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Columbus Elementary

Public Grades PK, KG-5
252nd
SchoolDigger Rank ?
of 345 New Mexico Elementary Schools
Better than 27% of New Mexico elementary schools
Summary

Columbus Elementary is a public elementary school located in Columbus, New Mexico, serving grades PK-5 with a total enrollment of 488 students. The school is part of the Deming School District, which is ranked 67 out of 82 districts in the state and has a 1-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Columbus Elementary consistently performs below the state and district averages in proficiency rates for English Language Arts (ELA) and Mathematics across all grades. For the 2024-2025 school year, the school's ELA proficiency rate for all grades was 14.43%, compared to the Deming district average of 33.45% and the New Mexico state average of 44.19%. In Mathematics, the school's proficiency rate for all grades was 18.41%, compared to the Deming district average of 20.27% and the state average of 26.81%. The school's performance in Science is also below the district and state averages, with a 5th-grade proficiency rate of 19.23% compared to Deming's 22.6% and the state's 29.3%.

Additionally, Columbus Elementary has a very high percentage of students from low-socioeconomic backgrounds, with 100% of students qualifying for free or reduced-price lunch in the past three school years. The school's ranking for low-socioeconomic status students was 251 out of 325 in the 2024-2025 school year, indicating that it is performing below the state average for this student group. The school's statewide ranking has also steadily declined over the past several years, from 139 out of 396 New Mexico elementary schools in 2018-2019 to 252 out of 345 in 2024-2025, suggesting that the school's performance is worsening relative to other elementary schools in the state.

483
Students ?
14.6
Student/teacher ratio ?
$9,911
Per pupil spending ?
99.4%
Free/discounted lunch ?
 7450 Altura Rd. SE
       Columbus, NM  88029

(575) 531-2710

District: Deming


Students who attend Columbus Elementary usually attend:

Middle:    Deming Intermediate
    Red Mountain Middle
High:    Deming High
Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:
97.7%
White:
2.3%
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At a glance
▲ Ranking trend: Rebounding — 10th percentile in 2022 → 27th in 2025
Strengths
✓Ranking is rebounding — up to 27th (2025) from a 10th-percentile low (2022)
Worth a look
!Test scores below the New Mexico average (17% vs 35% meeting standards)
!English Language Arts scores 30 pts below the New Mexico average
Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?
This school17%
District avg27%
New Mexico avg35%
252nd of 345
New Mexico public elementary schools ?
Bottom 27%▬ steady since 2015
See the entire ranking list of New Mexico Elementary Schools →
★★★★★
SchoolDigger rating ?
3rd of 6Elementary Schools in the Deming
67th of 82Deming 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)
Show full rank history (all student groups)

All Students

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew Mexico percentileRating
202525.9252 of 34527.0%★☆☆☆☆
202418.1347 of 41316.0%★☆☆☆☆
202327.6325 of 43525.3%★☆☆☆☆
202213.1379 of 4209.8%☆☆☆☆☆
201957.9139 of 39664.9%★★★☆☆
201839.4216 of 38343.6%★★☆☆☆
201738.7219 of 37441.4%★★☆☆☆
201621.6348 of 41015.1%★☆☆☆☆
201528.6308 of 42126.8%★☆☆☆☆
201444.0245 of 44244.6%★★☆☆☆
201324.4335 of 41218.7%★☆☆☆☆
201214.3371 of 3986.8%☆☆☆☆☆
201123.0333 of 40217.2%★☆☆☆☆
201019.1367 of 41912.4%★☆☆☆☆
200910.7390 of 4115.1%☆☆☆☆☆
200812.9385 of 4054.9%☆☆☆☆☆
200717.0360 of 3989.5%☆☆☆☆☆
200611.0376 of 3903.6%☆☆☆☆☆
200512.2372 of 3894.4%☆☆☆☆☆

English Language Learner

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew Mexico percentileRating
202538.414 of 2133.3%★★☆☆☆
202425.2175 of 22321.5%★☆☆☆☆
202349.7106 of 19144.5%★★☆☆☆
202216.2195 of 2033.9%☆☆☆☆☆
201972.117 of 9882.7%★★★★☆
201849.634 of 8359.0%★★★☆☆

Female

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew Mexico percentileRating
202413.9350 of 39812.1%★☆☆☆☆
202328.5292 of 39025.1%★☆☆☆☆
202210.5338 of 39514.4%★☆☆☆☆
201957.6119 of 34365.3%★★★☆☆
201841.0189 of 33944.2%★★☆☆☆

Hispanic

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew Mexico percentileRating
202525.2200 of 25521.6%★☆☆☆☆
202418.0334 of 38413.0%★☆☆☆☆
202329.6287 of 39527.3%★☆☆☆☆
202212.9333 of 38914.4%★☆☆☆☆
201962.390 of 32071.9%★★★★☆
201842.7184 of 32944.1%★★☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew Mexico percentileRating
202525.5251 of 32522.8%★☆☆☆☆
202331.1306 of 42628.2%★☆☆☆☆
202213.8343 of 41016.3%★☆☆☆☆
201968.182 of 36177.3%★★★★☆
201846.6183 of 35648.6%★★☆☆☆

Male

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew Mexico percentileRating
202421.0319 of 39719.6%★☆☆☆☆
202326.8312 of 41424.6%★☆☆☆☆
202214.8322 of 39217.9%★☆☆☆☆
201952.1139 of 33758.8%★★★☆☆
201833.8231 of 33330.6%★★☆☆☆

Special Education

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew Mexico percentileRating
201957.220 of 4757.4%★★★☆☆

White

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew Mexico percentileRating
202521.7242 of 30420.4%★☆☆☆☆
202414.2296 of 33912.7%★☆☆☆☆
202325.1321 of 41322.3%★☆☆☆☆
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)
Special Education (2019)57th percentile-7 vs school
English Language Learner (2025)33rd percentile+6 vs school
Low Socio Economic Status (2025)23rd percentile-4 vs school
Hispanic (2025)22nd percentile-5 vs school
White (2025)20th percentile-7 vs school
Male (2024)20th percentile+4 vs school
Female (2024)12th percentile-4 vs school
By subject vs New Mexico (2024-2025) ?
Science19%-10 vs state
Mathematics18%-8 vs state
English Language Arts14%-30 vs state

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Students at Columbus Elementary are 98% Hispanic, 2% White.

In the 2024-25 school year, 483 students attended Columbus Elementary.

Students who attend Columbus Elementary usually go on to attend:

Middle : Deming Intermediate
Middle : Red Mountain Middle
High : Deming High

Columbus Elementary ranks 252nd of 345 New Mexico elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 1 star out of 5.


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