BOOKER T. WASHINGTON

BOOKER T. WASHINGTON, a moderately sized K-5 school in LAS CRUCES, New Mexico, operated by LAS CRUCES, works with 361 students, covering grades pre-K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 26% above the state mean of about 287.

LAS CRUCES runs 39 schools in total, collectively educating 22,670 students. BOOKER T. WASHINGTON is one of those campuses.

In terms of who attends, BOOKER T. WASHINGTON shows that 93% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority. The remainder looks like 7% White. The wider county runs roughly 68% Hispanic, putting the school's mix visibly more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the resource side, BOOKER T. WASHINGTON lists 33 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 11.1:1. The state averages around 12.9:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 100% of students at BOOKER T. WASHINGTON qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), BOOKER T. WASHINGTON sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 33.4%; this one delivers 24.0%.

Around the school, Doñan Ana County reports that the typical household earns roughly $56,848 per year, about 32% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 19%. In all, Doñan Ana County runs 81 public schools (combined enrollment of about 36,561 students), of which BOOKER T. WASHINGTON is one.

ALAMEDA ELEMENTARY is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.7 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around BOOKER T. WASHINGTON. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), BOOKER T. WASHINGTON ranks 6th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 34.0%.

BOOKER T. WASHINGTON operates from an inner-city location.

Trend over the last 7 years. BOOKER T. WASHINGTON's enrollment has edged up 5% since 2018, when it stood at 344 (now 361). The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 16.3:1 in 2018 to 11.1:1 today.

Inside the community feed, the feed for BOOKER T. WASHINGTON typically covers fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.