Welcome to F.X. Nava Elementary! Our mission is to provide a respectful, positive and safe environment where students are supported, challenged and empowered to be the best version of themselves. At Nava, we’re all about setting personal and academic goals, where we strive to learn to be our best.

Nava is a STEAM school focused on Science, Technology, Engineering, the Arts and Mathematics. We bring the arts into the classroom in an integrated way.  Staff is trained using the LANL Foundation’s Inquiry Science Education Consortium, which is dedicated to increasing equity and access to quality STEM education for students in grades K–6 throughout Northern New Mexico, the Artworks/Lincoln Center Institute Model, which is rooted in collaboration between artists and teachers, and curriculum closely aligned to state-adopted standards for teaching and learning. 

We partner with the Santa Fe Opera’s Active Learning Through Opera (ALTO) program, which brings world-class consultants and teaching artists to collaborate with Nava’s classroom teachers around the belief that successful schools are engaging, collaborative, joyful and inspiring, the Unlocked Minds Yo Soy! arts engagement program (Unlocked Minds is a non-profit organization which provides access to an integrated arts program) and Talking Hands Talking Feet to create educational songs and dances.

Our Thunder Council, which includes self-selected and elected officers from the 3rd, 4th, 5th and 6th grades, is very active in the school community and makes important decisions about the way we operate and our school culture.

We thrive through our community partners. First Serve New Mexico seeks to strengthen children's lives and enhance their character through education, life skills and tennis. Through our PTSA (Parent, Teacher, and Student Association), we host many family/community events, including the Fall Festival, Turkey Bingo, art nights, literacy and engineering events and writing workshop celebrations.  Nava’s  21st Century Community Learning Center provides academic enrichment opportunities during non-school hours.  Through a partnership with Communities in Schools, Nava is implementing a community school strategy designed to support the whole child, whole family and whole school.

Nava is one of SFPS’ four south-central elementary schools. We are small, but strong! Come check us out!