📍 15 Eastside School Rd, Belen, Valencia County, 87002
Rio Grande Elementary is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Belen, Valencia County. The school has 357 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Belen Consolidated Schools school district. It serves grades Pre-K–6 in a suburban setting. The school employs 25.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 14.0:1. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Rio Grande Elementary enrolls 357 students across grades Pre-K–6. The student body is 53% male and 47% female. A teaching staff of 25.5 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 14.0:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 84% Hispanic or Latino, 15% White and 1.1% Black or African American.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 299 | 84% |
| White | 52 | 15% |
| Black or African American | 4 | 1.1% |
| Asian | 1 | <1% |
| Two or more races | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
357 of the school's 357 students (100%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 357 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.
Rio Grande Elementary is located in a suburban setting (NCES locale: Suburb, Small). 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-20, state senate district 29, state house district 49.
Rio Grande Elementary is one of 10 schools in BELEN, based in BELEN, New Mexico. The district serves 3,500 students district-wide and employs 228 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 357 students, Rio Grande Elementary is close to the district average of about 350 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Suburb - Small
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