The top reported proficiency rate is 45% in English language arts. The lowest is 25% in Science.
Original Research by School Decision on Ann Parish Elementary
Ann Parish Elementary sits in Los Lunas, a village along Interstate 25 roughly a half-hour south of Albuquerque. The school serves pre-kindergarten through sixth grade as part of the Los Lunas Public Schools district, which stretches across several communities in Valencia County including Bosque Farms, Peralta, Tome, and Meadow Lake. Los Lunas functions as the county seat and has shifted from its agricultural and dairy-industry roots into a fast-growing suburb, recently described publicly as the second-fastest growing city in New Mexico. The arrival of the Meta data center, along with employers like Walmart Distribution, Niagara Bottling, and Fresenius Medical Care, has helped reshape the local economy. For a family considering Ann Parish, the setting is an auto-oriented community where civic life centers on Main Street events, parks, and the public library rather than a dense walkable core. The Rail Runner Express connects the village to Albuquerque by commuter rail.
The school's enrollment is moderate for an elementary serving pre-K through sixth grade. Its student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic, with a small number of white, American Indian or Alaska Native, and multiracial students. A very large share of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which reflects the economic mix of the surrounding Meadow Lake area and the broader village. The data does not include figures for English learners or students with individualized education programs, so those population sizes are unknown here.
On New Mexico's state assessments for the most recent reported year, Ann Parish shows a split picture. English language arts results are the relative bright spot, with nearly half of tested students reaching proficient or above. That result stands out as a genuine strength for a campus serving a high-poverty population. Math and science results are weaker, with roughly a quarter of tested students proficient in each subject. Science was tested only at a single grade band with a smaller group of students, so that result carries less weight than the math figure, which drew from the full tested population across grades three through eight. A parent may want to look into how the school supports math instruction and what intervention or tutoring options exist, since the gap between ELA and math proficiency is wide. Only one year of state testing data was available, so there is no way to read a trend or judge whether scores are rising, falling, or holding steady. Average scale scores were also missing from the reported data.
Several categories that parents often ask about carried no information. The payload did not include Title I status, staffing ratios, attendance rates, discipline data, course access details, or program offerings such as gifted services, dual-language programs, or after-school activities. These gaps may reflect how the source data was collected rather than anything about the school itself, but a family would need to contact Ann Parish or the district directly to learn what is actually offered. The district-level research turned up little in the way of recently reported changes affecting families, so there is no new initiative or restructuring to flag here.
The housing market around the school offers a practical entry point for families thinking about the area. Home values in the zip code sit slightly below the New Mexico statewide benchmark and below the national figure, making ownership a realistic prospect for many working households compared with pricier parts of the Albuquerque metro. Rents have eased modestly year over year, and the estimated monthly mortgage on a typical home is higher than typical rent, which may push some families toward renting in the short term. The median household income figure referenced in the broader economic data suggests the area is affordable by national standards, with a price-to-income ratio below what many comparable regions carry.
What Ann Parish appears to offer is a community-rooted elementary school in a rapidly changing but still affordable suburb. Its ELA results suggest the staff is doing meaningful work with a population that faces real economic challenges. Its math and science results are a soft spot worth asking about. Families who want a smaller elementary with a predominantly Hispanic peer environment, in a village that retains some rural character while gaining regional employers, may find this a reasonable fit. Those looking for detailed program breadth, specialized services, or a track record of multi-year academic growth will not find enough in the available data to judge and should go straight to the school for specifics.
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