ALMA D'ARTE CHARTER

ALMA D'ARTE CHARTER is one of the tiny four-year high schools in LAS CRUCES, New Mexico, one of the schools within ALMA D'ARTE CHARTER, with 63 students on its rolls from grades 9 through 12. By comparison, New Mexico's public schools average about 450 students each, so ALMA D'ARTE CHARTER sits 86% smaller than that benchmark.

ALMA D'ARTE CHARTER sits inside ALMA D'ARTE CHARTER, the local public-school operator responsible for the campus.

For racial and ethnic makeup, ALMA D'ARTE CHARTER records that nearly all students (86%) are Hispanic. Beyond that, the school records 13% White. The wider county runs roughly 68% Hispanic, putting the school's mix considerably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, The school employs 7 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 9.5:1. The state averages around 22.9:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 100% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Doñan Ana County put median household earnings sit near $56,848, roughly 32% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, 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), ALMA D'ARTE CHARTER is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: J PAUL TAYLOR ACADEMY, around 0.1 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

Geographically, the school is in a metropolitan area. ALMA D'ARTE CHARTER operates as a public charter school, meaning it is publicly funded but governed independently of the surrounding district's traditional schools.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 65%: 180 students in 2018 compared to 63 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment edged up from 64% to 86% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 11.3:1 in 2018 to 9.5:1 today.

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