CENTRAL ELEMENTARY

Set in LORDSBURG, New Mexico, CENTRAL ELEMENTARY is a rural-scale 6-8 campus, overseen by LORDSBURG. It educates 75 students across grades 5 through 6. Enrollment runs roughly 78% leaner than the state mean of about 335.

Within LORDSBURG, which oversees 4 schools and 478 students, CENTRAL ELEMENTARY is one campus in the system.

Looking at the student body, CENTRAL ELEMENTARY logs that 80% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority; the rest breaks down as 17% White. By comparison, Hidalgo County as a whole is about 57% Hispanic, so the school skews noticeably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, CENTRAL ELEMENTARY has 7 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 12.2:1. The state averages about 12.5:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. An estimated 69% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Hidalgo County (around 96%), the school's rate is south of typical.

Zooming out to the county, Hidalgo County reports that the typical household earns roughly $48,882 per year, about 18% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 22% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Hidalgo County runs 7 public schools (combined enrollment of about 643 students), of which CENTRAL ELEMENTARY is one.

Nearest neighbor: DUGAN-TARANGO MIDDLE, around 0.0 miles off. Within five miles, there are 3 other public schools.

The school occupies a low-density site.

Trend over the last 6 years. CENTRAL ELEMENTARY's enrollment has rose 15% since 2018, when it stood at 65 (now 75). Over the same period, the Hispanic share declined from 89% to 80%. The student-to-teacher ratio widened from 9.6:1 in 2018 to 11.5:1 today.

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