CONLEE ELEMENTARY

CONLEE ELEMENTARY is a middle-of-the-pack elementary campus in LAS CRUCES, New Mexico, operated by LAS CRUCES. The school serves 417 students in grades pre-K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 287 students per school, that is 45% bigger than typical.

Across the 39 schools in LAS CRUCES (22,670 students total), CONLEE ELEMENTARY accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On demographics, CONLEE ELEMENTARY shows that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (84%). Other groups include 11% White, 4% Black. By comparison, Doñan Ana County as a whole is about 68% Hispanic, so the school skews visibly more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 35 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 12.0:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 12.9:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 100% of students at CONLEE ELEMENTARY qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

After controlling for student poverty, CONLEE ELEMENTARY sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 33.5%; this one delivers 37.2%.

In the broader community, ACS estimates for Doñan Ana County put median household income runs about $56,848, 32% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 19%. In all, Doñan Ana County runs 81 public schools (combined enrollment of about 36,561 students), of which CONLEE ELEMENTARY is one.

UNIVERSITY HILLS ELEMENTARY is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.5 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, CONLEE ELEMENTARY comes 2nd of 6 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 30.6%.

Geographically, the school is in a high-density area.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at CONLEE ELEMENTARY has shrank 16%, going from 494 students in 2018 to 417 in 2025. Class-load math has narrowed: from 14.2:1 in 2018 to 12.0:1 in 2025.

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