Summary
Santo Domingo Elementary is a PK–5 school in Santo Domingo Pueblo, NM, serving 206 students as part of Bernalillo Public Schools, a district ranked 82nd of 87 in New Mexico. The school itself stands out against that context: its 2025–26 rank is 121st of 346 schools (65th percentile, 3 stars), a dramatic rise from the 8th percentile in 2023–24 and the 1st percentile in 2022–23. It reports 100% free/reduced lunch, and its 2024–25 student-teacher ratio was 10.7.
English language arts is the clearest strength. All-grades ELA was 47.78% proficient on NM Combined and 48.31% on NM-MSSA, above both the district (31.17% and 35%) and the state (43.34% and 44.66%). Math was 22.22% and 22.47%, well above the district (13.8% and 15.44%) but below the state (25.54% and 27.85%). Early grades are the engine: 3rd-grade ELA was 60.61% and 62.5%, and 3rd-grade math 36.36% and 37.5%, both above district and state. Grade 4 ELA was 48.39% (above district, below state), and 4th-grade math was reported only as under 20%, below the state. Grade 5 ELA was 30.77% (above district, below state), while 5th-grade math and science were suppressed. Science cannot be evaluated for 2025–26; the most recent school-level figure, from 2022–23, was 18% versus 34% statewide. Statewide subgroup ranks show the school serving Native American students at 8th of 32 (75th percentile, 4 stars), low-income students at 48th of 256 (81st percentile, 4 stars), and female students at 79th of 252 (69th percentile, 3 stars).
Among nearby schools, Placitas Elementary sets the high bar with 65.96% ELA and 42.55% math. Cochiti Elementary, the closest neighbor at 6.82 miles, had 23.38% ELA and math under 10%. Santo Domingo's 3rd-grade results topped Wd Carroll Elementary (42.42% ELA, 29.35% math) and Algodones Elementary (48.57% ELA, math under 20%). Its all-grades ELA and math also exceeded Cesar Chavez Elementary, R.M. Sweeney Elementary, Turquoise Trail Charter School, Nina Otero Community School, and Sandoval Academy Of Bilingual Education. The next frontiers are raising math to state level, extending early-grade gains into 4th and 5th grade, and watching science and ELL outcomes when comparable data return.
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