CHAPARRAL ELEMENTARY

CHAPARRAL ELEMENTARY operates as a roomy elementary-level community in CHAPARRAL, New Mexico, overseen by GADSDEN. Current enrollment sits at 437 students spanning grades pre-K through 6. By comparison, New Mexico's public schools average about 287 students each, so CHAPARRAL ELEMENTARY sits 52% bigger than that benchmark.

Within GADSDEN, which oversees 26 schools and 11,739 students, CHAPARRAL ELEMENTARY is one campus in the system.

Looking at the student body, CHAPARRAL ELEMENTARY shows that 93% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority. The remainder looks like 5% White. By comparison, Doñan Ana County as a whole is about 68% Hispanic, so the school skews noticeably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 34 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 12.8:1 students per teacher. That tracks the state average closely. An estimated 100% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

After controlling for student poverty, CHAPARRAL ELEMENTARY tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 33.4% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 27.6%.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Doñan Ana County put the typical household earns roughly $56,848 per year, roughly 32% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 19% of residents live below the federal poverty line. CHAPARRAL ELEMENTARY is one of 81 public schools in Doñan Ana County (combined enrollment of about 36,561 students).

The closest other public school is DESERT TRAIL ELEMENTARY, roughly 0.1 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 6 other public schools cluster around CHAPARRAL ELEMENTARY. On composite proficiency, CHAPARRAL ELEMENTARY comes 6th of 7 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 35.3%.

The campus sits in a rural setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 14%: 511 students in 2018 compared to 437 in 2025. Class-load math has grew: from 10.0:1 in 2018 to 12.8:1 in 2025.

In the discussion threads here, recent activity here tends to focus on sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.