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Rio Rancho Elementary School

Grades: K-5

Students: 534

Type: Public

5/10

GreatSchools Rating

Student-Teacher Ratio: 13:1

Student-Counselor Ratio: 282:1

Certified Teachers: 98%

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Rio Rancho Public Schools

4601 Pepe Ortiz Road Southeast
Rio Rancho, NM 87124

(505) 892-0220

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4/10

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4/10

Equity

Academic Progress

College Readiness

5/10

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My child is a post covid student, and an out of state transplant. Class sizes are great, but individual attention to students is still lacking. The school does not seem to care if all students can spell on grade level as long as progress is shown, which is both positive and negative. Emotional wellb

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Posted by a parent on 2/3/2025

As a parent of a now 1st grader, I am not impressed with this school. Last year her teacher was not very engaging and I rarely got progress reports. This year at meet the teacher I didn't really "meet the teacher" it was more like a cattle-call than a meet the teacher. Last year I met the teacher, h

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Posted by a parent on 8/2/2023

Disappointed in upper Administration. Upper Administration shift blame instead of taking responsibility. There is not up to date school zone indication causing high speeds around the school. Strong lack of special education response for students.

Posted by a parent on 9/17/2018

I have been very impressed with my children’s teachers and support staff. They really care about the kids and go above and beyond to make sure their students can be succesful and build them up. I have seen amazing progress in my kids’ education and confidence in their work.

Posted by a parent on 7/5/2018

If you want to be an involved parent, DO NOT send your kids to this school. It is a joke how many meetings I have attended with the same issues and nothing has been resolved. My child has a learning disability and was told that he no longer had it, and then when the problem was “corrected” he contin

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Posted by a parent on 2/16/2018

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Rio Rancho schools - Rio Rancho Elementary School is located at 4601 Pepe Ortiz Road Southeast, Rio Rancho NM 87124. Rio Rancho Elementary School is in the Rio Rancho Public Schools. Rio Rancho Elementary School is a Public school that serves grade levels K-5.