COLUMBIA ELEMENTARY

COLUMBIA ELEMENTARY is one of the cozy elementary-level communitys in LAS CRUCES, New Mexico, one of the schools within LAS CRUCES, with 182 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 5. By comparison, New Mexico's public schools average about 287 students each, so COLUMBIA ELEMENTARY sits 37% smaller than that benchmark.

Within LAS CRUCES, which oversees 39 schools and 22,670 students, COLUMBIA ELEMENTARY is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, COLUMBIA ELEMENTARY shows that 90% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority. Beyond that, the school logs 7% White, 3% Black. The wider county runs roughly 68% Hispanic, putting the school's mix visibly more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 26 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 7.0:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 12.9:1 average. Around 100% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, COLUMBIA ELEMENTARY tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 33.4% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 28.0%.

Around the school, Doñan Ana County reports that median household earnings sit near $56,848, 32% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 19%. COLUMBIA ELEMENTARY is one of 81 public schools in Doñan Ana County (combined enrollment of about 36,561 students).

VISTA MIDDLE is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts COLUMBIA ELEMENTARY at 7th of 8; the average score across the group is 38.3%.

Geographically, the school is in a bedroom-community area.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at COLUMBIA ELEMENTARY has ticked down 61%, going from 467 students in 2018 to 182 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 11% to 7% across the same window. Class-load math has pulled in: from 17.2:1 in 2018 to 7.0:1 in 2025.

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