BUENA VISTA ELEMENTARY

BUENA VISTA ELEMENTARY is one of the close-knit primary schools in ALAMOGORDO, New Mexico, overseen by ALAMOGORDO, with 222 students on its rolls from grades K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 23% leaner than the state mean of about 287.

Across the 14 schools in ALAMOGORDO (5,227 students total), BUENA VISTA ELEMENTARY accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Looking at the student body, BUENA VISTA ELEMENTARY lists that the most-represented group is Hispanic (49%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Other groups include 36% White, 7% multiracial, 5% Black, 2% Asian. By comparison, Otero County as a whole is about 40% Hispanic, so the school skews visibly more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, On paper, BUENA VISTA ELEMENTARY has 15 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 14.8:1. The state averages around 12.9:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Roughly 100% of students at BUENA VISTA ELEMENTARY qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), BUENA VISTA ELEMENTARY sits in the top 10% of New Mexico schools after the BeatsExpectations adjustment. Predicted proficiency for the school's FRL share is roughly 33.4%; actual is 51.4%, +18.0 points clear of the demographic baseline.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (Otero County) reports that the typical household earns roughly $55,876 per year, about 23% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 15% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Otero County runs 26 public schools (combined enrollment of about 7,639 students), of which BUENA VISTA ELEMENTARY is one.

Nearest neighbor: CHAPARRAL MIDDLE, around 0.7 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), BUENA VISTA ELEMENTARY ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 39.2%.

The school occupies a town-based site.

Trend over the last 7 years. BUENA VISTA ELEMENTARY's enrollment has fell 22% since 2018, when it stood at 283 (now 222). The White share of enrollment declined from 41% to 36% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 18.6:1 in 2018 to 14.8:1 today.

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