ARROWHEAD PARK EARLY COLLEGE HIGH SCHOOL

ARROWHEAD PARK EARLY COLLEGE HIGH SCHOOL is a secondary school of moderately sized scale in LAS CRUCES, New Mexico, overseen by LAS CRUCES, works with 549 students in grades 9 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 22% above the state mean of about 450.

Across the 39 schools in LAS CRUCES (22,670 students total), ARROWHEAD PARK EARLY COLLEGE HIGH SCHOOL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On the student-mix side, ARROWHEAD PARK EARLY COLLEGE HIGH SCHOOL lists that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 63% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school shows 26% White, 3% Asian, 3% Black, 3% multiracial.

Looking at the economic backdrop, ARROWHEAD PARK EARLY COLLEGE HIGH SCHOOL logs 63 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 8.7:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 22.9:1, putting ARROWHEAD PARK EARLY COLLEGE HIGH SCHOOL tighter than the state norm the norm. About 100% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Doñan Ana County) reports that the typical household earns roughly $56,848 per year, roughly 32% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 19%. Across Doñan Ana County's 81 public schools (combined enrollment of about 36,561 students), ARROWHEAD PARK EARLY COLLEGE HIGH SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is UNIVERSITY HILLS ELEMENTARY, roughly 1.3 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The school occupies a commuter-belt site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked up 57%: 350 students in 2018 compared to 549 in 2025. The White share of enrollment fell from 35% to 26% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 18.2:1 in 2018 to 8.7:1 today.

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