ALAMEDA ELEMENTARY

ALAMEDA ELEMENTARY is one of the reasonably sized elementary-level communitys in LAS CRUCES, New Mexico, one of the schools within LAS CRUCES, with 331 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 5.

Within LAS CRUCES, which oversees 39 schools and 22,670 students, ALAMEDA ELEMENTARY is one campus in the system.

Demographically, ALAMEDA ELEMENTARY lists that nearly all students (91%) are Hispanic; the rest comes out to 6% White. The wider county runs roughly 68% Hispanic, putting the school's mix visibly more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the resource side, ALAMEDA ELEMENTARY reports 27 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 12.5:1. That tracks the state average closely. An estimated 100% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, ALAMEDA ELEMENTARY performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 33.4%, the actual is 26.6%, a residual of -6.8 points.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for Doñan Ana County indicate median household earnings sit near $56,848, 32% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 19% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Doñan Ana County's 81 public schools (combined enrollment of about 36,561 students), ALAMEDA ELEMENTARY is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is J PAUL TAYLOR ACADEMY, roughly 0.6 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts ALAMEDA ELEMENTARY at 3rd of 6; the average score across the group is 31.4%.

The school occupies a downtown site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at ALAMEDA ELEMENTARY has shrank 19%, going from 410 students in 2018 to 331 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 87% to 91% across the same window. Class-load math has tightened: from 14.3:1 in 2018 to 12.5:1 in 2025.

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