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La Mesa Elementary

Q: Is La Mesa Elementary a good school?

La Mesa Elementary ranks in the bottom 0.0% of New Mexico elementary schools.

Q: How many students attend La Mesa Elementary?

In the 2024-25 school year, 415 students attended La Mesa Elementary.

Q: What is the racial makeup of La Mesa Elementary?

Students at La Mesa Elementary are 76% Hispanic, 10% African American, 6% White, 5% American Indian, 3% Two or more races.

Q: What schools do graduates of La Mesa Elementary attend?

Students who attend La Mesa Elementary usually go on to attend: Middle : Hayes Middle High : Highland High

Public Grades PK, KG-5

345^th

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 345 New Mexico Elementary Schools

Better than 0% of New Mexico elementary schools

Summary

La Mesa Elementary is a public elementary school in Albuquerque, New Mexico, serving 447 students in grades PK-5. The school is part of the Albuquerque school district, which is ranked 54 out of 82 districts in the state and has a 2-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Despite its relatively low student-teacher ratio, La Mesa Elementary consistently ranks among the lowest-performing elementary schools in New Mexico, with proficiency rates in English Language Arts (15.34%) and Mathematics (3.7%) that are significantly lower than the Albuquerque and state averages. The school struggles to effectively serve its diverse student population, with rankings for subgroups like Female Students, Male Students, Hispanic Students, and English Language Learners all in the bottom 10-20% of the state. This high-poverty student population likely contributes to the school's academic challenges.

Interestingly, the nearby Wherry Elementary, Bellehaven Elementary, and Zia Elementary generally outperform La Mesa Elementary in academic measures, suggesting that the school's struggles are not due to a lack of resources or staffing. However, the school's ranking for Disabled Students in 2017-2018 was relatively strong, indicating that it may be providing effective support and services for students with special needs, which could be a model for improving outcomes for other student subgroups.

415

Students ?

12.3

Student/teacher ratio ?

$9,815

Per pupil spending ?

98.8%

Free/discounted lunch ?

7500 Copper Av NE
Albuquerque, NM 87108

(505) 262-1581

District: Albuquerque

Students who attend La Mesa Elementary usually attend:

Middle:	Hayes Middle
High:	Highland High

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:

76.1%

African American:

9.6%

White:

6.3%

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At a glance

▼ Ranking trend: Declining — 15th percentile in 2014 → <1st in 2025

Worth a look

!Test scores below the New Mexico average (10% vs 35% meeting standards)

!In the lower quartile statewide (<1st percentile)

!Ranking has slipped — down 15 percentile points since 2014

Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?

This school10%

District avg35%

New Mexico avg35%

345^th of 345

New Mexico public elementary schools ?

Bottom 1%▼ down 25 pts since 2015

From bottom 25% (2015) to bottom 1% (2025)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

83^rd of 83Elementary Schools in the Albuquerque

54^th of 82Albuquerque among New Mexico districts

Statewide rank percentile over time (100 = the top-ranked school in the state; click a legend item to add a student group)

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New Mexico percentile	Rating
2025	4.1	345 of 345	0.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	4.5	411 of 413	0.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	7.2	431 of 435	0.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	10.2	397 of 420	5.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	16.8	354 of 396	10.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	17.9	327 of 383	14.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2017	22.6	305 of 374	18.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2016	14.9	388 of 410	5.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2015	27.6	317 of 421	24.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2014	22.7	376 of 442	14.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2013	18.1	362 of 412	12.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2012	18.3	344 of 398	13.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2011	31.1	295 of 402	26.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2010	34.7	294 of 419	29.8%	★★☆☆☆
2009	34.9	287 of 411	30.2%	★★☆☆☆
2008	29.8	308 of 405	24.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2007	23.6	333 of 398	16.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2006	31.9	284 of 390	27.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2005	23.3	320 of 389	17.7%	★☆☆☆☆

Asian

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New Mexico percentile	Rating
2022	42.6	22 of 40	45.0%	★★☆☆☆

Disabled

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New Mexico percentile	Rating
2018	72.8	10 of 35	71.4%	★★★★☆

English Language Learner

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New Mexico percentile	Rating
2024	7.4	221 of 223	0.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	11.5	190 of 191	0.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	14.1	91 of 98	7.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	28.9	63 of 83	24.1%	★☆☆☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New Mexico percentile	Rating
2024	5.2	391 of 398	1.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	6.8	345 of 395	12.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	20.5	291 of 343	15.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	20.0	289 of 339	14.7%	★☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New Mexico percentile	Rating
2025	4.5	255 of 255	0.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	4.5	381 of 384	0.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	6.7	393 of 395	0.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	20.0	274 of 320	14.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	22.4	274 of 329	16.7%	★☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New Mexico percentile	Rating
2025	3.9	325 of 325	0.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	5.4	354 of 356	0.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	6.0	423 of 426	0.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	10.3	359 of 410	12.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	20.3	317 of 361	12.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	22.2	300 of 356	15.7%	★☆☆☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New Mexico percentile	Rating
2024	4.2	396 of 397	0.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	7.9	414 of 414	0.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	9.8	325 of 337	3.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	14.3	314 of 333	5.7%	☆☆☆☆☆

White

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New Mexico percentile	Rating
2024	2.2	339 of 339	0.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	6.0	411 of 413	0.5%	☆☆☆☆☆

How student groups rank statewide ? (each group's percentile vs the same group at other schools — higher is better; the +/- beside each compares the group with this school's overall percentile)

Disabled (2018)71st percentile+57 vs school

Asian (2022)45th percentile+40 vs school

Female (2024)2nd percentile~ school

English Language Learner (2024)1st percentile~ school

Male (2024)<1st percentile~ school

Low Socio Economic Status (2025)<1st percentile~ school

Hispanic (2025)<1st percentile~ school

White (2024)<1st percentile~ school

By subject vs New Mexico (2024-2025) ?

English Language Arts15%-29 vs state

Mathematics4%-23 vs state

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				NM-ASR Science (2025)			NM-MSSA English Language Arts (2025)							NM-MSSA Mathematics (2025)							Per Pupil Expenditures (2019)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	Rank Change from Previous Year	NM-ASR Science 5th Grade	NM-ASR Science 8th Grade	NM-ASR Science All Grades	NM-MSSA English Language Arts 3rd Grade	NM-MSSA English Language Arts 4th Grade	NM-MSSA English Language Arts 5th Grade	NM-MSSA English Language Arts 6th Grade	NM-MSSA English Language Arts 7th Grade	NM-MSSA English Language Arts 8th Grade	NM-MSSA English Language Arts All Grades	NM-MSSA Mathematics 3rd Grade	NM-MSSA Mathematics 4th Grade	NM-MSSA Mathematics 5th Grade	NM-MSSA Mathematics 6th Grade	NM-MSSA Mathematics 7th Grade	NM-MSSA Mathematics 8th Grade	NM-MSSA Mathematics All Grades	Total
La Mesa Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	7500 Copper Av NE	Albuquerque	87108	Bernalillo County	Albuquerque	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(505) 262-1581	415	34	12.3	98.8%	26 (6.3%)	40 (9.6%)	316 (76.1%)	1 (0.2%)	21 (5.1%)	0 (0.0%)	11 (2.7%)	4.1	345^th of 345 public elementary schools	0.0%		4.5	411^th of 413 public elementary schools	0.5%	66				20.6	12.2	13.5				15.3							3.7	$9,815
Alice King Community School	Public, Charter	K-8	8100 Mountain Rd. NE	Albuquerque	87110	Bernalillo County	Albuquerque	Yes	(n/a)	No	No	(505) 344-0746	384	37	10.4	31.0%	117 (30.5%)	11 (2.9%)	219 (57.0%)	2 (0.5%)	10 (2.6%)	2 (0.5%)	23 (6.0%)	40.7	186^th of 345 public elementary schools	46.1%		62.8	126^th of 413 public elementary schools	69.5%	60	37.3	54.3	44.2	37.0	34.0	49.0	58.6	71.0	65.7	49.4	18.5	13.2	33.3	48.3	51.6	31.4	29.6	$8,207
Emerson Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	620 Georgia St SE	Albuquerque	87108	Bernalillo County	Albuquerque	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(505) 255-9091	334	29	11.3	98.5%	19 (5.7%)	17 (5.1%)	256 (76.6%)	7 (2.1%)	22 (6.6%)	0 (0.0%)	13 (3.9%)	10.3	337^th of 345 public elementary schools	2.3%		12.5	376^th of 413 public elementary schools	9.0%	39				20.0	31.3	22.5				23.8								$10,700
Mark Twain Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	6316 Constitution Ave NE	Albuquerque	87110	Bernalillo County	Albuquerque	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(505) 255-8337	285	36	8.0	99.6%	57 (20.0%)	10 (3.5%)	172 (60.4%)	5 (1.8%)	23 (8.1%)	2 (0.7%)	16 (5.6%)	22.1	280^th of 345 public elementary schools	18.8%		15.2	364^th of 413 public elementary schools	11.9%	84				32.0	34.3	30.4				32.5							10.8	$15,929
Hawthorne Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	420 General Somervell St NE	Albuquerque	87123	Bernalillo County	Albuquerque	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(505) 299-4424	288	32	8.9	99.0%	13 (4.5%)	5 (1.7%)	239 (83.0%)	1 (0.3%)	22 (7.6%)	1 (0.3%)	7 (2.4%)	15.4	322^nd of 345 public elementary schools	6.7%		18.1	348^th of 413 public elementary schools	15.7%	26	20.4			34.0	23.4	24.5				27.3			14.3				12.6	$13,266
Sandia Base Elementary	Public	PK, KG-6	21001 Wyoming SE Kafb East	Albuquerque	87116	Bernalillo County	Albuquerque	No	(n/a)	No	No	(505) 268-4356	280	21	13.6	100.0%	112 (40.0%)	15 (5.4%)	118 (42.1%)	10 (3.6%)	6 (2.1%)	1 (0.4%)	18 (6.4%)	67.8	80^th of 345 public elementary schools	76.8%		64.6	117^th of 413 public elementary schools	71.7%	37	42.9			55.1	62.8	53.6				57.5	22.5	41.9	50.0				35.8	$6,926
Inez Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	1700 Pennsylvania St NE	Albuquerque	87110	Bernalillo County	Albuquerque	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(505) 299-9010	309	33	9.3	100.0%	65 (21.0%)	10 (3.2%)	184 (59.5%)	16 (5.2%)	16 (5.2%)	0 (0.0%)	18 (5.8%)	28.9	225^th of 345 public elementary schools	34.8%		38.3	227^th of 413 public elementary schools	45.0%	2	27.5			34.9	40.0	34.6				36.9	25.6	16.9	26.9				22.5	$9,474
Wherry Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	Bldg 25000 - Kafb East	Albuquerque	87116	Bernalillo County	Albuquerque	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(505) 268-2434	240	20	12.0	100.0%	17 (7.1%)	7 (2.9%)	192 (80.0%)	3 (1.3%)	13 (5.4%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (3.3%)								(n/a)					23.3					15.7							6.9	$10,027
Bellehaven Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	8701 Princess Jeanne St NE	Albuquerque	87112	Bernalillo County	Albuquerque	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(505) 298-7489	216	23	9.3	99.5%	44 (20.4%)	0 (0.0%)	144 (66.7%)	3 (1.4%)	12 (5.6%)	0 (0.0%)	13 (6.0%)	53.3	123^rd of 345 public elementary schools	64.3%		24.8	309^th of 413 public elementary schools	25.2%	186	48.0			46.9	56.4	44.0				50.0		20.5	32.0				21.9	$8,636
Zia Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	440 Jefferson St NE	Albuquerque	87108	Bernalillo County	Albuquerque	No	(n/a)	No	No	(505) 260-2020	236	19	12.7	100.0%	87 (36.9%)	7 (3.0%)	107 (45.3%)	5 (2.1%)	10 (4.2%)	0 (0.0%)	20 (8.5%)	62	92^nd of 345 public elementary schools	73.3%		51.6	166^th of 413 public elementary schools	59.8%	74	36.4			57.1	61.1	44.1				54.3	28.6	36.1	41.2				35.2	$11,794

Frequently Asked Questions about La Mesa Elementary

What schools do graduates of La Mesa Elementary attend?

Students who attend La Mesa Elementary usually go on to attend:

Middle : Hayes Middle
High : Highland High

What is the racial makeup of La Mesa Elementary?

Students at La Mesa Elementary are 76% Hispanic, 10% African American, 6% White, 5% American Indian, 3% Two or more races.

How many students attend La Mesa Elementary?

In the 2024-25 school year, 415 students attended La Mesa Elementary.

Is La Mesa Elementary a good school?

La Mesa Elementary ranks in the bottom 0.0% of New Mexico elementary schools.

What district is La Mesa Elementary in?

Albuquerque

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