DESERT VIEW ELEMENTARY

DESERT VIEW ELEMENTARY is a sprawling K-5 school in SUNLAND PARK, New Mexico, one of the schools within GADSDEN. The school teaches 524 students in grades pre-K through 6. By comparison, New Mexico's public schools average about 287 students each, so DESERT VIEW ELEMENTARY sits 83% larger than that benchmark.

GADSDEN runs 26 schools in total, collectively educating 11,739 students. DESERT VIEW ELEMENTARY is one of those campuses.

Demographically, DESERT VIEW ELEMENTARY reports that nearly all students (98%) are Hispanic. That is meaningfully more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 68%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school currently runs with 35 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 15.0:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 12.9:1 average. An estimated 100% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, DESERT VIEW ELEMENTARY performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 33.4%, the actual is 33.4%, a residual of -0.0 points.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for Doñan Ana County indicate median household income runs about $56,848, roughly 32% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 19% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Doñan Ana County's 81 public schools (combined enrollment of about 36,561 students), DESERT VIEW ELEMENTARY is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: RIVERSIDE ELEMENTARY, around 1.8 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts DESERT VIEW ELEMENTARY at 7th of 9; the average score across the group is 40.3%.

The campus sits in an outer-ring setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count rose 8%: 485 students in 2018 compared to 524 in 2025.

Inside the community feed, the feed for DESERT VIEW ELEMENTARY typically covers open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.