The top reported proficiency rate is 50% in English language arts. The lowest is 7% in Math.
Original Research by School Decision on Roots & Wings Community
Roots & Wings Community is a small charter district in New Mexico serving kindergarten through eighth grade, operating as a single school near the Questa area. Its charter contract runs through 2026, which gives currently enrolled families a degree of operational continuity for the near term. The enrollment is small, with a few students per grade and the largest clusters in first and sixth grade. The student body is predominantly white, with a Hispanic minority and a smaller number of American Indian or Alaska Native students, plus a handful identified as two or more races. Free-or-reduced-price lunch data was not available, so the economic profile of the families here cannot be characterized from what we have. English learner and special education counts were also missing.
Academically, the most recent state assessment results paint a sharply split picture. In English language arts, proficiency was strong, with half of tested students reaching proficiency. That is a solid result for a school this size and suggests the literacy instruction is working for a meaningful share of its students. In math, the picture is far weaker. Only a small handful of tested students reached proficiency, and the district brief confirms that math growth was flagged as unsatisfactory by the state's Public Education Department in a prior year. The following year's data showed math growth in the typical range for academic peers, with improvements noted for students with disabilities and economically disadvantaged students. Still, the most recent proficiency rate remains low. A parent considering this school would want to ask directly how math instruction is structured and what interventions are in place, especially given the state's documented concern. Science results were suppressed, likely because the number of tested students was too small to report reliably, which is common for schools of this size.
Because this is a K-8 entity, there is no graduation rate, no AP or dual-credit data, and no high school course access information. Those metrics simply do not apply here. No staffing, attendance, or discipline data was available, and no civil-rights reporting was included. The school does not appear in a neighbor comparison set, and no locale brief or community context was provided, so there is little to say about housing, commuting, or the surrounding economy from the data on hand. We looked for program offerings and found none listed. A parent would need to contact the school directly to understand its pedagogical approach, enrichment activities, and how the small cohort structure shapes the day-to-day classroom experience.
What the data does say is that Roots & Wings is a very small, charter-operated elementary-and-middle school with a clear strength in reading and a documented, persistent struggle in math that the state has flagged and that the school appears to be working to address. The tiny enrollment means each child is highly visible, for better and worse. Academic results in a school this small can swing sharply from year to year based on the performance of just a few students, so a single year's proficiency rate should be read with that in mind. Families drawn to small, community-oriented charter settings may find the environment appealing, but the math question is one worth pressing on before enrolling.
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