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Enrollment
524
Elementary
DISTRICT 343 · STATE 287
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·GADSDEN·NCES 350108000700
DESERT VIEW ELEMENTARY
1105 VALLE VISTA DR, SUNLAND PARK, NM 88063 · (575) 882-6203 · Doña Ana County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL524 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 48% of New Mexico public elementary schools
- B-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded New Mexico public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
15.0:1
35 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.6:1 · STATE 12.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
524 students
DISTRICT 100% · STATE 90%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 74 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 67 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 72 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 78 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 70 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 82 | 16% |
| Grade 6 | 81 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (74) is 9% smaller than its 6th grade class (81).
Student demographics
4%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 7% · STATE 55% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
NM-MSSA + NM-ASR 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
42.0%
NM avg 44.2%
Math
29.7%
NM avg 27.2%
What this means: On the NM-MSSA + NM-ASR, New Mexico's statewide test, about 42 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 30 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New Mexico schools, those numbers are about 44 and 27.
Source: NM-MSSA + NM-ASR. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
33.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
33.4%
based on NM schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-0.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 33% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 33% typical for New Mexico schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among New Mexico's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like DESERT VIEW ELEMENTARY
DESERT VIEW ELEMENTARY's state test result (33.4% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| DESERT VIEW ELEMENTARY this school | 524 | 100.0% | 33.4% |
| COLUMBUS ELEMENTARY COLUMBUS | 483 | 99.4% | 23.0% |
| RIVERSIDE ELEMENTARY SUNLAND PARK | 550 | 100.0% | 41.2% |
| YUCCA HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY CHAPPARAL | 439 | 100.0% | 31.7% |
| DESERT TRAIL ELEMENTARY CHAPARRAL | 479 | 100.0% | 40.2% |
| VADO ELEMENTARY VADO | 415 | 100.0% | 21.4% |
Matched among New Mexico elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where DESERT VIEW ELEMENTARY ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New Mexico | In Doña Ana County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 33.4% | #166 of 329 | #25 of 39 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 29.7% | #139 of 354 | #19 of 39 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 42.0% | #175 of 366 | #23 of 40 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 524 | #35 of 490 | #6 of 47 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.0:1 | #241 of 318 | #37 of 37 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 3.8% | #324 of 334 | #33 of 37 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 100% | #109 of 393 | #8 of 45 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +8.0% | #34 of 57 | #6 of 7 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
524
+94 (+22%) vs 2020
+37% since 1990-91, when it was 383
Student : Teacher
15.0:1
was 12.7:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 524 | 35 | 15.0:1 | 100% (524) |
| 2023-24 | 493 | 36 | 13.7:1 | 100% (493) |
| 2022-23 | 400 | 31.1 | 12.9:1 | 100% (400) |
| 2020-21 | 430 | 34 | 12.7:1 | 100% (430) |
| 2017-18 | 485 | 34 | 14.3:1 | 100% (485) |
| 2015-16 | 496 | 36 | 13.8:1 | 100% (496) |
| 2010-11 | 520 | 35 | 14.9:1 | 99% (517) |
| 2000-01 | 528 | 30 | 17.6:1 | 99% (525) |
| 1990-91 | 383 | 20 | 19.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for DESERT VIEW ELEMENTARY.
Since 2017-18: students up 8% (485 to 524); teachers up 3% (34 to 35).
About DESERT VIEW ELEMENTARY
DESERT VIEW ELEMENTARY is a high-enrollment elementary school in SUNLAND PARK, New Mexico, administered by GADSDEN. The school offers pre-K through 6 and enrolls 524 students. On average, elementary schools in New Mexico enroll around 287, and this school is 83% above that mark.
The district, GADSDEN, operates 26 schools serving 11,739 students.
DESERT VIEW ELEMENTARY is 98% Hispanic by enrollment. That compares with about 68% Hispanic among all Doña Ana County residents. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 4%.
Classroom staffing at DESERT VIEW ELEMENTARY totals 35 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 15.0:1. The average for elementary schools in New Mexico is 12.9:1, so this school has more students per teacher. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at DESERT VIEW ELEMENTARY is about 100%. That is in line with the 98% average for public schools in Doña Ana County.
DESERT VIEW ELEMENTARY earns a B- on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 48% of New Mexico public elementary schools.
In New Mexico, DESERT VIEW ELEMENTARY is in the middle band of BeatsExpectations: 33.4% actual against a predicted 33.4%.
In the surrounding county, Doña Ana County, the median household earns about $56,848 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 32%, and about 19% of people live in poverty. Counting DESERT VIEW ELEMENTARY, Doña Ana County has 81 public schools.
RIVERSIDE ELEMENTARY is about 1.8 miles away, making it the nearest public school. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. Ranked by average proficiency, DESERT VIEW ELEMENTARY places 7th out of 9 schools in its immediate area.
DESERT VIEW ELEMENTARY is coded as Suburb: Large in federal locale data.
Enrollment rose by 22% across 4 years, from 430 in 2020-21 to 524 in 2024-25. The student-to-teacher ratio went up from 12.7:1 to 15.0:1.
Use the discussion section to ask about homework, tutoring, and testing dates at DESERT VIEW ELEMENTARY. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
Doña Ana County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
224,266
Census ACS
Median income
$56,848
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
32%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
19%
Below federal line
Schools in county
81
36,561 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in GADSDEN
- GADSDEN HIGHHigh · 1,219 students
- SANTA TERESA HIGHHigh · 1,154 students
- CHAPARRAL HIGHHigh · 1,067 students
- GADSDEN MIDDLEMiddle · 650 students
- RIVERSIDE ELEMENTARYElementary · 550 students
- CHAPARRAL MIDDLEMiddle · 546 students
Other schools in SUNLAND PARK
- RIVERSIDE ELEMENTARYElementary · 550 students
- GADSDEN ELEMENTARYElementary · 379 students
- GADSDEN ADMIN COMPLEX PREK CENTERElementary · 135 students
- SUNLAND PARK ELEMENTARYElementary
Other Desert View Elementary schools
6 other US public schools in 5 states are named Desert View Elementary. DESERT VIEW ELEMENTARY is the 3rd largest of the 7.
- DESERT VIEW ELEMENTARYLOS LUNAS, NM · 393 students
- Desert View ElementarySan Luis, AZ · 760 students
- Desert View ElementaryLancaster, CA · 688 students
- Desert View Elementary SchoolHermiston, OR · 351 students
- Desert View Elementary SchoolPHOENIX, AZ · 344 students
Nearby schools
- RIVERSIDE ELEMENTARY1.8 mi · 550
- Zach White Elementary School1.9 mi · 395
- SANTA TERESA MIDDLE3.4 mi · 528
- Coronado High School3.6 mi · 2,576
- Putnam Elementary School3.7 mi · 260
- IDEA Mesa Hills Academy3.7 mi · 643
Frequently asked questions
About DESERT VIEW ELEMENTARYHow many students attend DESERT VIEW ELEMENTARY?
DESERT VIEW ELEMENTARY enrolls approximately 524 students in grades PK-06.
Is DESERT VIEW ELEMENTARY an elementary, middle, or high school?
DESERT VIEW ELEMENTARY is an elementary school covering grades PK-06.
How many teachers does DESERT VIEW ELEMENTARY have?
DESERT VIEW ELEMENTARY employs 35 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.0:1.
What is the student diversity at DESERT VIEW ELEMENTARY?
Student demographics at DESERT VIEW ELEMENTARY are roughly 1% White, 98% Hispanic, 0% Black, 0% Asian.
What district is DESERT VIEW ELEMENTARY in?
DESERT VIEW ELEMENTARY is part of GADSDEN.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.