LA MERCED ELEMENTARY (BELEN SCH DIST.), New Mexico - School Profile in 2023-2024 School Year

Updated on August 8, 2025.

LA MERCED ELEMENTARY is a Elementary in BELEN, NM. It currently serves 433 students (grades PK-06). The school is part of the BELEN School District.

Below, we provide details about the school including the population per grade, the racial demography of the student population, the racial demography of the student population per gender/sex, and the racial demography per grade level.

You can see similar information for other schools in BELEN School District and all schools in New Mexico.

Other Details

School Type: Regular School
School Level: Elementary
Number of Students:433
Number of Teachers: 28
Student/Teacher Ratio: 15.46

Location Info

Location: 301 ALAME LOOP, BELEN, NM 87002
Mailing Address: 520 NORTH MAIN ST, BELEN, NM 87002
Phone: (505)966-2100
Data Source: NCES.
Student Population Per Grade
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Grade Population
Grade 1 71
Grade 2 66
Grade 3 51
Grade 4 70
Grade 5 69
Grade 6 57
Kindergarten 48
Pre-Kindergarten 1
Gender/Sex of LA MERCED ELEMENTARY Student Population
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Gender Population Percent of Population (%)
Male 225 51.96
Female 208 48.04
Race/Ethnicity Demography of LA MERCED ELEMENTARY Student Population
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Race/Ethnicity Population Percent of Population (%)
American Indian or Alaska Native 7 1.62
Black or African American 4 0.92
Hispanic/Latino 336 77.60
White 86 19.86
Male - Race/Ethnicity Demography of Student Population
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Race/Ethnicity Population Percent of Population (%)
American Indian or Alaska Native 3 1.33
Black or African American 1 0.44
Hispanic/Latino 170 75.56
White 51 22.67
Female - Race/Ethnicity Demography of Student Population
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Race/Ethnicity Population Percent of Population (%)
American Indian or Alaska Native 4 1.92
Black or African American 3 1.44
Hispanic/Latino 166 79.81
White 35 16.83

Race Demography Per Grade

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Grade 1 - Race/Ethnicity of Both Genders
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Race/Ethnicity Population Percent of Population (%)
American Indian or Alaska Native 2 2.82
Hispanic/Latino 55 77.47
White 14 19.72
Grade 2 - Race/Ethnicity of Both Genders
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Race/Ethnicity Population Percent of Population (%)
American Indian or Alaska Native 2 3.03
Black or African American 1 1.52
Hispanic/Latino 43 65.15
White 20 30.30
Grade 3 - Race/Ethnicity of Both Genders
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Race/Ethnicity Population Percent of Population (%)
Hispanic/Latino 45 88.24
White 6 11.77
Grade 4 - Race/Ethnicity of Both Genders
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Race/Ethnicity Population Percent of Population (%)
American Indian or Alaska Native 2 2.86
Black or African American 1 1.43
Hispanic/Latino 57 81.43
White 10 14.29
Grade 5 - Race/Ethnicity of Both Genders
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Race/Ethnicity Population Percent of Population (%)
Black or African American 1 1.45
Hispanic/Latino 50 72.46
White 18 26.09
Grade 6 - Race/Ethnicity of Both Genders
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Race/Ethnicity Population Percent of Population (%)
Black or African American 1 1.75
Hispanic/Latino 44 77.19
White 12 21.05
Kindergarten - Race/Ethnicity of Both Genders
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Race/Ethnicity Population Percent of Population (%)
American Indian or Alaska Native 1 2.08
Hispanic/Latino 41 85.42
White 6 12.50
Pre-Kindergarten - Race/Ethnicity of Both Genders
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Race/Ethnicity Population Percent of Population (%)
Hispanic/Latino 1 100.00