EXPLORE ACADEMY LAS CRUCES

EXPLORE ACADEMY LAS CRUCES operates as a medium-sized combined-grade school in LAS CRUCES, New Mexico, one of the schools within EXPLORE ACADEMY LAS CRUCES. Current enrollment sits at 599 students spanning grades K through 11. Compared to the state average of about 498 students per school, that is 20% larger than typical.

Operationally, EXPLORE ACADEMY LAS CRUCES answers to EXPLORE ACADEMY LAS CRUCES, which sets policy, hires staff, and reports enrollment to the state.

Looking at the student body, EXPLORE ACADEMY LAS CRUCES reports that 82% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority; the rest comes out to 10% White, 7% multiracial. By comparison, Doñan Ana County as a whole is about 68% Hispanic, so the school skews noticeably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, EXPLORE ACADEMY LAS CRUCES shows 52 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 11.6:1. That tracks the state average closely. Around 47% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Doñan Ana County (around 98%), the school's rate is noticeably below typical.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, EXPLORE ACADEMY LAS CRUCES sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 46.3%; this one delivers 39.9%.

Around the school, the surrounding county (Doñan Ana County) logs that the typical household earns roughly $56,848 per year, about 32% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 19%. EXPLORE ACADEMY LAS CRUCES is one of 81 public schools in Doñan Ana County (combined enrollment of about 36,561 students).

The closest other public school is SIERRA MIDDLE, roughly 0.5 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, EXPLORE ACADEMY LAS CRUCES comes 3rd of 8 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 34.2%.

EXPLORE ACADEMY LAS CRUCES operates from a city-core location. EXPLORE ACADEMY LAS CRUCES is a charter school, which puts it inside the public-school system but outside the standard district-managed model.

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