Best Public Schools in Yatahey, NM

Summary:

The city of Yatahey, New Mexico has only one public school, Chee Dodge Elementary, which serves grades PK-5 with an enrollment of 251 students. The school is ranked 73rd out of 82 districts in New Mexico and is rated 1 out of 5 stars by SchoolDigger, indicating its academic performance is below average compared to other schools in the state.

Chee Dodge Elementary's academic performance is mixed, with proficiency rates in English Language Arts (ELA) ranging from 29.27% in 3rd grade to 59.26% in 4th grade, compared to the Gallup district and New Mexico state averages. In Mathematics, the school's proficiency rates are generally lower than the district and state, ranging from 24.39% in 3rd grade to 40.74% in 4th grade. The school's 5th-grade Science proficiency rate of 35.14% is also below the state average of 29.3%.

Chee Dodge Elementary faces significant challenges, with a high percentage of students (94.42%) receiving free or reduced-price lunch, indicating a high level of economic disadvantage among the student population. The school's student-teacher ratio of 19.3 is also higher than the national average, which may impact the quality of instruction and individual attention students receive. While the data set only includes information about this one school, the analysis suggests the need for further support and intervention to improve academic outcomes for the students of Chee Dodge Elementary.

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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-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 All Grades	NM-MSSA Mathematics 3rd Grade	NM-MSSA Mathematics 4th Grade	NM-MSSA Mathematics 5th Grade	NM-MSSA Mathematics All Grades	Total
Chee Dodge Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	641 N Hwy 491	Yatahey	87375	McKinley County	Gallup	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(505) 721-1300	261	13	19.3	85.4%	16 (6.1%)	1 (0.4%)	53 (20.3%)	1 (0.4%)	181 (69.3%)	1 (0.4%)	8 (3.1%)	48.9	143^rd of 345 public elementary schools	58.6%		47.5	186^th of 413 public elementary schools	55.0%	43	35.1	29.3	59.3	47.4	43.4	24.4	40.7	36.8	33.0	$12,579

Cities Near Yatahey

City	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Gallup	0.52 mi	20	71^st
Church Rock	7.89 mi	1	90^th
Fort Wingate	11.43 mi	2
Vanderwagen	15.12 mi	2	78^th
Tohatchi	22.37 mi	4	85^th

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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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