Ventana Ranch Elementary

Summary:

Ventana Ranch Elementary is a public elementary school in Albuquerque, New Mexico, serving 641 students in grades PK-5. This high-performing school consistently ranks among the top 20% of elementary schools in the state, with strong academic achievement that exceeds the Albuquerque and New Mexico averages.

Ventana Ranch Elementary's academic performance is particularly impressive, with 55% proficiency in English Language Arts, 38% in Mathematics, and 48% in Science, compared to the Albuquerque district's 39%, 24%, and 35%, respectively, and the state's 39%, 25%, and 36%. The school's strong performance extends across various student subgroups, including female, male, Hispanic, and Native American students, with African American students ranking in the top 3 out of 34 elementary schools in New Mexico. However, the school's performance for students with special education needs and multi-racial students is relatively lower, ranking in the bottom half of the state.

While Ventana Ranch Elementary outperforms most nearby schools in the Albuquerque district, including Chamiza Elementary, Marie M Hughes Elementary, and Sunset View Elementary, the nearby Coyote Willow Family School, a public charter school, consistently ranks among the top 3% of elementary schools in the state. Ventana Ranch Elementary has maintained a consistent 4-star rating from SchoolDigger for the past 10 years, indicating a stable and effective educational environment, though the school's relatively high student-teacher ratio may be an area for potential improvement.


Detail:

Public PK, KG-5

 6801 Ventana Village Rd NW
       Albuquerque, NM  87114


(505) 890-7375

District: Albuquerque

SchoolDigger Rank:
71st of 433 New Mexico Elementary Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures:  $6,942 Help


Students who attend Ventana Ranch Elementary usually attend:

Middle:    Tony Hillerman Middle School
High:    Volcano Vista High

Student/teacher ratio:  15.9 Help
Number of students:  641

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:
59.8%
White:
28.7%
Two or more races:
4.5%
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Free/discounted lunch recipients:  37.4% Help


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Performance Trends
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Compare Details Ventana Ranch Elementary ranks better than 83.6% of elementary schools in New Mexico. It also ranks 18th among 96 ranked elementary schools in the Albuquerque School District. (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 81.95. (See more...)
Student Body
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Compare Details Racial makeup is: Hispanic (59.8%), White (28.7%), two or more races (4.5%). (See more...)
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Compare Details 37.4% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)
Teachers
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Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Ventana Ranch Elementary is 15.9. 90 elementary schools in the Albuquerque School District have better student/teacher ratios. (See more...)
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Compare Details The average total spent per student at Ventana Ranch Elementary is $6,942. 92 elementary schools in the Albuquerque School District spend more per student.
Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Ventana Ranch Elementary:

SchoolDigger ranks Ventana Ranch Elementary 71st of 433 New Mexico public elementary schools. (See Ventana Ranch Elementary in the ranking list.)

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Albuquerque:

SchoolDigger ranks Albuquerque 89th of 119 New Mexico school districts. (See district ranking list.)


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Rank History for Ventana Ranch Elementary

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Rank History for all students at Ventana Ranch Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools NM State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2005 65.43 111th 389 71.5%
2006 68.07 103rd 390 73.6%
2007 68.10 108th 398 72.9%
2008 72.28 84th 405 79.3%
2009 74.87 76th 411 81.5%
2010 80.11 59th 419 85.9%
2011 81.04 59th 402 85.3%
2012 74.33 82nd 398 79.4%
2013 71.08 104th 412 74.8%
2014 75.72 74th 442 83.3%
2015 74.12 76th 421 81.9%
2016 82.88 49th 410 88.0%
2017 71.18 79th 374 78.9%
2018 78.93 64th 383 83.3%
2019 79.04 58th 396 85.4%
2022 80.58 55th 420 86.9%
2023 90.16 45th 435 89.7%
2024 81.95 71st 433 83.6%
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Rank History for Multi-racial students at Ventana Ranch Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools NM State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2023 41.04 52nd 83 37.3%
2024 52.83 21st 35 40.0%
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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Ventana Ranch Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools NM State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2022 59.88 57th 203 71.9%
2023 88.96 26th 191 86.4%
2024 88.93 22nd 166 86.7%
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Rank History for Special Education students at Ventana Ranch Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools NM State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2023 45.24 92nd 165 44.2%
2024 32.31 74th 99 25.3%
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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Ventana Ranch Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools NM State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 59.93 111th 356 68.8%
2019 61.44 107th 361 70.4%
2022 56.55 110th 410 73.2%
2023 82.68 68th 426 84.0%
2024 87.05 24th 237 89.9%
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Rank History for Female students at Ventana Ranch Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools NM State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 78.25 51st 339 85.0%
2019 74.18 58th 343 83.1%
2022 74.22 59th 395 85.1%
2023 87.32 52nd 390 86.7%
2024 81.82 63rd 393 84.0%
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Rank History for Military Connected students at Ventana Ranch Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools NM State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2022 61.64 16th 50 68.0%
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Rank History for Male students at Ventana Ranch Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools NM State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 68.90 69th 333 79.3%
2019 74.82 56th 337 83.4%
2022 78.37 47th 392 88.0%
2023 90.32 44th 414 89.4%
2024 80.05 69th 410 83.2%
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Rank History for Asian students at Ventana Ranch Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools NM State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2023 47.92 14th 24 41.7%
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Rank History for African American students at Ventana Ranch Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools NM State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2019 21.87 10th 11 9.1%
2023 92.35 3rd 34 91.2%
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Rank History for Hispanic students at Ventana Ranch Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools NM State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 72.76 60th 329 81.8%
2019 82.01 31st 320 90.3%
2022 73.67 49th 389 87.4%
2023 88.33 48th 395 87.8%
2024 79.83 69th 390 82.3%
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Rank History for Native American students at Ventana Ranch Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools NM State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2022 81.46 13th 99 86.9%
2023 99.39 3rd 92 96.7%
2024 83.96 13th 79 83.5%
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Rank History for White students at Ventana Ranch Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools NM State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 66.87 47th 187 74.9%
2019 62.83 68th 199 65.8%
2022 71.94 57th 325 82.5%
2023 88.21 51st 413 87.7%
2024 70.85 78th 293 73.4%
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Data source: test scores: New Mexico Public Education Department, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

As you review the school rankings data, please be aware that some of the information from certain demographics is missing. The reason for this omission is that the data has been redacted from the source data itself due to low population samples in these specific demographic groups.

Redacting data from low population samples is a necessary step to ensure the reliability and accuracy of the results, as small sample sizes may not be representative of the broader population. Additionally, this measure helps protect the privacy of individuals belonging to these demographic groups.

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Data source: New Mexico Public Education Department

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by a parent
Saturday, May 21, 2016

Open Quote My daughter is a 5th grader just about to graduate. She has attended Ventana for 5 years. This last year the principal decided that they needed to spend over half their budget on playground equipment and a new park rather than keeping on teachers or buying educational material that the students clearly need. This year they eliminated spelling tests and only required 45 minutes of science and social studies PER WEEK. Their focus was 95% math. Their reasoning? "Because we scored the lowest in the state for math on the PARCC test." They are laying off 6 teachers next year because they can't afford to pay them, and they have already been so understaffed that teachers are teaching multiple subjects that is not their area of expertise, and they're recruiting the children to do their work for them. My daughter was a "mentor" helping teach PE for other kids. One of the science teachers took over as the after-school choir teacher. Many teachers and the principal don't even know how to spell or speak proper English. I've had to spend thousands of dollars enrolling my daughter at Sylvan Learning Center to catch her up on her reading and writing because she was so behind. Lastly, they allow parents with felonies to chaperone on field trips; when I confronted the principal she claimed that the background checks were done; but yet another source has told me that they checked themselves and discovered that they did not have certain background checks completed. The principal is disorganized, can't manage a budget to save her life, and inappropriate. I do NOT recommend this school for your children. Close Quote



Enrollment information for Ventana Ranch Elementary

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Year White African American Asian Hispanic American Indian Pacific Islander Two or More Races Not Specified Total
2005 412 25 16 279 31 n/a n/a 0 763
2006 549 37 21 381 42 n/a n/a 0 1030
2007 626 51 37 505 51 n/a n/a 0 1270
2008 386 23 14 274 31 n/a n/a 0 728
2009 357 28 15 280 24 n/a n/a 0 704
2010 305 21 11 385 18 0 29 0 769
2011 291 11 10 400 15 0 26 0 753
2012 284 15 7 390 24 0 36 0 756
2013 311 17 7 380 30 0 34 0 779
2014 268 8 7 377 28 0 39 0 727
2015 273 8 9 405 32 0 37 0 764
2016 262 14 2 425 27 0 39 0 769
2017 266 19 1 438 21 0 49 0 794
2018 251 19 2 438 16 0 40 0 766
2019 256 20 8 456 19 0 37 0 796
2020 215 12 7 421 15 0 33 0 703
2021 167 10 7 366 16 0 28 0 594
2022 180 11 10 377 19 1 26 0 624
2023 184 12 11 383 20 2 29 0 641

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Enrollment/Ethnicity

For more information about how the Department of Education defines ethnicity, see Defining Race and Ethnicity Data, National Center for Education Statistics

Students eligible for free or discounted lunch at Ventana Ranch Elementary

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
2005 763 40.9 18.7 23.5
2006 1030 54.9 18.8 23.7
2007 1270 70.4 18.0 21.3
2008 728 42.0 17.3 21.7
2009 704 43.8 16.1 20.2
2010 769 44.0 17.4 33.8
2011 753 43.5 17.2 35.2
2012 756 41.1 18.3 36.4
2013 779 42.5 18.3 37.4
2014 727 41.0 17.7 36.2
2015 764 40.0 19.1 34.2
2016 769 41.0 18.7 37.6
2017 794 39.6 20.0 40.6
2018 766 40.5 18.8 39.2
2019 796 41.0 19.4 39.6
2020 703 43.0 16.3 36.1
2021 594 40.5 14.6 33.8
2022 624 42.0 14.8 32.1
2023 641 40.1 15.9 37.4

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Students eligible for discounted/free lunch:

The National School Lunch Program (NSLP) provides low-cost or free meals to students in U.S. public and nonprofit private schools based on household income. Those with incomes below 130% of the poverty line receive free lunch, while those between 130% and 185% qualify for reduced-price lunch. The percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch serves as a marker for poverty, as it reflects the socioeconomic status of families in a given school or district. A higher FRPL rate typically indicates a higher concentration of low-income families, suggesting that the school or district may face additional challenges in providing adequate resources and support for student success.

Student/Teacher Ratio Ventana Ranch Elementary

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
2005 763 40.9 18.7 23.5
2006 1030 54.9 18.8 23.7
2007 1270 70.4 18.0 21.3
2008 728 42.0 17.3 21.7
2009 704 43.8 16.1 20.2
2010 769 44.0 17.4 33.8
2011 753 43.5 17.2 35.2
2012 756 41.1 18.3 36.4
2013 779 42.5 18.3 37.4
2014 727 41.0 17.7 36.2
2015 764 40.0 19.1 34.2
2016 769 41.0 18.7 37.6
2017 794 39.6 20.0 40.6
2018 766 40.5 18.8 39.2
2019 796 41.0 19.4 39.6
2020 703 43.0 16.3 36.1
2021 594 40.5 14.6 33.8
2022 624 42.0 14.8 32.1
2023 641 40.1 15.9 37.4

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Student-Teacher Ratio

Student/teacher ratio is calculated by dividing the total number of students by the total number of full-time equivalent teachers. Please note that a smaller student/teacher ratio does not necessarily translate to smaller class size. In some instances, schools hire teachers part time, and some teachers are hired for specialized instruction with very small class sizes. These and other factors contribute to the student/teacher ratio. Note: For private schools, Student/teacher ratio may not include Pre-Kindergarten.
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Per Pupil Expenditures for Ventana Ranch Elementary

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YearTotal Expenditures Per Pupil
2019 $6,942

Data source: New Mexico Department of Education
Pre and Post Pandemic Data

Impact of COVID-19 on Ventana Ranch Elementary

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Rankings

Rank
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Rank
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Ranks 58th of 396 Elementary schoolsRanks 45th of 435 Elementary schools
 4.3%

Test Scores

% proficient
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
% proficient
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
3rd Grade Language Arts (Ventana Ranch Elementary)3046.4
 16.4%
   3rd Grade Language Arts (Albuquerque)2432.5
 8.5%
   3rd Grade Language Arts (New Mexico)3031.8
 1.8%
3rd Grade Mathematics (Ventana Ranch Elementary)4740.2
 6.8%
   3rd Grade Mathematics (Albuquerque)3022.2
 7.8%
   3rd Grade Mathematics (New Mexico)3222.5
 9.5%
4th Grade Language Arts (Ventana Ranch Elementary)4558.9
 13.9%
   4th Grade Language Arts (Albuquerque)2737.3
 10.3%
   4th Grade Language Arts (New Mexico)3035.2
 5.2%
4th Grade Mathematics (Ventana Ranch Elementary)4554.4
 9.4%
   4th Grade Mathematics (Albuquerque)2624.7
 1.3%
   4th Grade Mathematics (New Mexico)2724.5
 2.5%
5th Grade Language Arts (Ventana Ranch Elementary)4645.9
 0.1%
   5th Grade Language Arts (Albuquerque)3036
 6%
   5th Grade Language Arts (New Mexico)3335.7
 2.7%
5th Grade Mathematics (Ventana Ranch Elementary)4142.2
 1.2%
   5th Grade Mathematics (Albuquerque)2427.4
 3.4%
   5th Grade Mathematics (New Mexico)2430.7
 6.7%

Student Body

Number of students
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Number of students
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Total Students796641
 19.5%
African American2012
 40%
American Indian1920
 5.3%
Asian811
 37.5%
Hispanic456383
 16%
Pacific Islander02
White256184
 28.1%
Two or More Races3729
 21.6%
% Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients39.6%37.4%
 2.1%


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Frequently Asked Questions about Ventana Ranch Elementary

In the 2022-23 school year, 641 students attended Ventana Ranch Elementary.

Students at Ventana Ranch Elementary are 60% Hispanic, 29% White, 5% Two or more races, 3% American Indian, 2% African American, 2% Asian.

Ventana Ranch Elementary ranks 71st of 433 New Mexico elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 4 stars out of 5.

Students who attend Ventana Ranch Elementary usually go on to attend:

Middle : Tony Hillerman Middle School
High : Volcano Vista High


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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the New Mexico Public Education Department.

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