OWNERSHIP

Santa Fe Public Schools

SIZE AND FUNCTIONALITY OF SITE

Tesuque Elementary School is located on 2.05 acres. The school was first opened in 1938 and had additions in 1940, 1964 and 1991. The total square footage is 20,086, with 2,560 square feet in portable buildings.

INFRASTRUCTURE (ON-SITE AND OFF-SITE)

The site is located on a county road in a rural area. The site is smaller than recommended for an elementary school. On-site parking is barely adequate for staff, but inadequate for visitors and special event parking. Service access and access for emergency vehicles is poor.

Bus and parent drop-off/pick-up areas have been separated with two driveways onto the site. The school is now handicap accessible.

Site issues needing to be addressed include limited building expansion space, lack of visitor parking and poor service access, lack of special event parking, drainage, and site circulation improvements. The play field has been updated.

FLOOR PLANS

BUILDING CAPACITIES

The following school building capacities are shown in the chart below:

Design with portables (also called “building capacity”) is the generic enrollment average of PK to 6th grade students in a class times the number of classrooms in the school. The potential number of students per classroom is set by the minimum requirements for class size established by the New Mexico Public Education Department.

Program with portables (also called ''functional capacity'') is the generic enrollment average of PK to 6th grade students in a class times the number of classrooms in the school after the number of classrooms is reduced by subtracting rooms used for something other than general education times a loading factor of 95%.

Design without portables is the generic enrollment average of PK to 6th grade students in a class times the number of classrooms in the school if the school no longer has portables and if activities currently in portables are housed in permanent classrooms.

Program without portables is the generic enrollment average of PK to 6th grade students in a class times the number of classrooms in the school after the number of classrooms are reduced by subtracting rooms used for something other than general education and if all activities currently in portables are housed in a permanent classroom times a loading factor of 95%.

Enrollment 2010-11 40th Day is the number of students attending the school on the state reporting day of the 2010-11 school year.

Enrollment at Tesuque does not exceed its design or program capacity.

HISTORIC TRENDS AND PROJECTIONS FOR ENROLLMENT

With a historically stable enrollment, Tesuque Elementary School enrollment is projected to continue at a similar level.

ATTENDANCE

Tesuque Elementary School is located in the village of Tesuque on Bishop’s Lodge Rd. Students living in Chupadero and Rio En Medio are also assigned to Tesuque and are transported to school on 1 bus. Of the students living in the assignment area, 79% attend Tesuque Elementary School. Of the total number of students who attend the school, 83% are from the assignment area.

See the following map:

RESIDENTIAL GROWTH PATTERNS

No major residential developments were identified in the Tesuque Elementary School attendance area.

CHARACTERISTICS AND IMPACTS OF NEIGHBORHOOD AND COMMUNITY

Tesuque Elementary School is located in the heart of the Tesuque Village. The school, under the umbrella of the Santa Fe Public Schools, has served the children of Tesuque, Chupadero, Rio en Medio and the Tesuque Pueblo since 1930. Tesuque Elementary has the highest proportion of Native American Students in the district. The school will be housed at a temporary campus in Santa Fe at the old BECC site on Madera Street during renovation and will return to its permanent site on Bishops Lodge Road in the winter of 2007.

CURRENT AND FUTURE PROGRAMS

During the 2001-2002 and 2002-2003 school years, Tesuque Elementary received monetary awards from the state of New Mexico for improvement in test scores. The school receives $15,000.00 annually from the Susan Kathleen Black Memorial Foundation which is used to enhance its art curriculum. It has established a Native Heritage Tewa Language Bilingual Program in partnership with the Tesuque Pueblo.Tesuque’s Destination Imagination teams have qualified for World Competition two out of the four past years.

The school also has business/community partnerships with Messenger of Healing Winds Foundation, the Jane Goodall Institute, Desert T’s, and La Choza Restaurant. It offers programs in visual and performing arts, music, sports, associated programs that extend curriculum (Literacy Night, math/science fair, art fair), health programs, academic support program (Compass Learning), SFPS After School Program, Yearbook Club, Student Council, and opportunities for parent involvement (PTA, Parent Advisory, Open House).

OPPORTUNITIES ANALYSIS

Tesuque ES:
Should be included in the recent rezoning review
Should be included in a comprehensive plan to include preschools
Should be included in future partnership opportunities
Should be evaluated for future capital projects for the next bond issue and/or capital program


No changes are recommended.

Tesuque ES, a small community school, was recently renovated.