Best Public Schools in Sapello, NM

Summary:

Sapello, New Mexico is home to a single public elementary school, Mike Sena Elementary, which serves grades K-5 with a total enrollment of 48 students. The school is part of the Las Vegas City school district, which is ranked 81 out of 128 districts in the state and has a 2-star rating from SchoolDigger.

While Mike Sena Elementary has seen its statewide ranking fluctuate over the years, ranging from 116th out of 421 elementary schools in 2014-2015 to 146th out of 413 in the most recent 2023-2024 school year, the school's academic performance in both English Language Arts and Mathematics exceeds the average for its local district. In the 2023-2024 school year, 43% of students at Mike Sena Elementary were proficient or better in English Language Arts, compared to 35% for the Las Vegas City district and 39% statewide. In Mathematics, the school had 25% proficiency, matching the statewide average but exceeding the 17% proficiency rate for the Las Vegas City district.

Additionally, Mike Sena Elementary has a relatively high percentage of 45.83% of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch, indicating a high level of economic disadvantage among the student population. However, the school's favorable student-teacher ratio of 9.6 to 1 suggests students may have more individualized attention and support, which could be a contributing factor to the school's academic performance exceeding the district average.

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking ()				Ranking ()				NM-MSSA English Language Arts (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 ()	Statewide Rank ()	State Percentile ()	SchoolDigger Rating ()	Average Standard Score ()	Statewide Rank ()	State Percentile ()	Rank Change from Previous Year	NM-MSSA English Language Arts All Grades	Total
Mike Sena Elementary	Public	K-5	12 County Road A-1	Sapello	87745	San Miguel County	Las Vegas City	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(505) 454-5750	58	5	11.7	100.0%	7 (12.1%)	1 (1.7%)	48 (82.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (3.4%)								(n/a)	56.5	$12,346

Cities Near Sapello

City	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Las Vegas	0.44 mi	13	84^th
Ribera	22.74 mi	2
Pecos	25.94 mi	3	89^th
Mora	26.89 mi	4	57^th
Anton Chico	27.5 mi	2

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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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