Enrollment
182
Elementary
DISTRICT 414 · STATE 287
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LAS CRUCES·NCES 350150000379
CENTRAL ELEMENTARY
150 NORTH ALAMEDA BLVD, LAS CRUCES, NM 88005 · (575) 527-9496 · Doña Ana County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL182 STUDENTS
B
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 63% of New Mexico public elementary schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded New Mexico public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
11.0:1
17 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.6:1 · STATE 12.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
182 students
DISTRICT 100% · STATE 90%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 27 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 33 | 18% |
| Grade 2 | 28 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 34 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 32 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 28 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (27) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (28).
Student demographics
32%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 34% · STATE 55% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
NM-MSSA + NM-ASR 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
47.1%
NM avg 44.2%
Math
19.5%
NM avg 27.2%
What this means: On the NM-MSSA + NM-ASR, New Mexico's statewide test, about 47 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 20 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New Mexico schools, those numbers are about 44 and 27.
Source: NM-MSSA + NM-ASR. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
38.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
33.4%
based on NM schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+4.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 38% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 33% typical for New Mexico schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among New Mexico's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like CENTRAL ELEMENTARY
CENTRAL ELEMENTARY's state test result (38.3% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| CENTRAL ELEMENTARY this school | 182 | 100.0% | 38.3% |
| FRANCIS X. NAVA ELEMENTARY SANTA FE | 163 | 100.0% | 33.7% |
| ROSELAWN ELEMENTARY ARTESIA | 171 | 100.0% | 47.5% |
| JEFFERSON ELEMENTARY LOVINGTON | 228 | 100.0% | 23.4% |
| BEN ALEXANDER ELEMENTARY LOVINGTON | 238 | 100.0% | N/A |
| LOS RANCHOS ELEMENTARY ALBUQUERQUE | 194 | 100.0% | 30.6% |
Matched among New Mexico elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where CENTRAL ELEMENTARY ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New Mexico | In Doña Ana County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 38.3% | #115 of 329 | #19 of 39 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 19.5% | #234 of 354 | #28 of 39 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 47.1% | #127 of 366 | #15 of 40 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 182 | #348 of 490 | #39 of 47 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 100% | #123 of 393 | #20 of 45 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -21.9% | #145 of 287 | #10 of 33 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
182
+2 (+1%) vs 2020
-42% since 1990-91, when it was 316
Student : Teacher
11.0:1
was 9.5:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 182 | 16.6 | 11.0:1 | 100% (182) |
| 2023-24 | 186 | 14.5 | 12.8:1 | 100% (186) |
| 2022-23 | 163 | 16.8 | 9.7:1 | 100% (163) |
| 2020-21 | 180 | 19 | 9.5:1 | 100% (180) |
| 2017-18 | 233 | 17.8 | 13.1:1 | 100% (233) |
| 2015-16 | 260 | 19 | 13.7:1 | 100% (260) |
| 2010-11 | 273 | 21 | 13.0:1 | 86% (234) |
| 2000-01 | 259 | 20 | 12.9:1 | 82% (213) |
| 1990-91 | 316 | 18 | 17.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for CENTRAL ELEMENTARY.
Since 2017-18: students down 22% (233 to 182); teachers down 6% (17.8 to 16.6).
About CENTRAL ELEMENTARY
CENTRAL ELEMENTARY is a low-enrollment elementary school in LAS CRUCES, New Mexico, (ZIP code 88005). The grade span is pre-K through 5, and enrollment is 182 students. Average enrollment for elementary schools in New Mexico is about 287, so this school runs 37% smaller than that.
The LAS CRUCES system has 39 schools and 22,670 students.
At CENTRAL ELEMENTARY, Hispanic students make up 81% of the student body. After that, the student body is 15% White. Among all residents of Doña Ana County, the Hispanic share is about 68%. By the diversity index, CENTRAL ELEMENTARY comes in at 32%.
The school reports 16.6 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to about 11.0 students per teacher. For comparison, elementary schools in New Mexico average 12.9:1. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility covers 100% of students. That is close to the 98% average for public schools in Doña Ana County.
The allk12 Grade for CENTRAL ELEMENTARY is B. Compared with New Mexico public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 63% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
CENTRAL ELEMENTARY scores 38.3% on state tests, averaged across results. The predicted figure, based on its student poverty level, is 33.4%.
Doña Ana County has about 224,266 residents, and median household income is about $56,848, roughly 32% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and roughly 19% of residents are in poverty. The public schools of Doña Ana County number 81 and enroll about 36,561.
The next-closest public school is NEW AMERICA SCHOOL - LAS CRUCES, about 0.2 miles away. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. Local comparison: CENTRAL ELEMENTARY ranks 2nd of 7 nearby schools, at 38.3% versus a 28.8% average.
NCES lists the school's locale as City: Mid-size. That means it sits inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
The student count changed little between 2020-21 (180) and 2024-25 (182). The student-to-teacher ratio rose from 9.5:1 in 2020-21 to 11.0:1 in 2024-25.
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Doña Ana County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
224,266
Census ACS
Median income
$56,848
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
32%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
19%
Below federal line
Schools in county
81
36,561 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in LAS CRUCES
- ORGAN MOUNTAIN HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,128 students
- CENTENNIAL HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,713 students
- LAS CRUCES HIGHHigh · 1,703 students
- MAYFIELD HIGHHigh · 1,327 students
- CAMINO REAL MIDDLEMiddle · 933 students
- MESA MIDDLEMiddle · 728 students
Other schools in LAS CRUCES
- ORGAN MOUNTAIN HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,128 students
- CENTENNIAL HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,713 students
- LAS CRUCES HIGHHigh · 1,703 students
- MAYFIELD HIGHHigh · 1,327 students
- CAMINO REAL MIDDLEMiddle · 933 students
- MESA MIDDLEMiddle · 728 students
Other Central Elementary schools
151 other US public schools in 35 states are named Central Elementary. CENTRAL ELEMENTARY is the 143rd largest of the 152.
- CENTRAL ELEMENTARYBELEN, NM · 166 students
- CENTRAL ELEMENTARYARTESIA, NM · 149 students
- CENTRAL ELEMENTARYSANTA CLARA, NM · 133 students
- CENTRAL ELEMENTARYLORDSBURG, NM · 75 students
- Central Elementary SchoolCarrollton, GA · 991 students
Nearby schools
- NEW AMERICA SCHOOL - LAS CRUCES0.2 mi · 225
- ALMA D'ARTE CHARTER0.2 mi · 63
- J PAUL TAYLOR ACADEMY0.3 mi · 200
- MAC ARTHUR ELEMENTARY0.8 mi · 335
- ALAMEDA ELEMENTARY0.8 mi · 331
- BOOKER T. WASHINGTON0.9 mi · 361
Frequently asked questions
About CENTRAL ELEMENTARYHow large is CENTRAL ELEMENTARY?
CENTRAL ELEMENTARY enrolls approximately 182 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does CENTRAL ELEMENTARY serve?
CENTRAL ELEMENTARY serves grades PK-05.
How many teachers does CENTRAL ELEMENTARY have?
CENTRAL ELEMENTARY employs 17 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 11.0:1.
What is the student diversity at CENTRAL ELEMENTARY?
Student demographics at CENTRAL ELEMENTARY are roughly 15% White, 81% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Asian, 1% Two or more.
What district is CENTRAL ELEMENTARY in?
CENTRAL ELEMENTARY is part of LAS CRUCES.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.