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Enrollment
405
Elementary
DISTRICT 414 · STATE 287
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LAS CRUCES·NCES 350150000383
FAIRACRES ELEMENTARY
4501 WEST PICACHO AVE, LAS CRUCES, NM 88007 · (575) 527-9606 · Doña Ana County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL405 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
13.0:1
31 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.6:1 · STATE 12.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
404 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 10 | 2% |
| Kindergarten | 66 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 69 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 56 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 63 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 64 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 77 | 19% |
Student demographics
23%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 34% · 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
38.6%
NM avg 44.2%
Math
15.9%
NM avg 27.2%
What this means: On the NM-MSSA + NM-ASR, New Mexico's statewide test, about 39 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 16 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
25.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
33.5%
based on NM schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-8.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 25% 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 →
Where FAIRACRES ELEMENTARY ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New Mexico | In Doña Ana County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 25.4% | #259 of 329 | #32 of 39 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 15.9% | #274 of 354 | #32 of 39 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 38.6% | #208 of 366 | #27 of 40 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 405 | #117 of 490 | #20 of 47 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.0:1 | #155 of 318 | #29 of 37 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 23.4% | #255 of 334 | #15 of 37 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 99.8% | #215 of 393 | #40 of 45 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -16.3% | #183 of 287 | #15 of 33 |
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.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
405
-19 (-4%) vs 2020
+16% since 1990-91, when it was 348
Student : Teacher
13.0:1
was 17.0:1
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 | 405 | 31.1 | 13.0:1 | 100% (404) |
| 2023-24 | 407 | 29.1 | 14.0:1 | 99% (401) |
| 2022-23 | 405 | 26.9 | 15.1:1 | 100% (405) |
| 2020-21 | 424 | 25 | 17.0:1 | 100% (424) |
| 2017-18 | 484 | 28.7 | 16.9:1 | 65% (313) |
| 2015-16 | 500 | 26 | 19.2:1 | 64% (318) |
| 2010-11 | 429 | 25 | 17.2:1 | 58% (248) |
| 2000-01 | 342 | 22 | 15.6:1 | 65% (221) |
| 1990-91 | 348 | 16 | 21.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for FAIRACRES ELEMENTARY.
About FAIRACRES ELEMENTARY
FAIRACRES ELEMENTARY is a medium-sized elementary school in LAS CRUCES, New Mexico. It serves 405 students in pre-K through 5. For comparison, elementary schools in New Mexico average about 287 students.
LAS CRUCES is made up of 39 schools with 22,670 students in all.
Most students at FAIRACRES ELEMENTARY are Hispanic: 87% of enrollment. Other groups make up 10% White. Doña Ana County as a whole is about 68% Hispanic, so the school's share is higher. The chance that two students picked at random at FAIRACRES ELEMENTARY belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 23%.
The count of teachers at FAIRACRES ELEMENTARY is 31.1 full-time equivalents, for a ratio of 13.0:1. Across elementary schools in New Mexico, the average ratio is about 12.9:1. The school counts 404 students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, or 100%. That is close to the 98% average for public schools in Doña Ana County.
FAIRACRES ELEMENTARY's average proficiency rate on state tests of 25.4% is 8.1 points below the 33.5% the model predicts from its lunch-eligibility share.
Across Doña Ana County, median household income is about $56,848, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 32% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 19%. The public schools of Doña Ana County number 81 and enroll about 36,561.
The shortest distance from FAIRACRES ELEMENTARY to another public school is about 1.8 miles, to PICACHO MIDDLE. The five-mile area around FAIRACRES ELEMENTARY holds at least 8 other public schools. Among 5 nearby schools that report test results, FAIRACRES ELEMENTARY ranks 4th on proficiency.
FAIRACRES ELEMENTARY has an NCES locale of Rural: Fringe.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, FAIRACRES ELEMENTARY went from 424 students to 405. The student-to-teacher ratio went down from 17.0:1 to 13.0:1.
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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 LAS CRUCES
- ORGAN MOUNTAIN HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,128 students
- CENTENNIAL HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,713 students
- LAS CRUCES HIGHHigh · 1,703 students
- MAYFIELD HIGHHigh · 1,327 students
- CAMINO REAL MIDDLEMiddle · 933 students
- MESA MIDDLEMiddle · 728 students
Other schools in LAS CRUCES
- ORGAN MOUNTAIN HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,128 students
- CENTENNIAL HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,713 students
- LAS CRUCES HIGHHigh · 1,703 students
- MAYFIELD HIGHHigh · 1,327 students
- CAMINO REAL MIDDLEMiddle · 933 students
- MESA MIDDLEMiddle · 728 students
Nearby schools
- PICACHO MIDDLE1.8 mi · 698
- MAYFIELD HIGH2.7 mi · 1,327
- RAICES DEL SABER XINACHTLI COMMUNITY2.7 mi · 122
- MAC ARTHUR ELEMENTARY2.9 mi · 335
- J PAUL TAYLOR ACADEMY3.5 mi · 200
- RIO GRANDE PREPARATORY INSTITUTE3.5 mi · 46
Frequently asked questions
About FAIRACRES ELEMENTARYHow many students attend FAIRACRES ELEMENTARY?
FAIRACRES ELEMENTARY enrolls approximately 405 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does FAIRACRES ELEMENTARY serve?
FAIRACRES ELEMENTARY serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many teachers does FAIRACRES ELEMENTARY have?
FAIRACRES ELEMENTARY employs 31 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.0:1.
What is the student diversity at FAIRACRES ELEMENTARY?
Student demographics at FAIRACRES ELEMENTARY are roughly 10% White, 87% Hispanic, 1% Black, 0% Asian, 0% Two or more.
Is FAIRACRES ELEMENTARY public or private?
FAIRACRES ELEMENTARY is a public K-12 school, overseen by LAS CRUCES.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.