DONA ANA ELEMENTARY

Located at 5551 CAMINO DE FLORES, in LAS CRUCES, New Mexico, DONA ANA ELEMENTARY is a mid-sized elementary campus that teaches 372 students (grades pre-K through 5), overseen by LAS CRUCES. Compared to the state average of about 287 students per school, that is 30% larger than typical.

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

Looking at the student body, DONA ANA ELEMENTARY reports that 92% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority. The remainder reads as 8% White. That is meaningfully more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 68%.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 31 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 12.2:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter 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, DONA ANA ELEMENTARY sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 33.4%; this one delivers 36.7%.

In the broader community, Doñan Ana County reports that median household earnings sit near $56,848, about 32% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, 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 DONA ANA ELEMENTARY is one.

COLUMBIA ELEMENTARY is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.2 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, DONA ANA ELEMENTARY comes 5th of 7 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 39.2%.

Geographically, the school is in a residential area.

Looking at the recent track record. DONA ANA ELEMENTARY's enrollment has grew 13% since 2018, when it stood at 329 (now 372).

On the community side, recent activity here tends to focus on fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.