, serving grades K-5 with an enrollment of 597 students. The school is part of the Rio Rancho school district, which is ranked 30th out of 119 districts in the state and has a 4-star rating from SchoolDigger.
Puesta Del Sol Elementary has consistently underperformed compared to the Rio Rancho district and the state of New Mexico in standardized test scores, with proficiency rates of 34% in English Language Arts, 21% in Mathematics, and 31% in Science, compared to the district's 50%, 37%, and 55%, respectively, and the state's 39%, 25%, and 36%. The school has a high percentage of students from low socioeconomic backgrounds, with 100% of students qualifying for free or reduced-price lunch, significantly higher than the nearby Ernest Stapleton Elementary, Maggie Cordova Elementary, Martin King Junior Elementary, and Joe Harris Elementary, which have free/reduced-lunch rates ranging from 16% to 37%.
The nearby Rio Rancho schools consistently outperform Puesta Del Sol Elementary on academic measures, with higher proficiency rates, higher state rankings, and lower percentages of students from low-income backgrounds. Similarly, several elementary schools in the Albuquerque school district, such as Seven Bar Elementary, Sierra Vista Elementary, and Ventana Ranch Elementary, generally perform better than Puesta Del Sol Elementary on academic measures, despite serving higher percentages of students from low-income backgrounds.
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Detail:
Public K-5
District:
Rio Rancho
SchoolDigger Rank:
244th of 433 New Mexico Elementary Schools
Per Pupil Expenditures: $8,908
Students who attend Puesta Del Sol Elementary usually attend:
Student/teacher ratio: 11.6
Number of students: 597
Racial breakdown:
Hispanic:
69.3%
White:
22.8%
Two or more races:
4.7%
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American Indian:
2.2%
African American:
0.7%
Asian:
0.3%
Free/discounted lunch recipients: 100%
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