📍 Bldg 25000 - Kafb East, Albuquerque, Bernalillo County, 87116
Wherry Elementary is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Albuquerque, Bernalillo County. The school has 285 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Albuquerque Public Schools school district. It serves grades Pre-K–5 in a suburban setting. The school employs 23.3 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 12.2:1. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Wherry Elementary enrolls 285 students across grades Pre-K–5. The student body is 51% male and 49% female. A teaching staff of 23.3 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 12.2:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 74% Hispanic or Latino, 9.5% American Indian or Alaska Native and 9.1% White.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 212 | 74% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 27 | 9.5% |
| White | 26 | 9.1% |
| Two or more races | 14 | 4.9% |
| Black or African American | 4 | 1.4% |
| Asian | 2 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
285 of the school's 285 students (100%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 285 qualify for free lunch and 0 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Wherry Elementary is located in a suburban setting (NCES locale: Suburb, Large). The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district NM-10, state senate district 16, state house district 10.
Wherry Elementary is one of 176 schools in ALBUQUERQUE, based in ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico. The district serves 74,792 students district-wide and employs 5,794 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 285 students, Wherry Elementary is smaller than the district average of about 425 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Suburb - Large