CLOUDCROFT ELEMENTARY

CLOUDCROFT ELEMENTARY operates as a tight-knit elementary-level community in CLOUDCROFT, New Mexico, run under CLOUDCROFT. Current enrollment sits at 186 students spanning grades pre-K through 5. By comparison, New Mexico's public schools average about 287 students each, so CLOUDCROFT ELEMENTARY sits 35% below that benchmark.

CLOUDCROFT ELEMENTARY is one of 3 schools operated by CLOUDCROFT, a district that caters to 429 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, CLOUDCROFT ELEMENTARY lists that White students make up the majority at 63%. Other groups include 27% Hispanic, 9% multiracial. By comparison, Otero County as a whole is about 54% White, so the school skews visibly more White than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school lists 13 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 14.6:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 12.9:1 average. About 33% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is lower than Otero County's rate of about 96%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, CLOUDCROFT ELEMENTARY performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 49.4%, the actual is 47.1%, a residual of -2.3 points.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Otero County put the typical household earns roughly $55,876 per year, 23% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 15%. In all, Otero County runs 26 public schools (combined enrollment of about 7,639 students), of which CLOUDCROFT ELEMENTARY is one.

Nearest neighbor: CLOUDCROFT MIDDLE, around 0.0 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 2 other public schools cluster around CLOUDCROFT ELEMENTARY. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts CLOUDCROFT ELEMENTARY at 4th of 7; the average score across the group is 46.7%.

The school occupies a countryside site.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at CLOUDCROFT ELEMENTARY has grew 21%, going from 154 students in 2018 to 186 in 2025. The White share of enrollment declined from 69% to 63% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 16.7:1 in 2018 to 14.6:1 today.

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