📍 #6 Fourth Ave, Thoreau, McKinley County, 87323
Thoreau Elementary is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Thoreau, McKinley County. The school has 400 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Gallup-Mckinley Cty Schools school district. It serves grades Pre-K–5 in a rural setting. The school employs 22 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 18.2:1. 25% of students are proficient in reading. 25% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Thoreau Elementary enrolls 400 students across grades Pre-K–5. The student body is 54% male and 46% female. A teaching staff of 22 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 18.2:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 79% American Indian or Alaska Native, 12% Hispanic or Latino and 5.5% White.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 316 | 79% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 49 | 12% |
| White | 22 | 5.5% |
| Black or African American | 5 | 1.3% |
| Asian | 5 | 1.3% |
| Two or more races | 3 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
400 of the school's 400 students (100%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 400 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.
Thoreau Elementary is located in a rural setting (NCES locale: Rural, Remote). 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-30, state senate district 4, state house district 6.
Thoreau Elementary is one of 33 schools in GALLUP, based in GALLUP, New Mexico. The district serves 12,809 students district-wide and employs 632 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 400 students, Thoreau Elementary is close to the district average of about 388 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Rural - Remote