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Enrollment
379
Elementary
DISTRICT 343 · STATE 287
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·GADSDEN·NCES 350108001065
GADSDEN ELEMENTARY
1440 HWY 478, SUNLAND PARK, NM 88063 · (575) 882-3050 · Doña Ana County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL379 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 49% 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.
- BBeats 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
14.0:1
27 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.6:1 · STATE 12.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
379 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 | 1 | 0% |
| Kindergarten | 53 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 47 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 50 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 56 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 50 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 56 | 15% |
| Grade 6 | 66 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (53) is 20% smaller than its 6th grade class (66).
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
38.1%
NM avg 44.2%
Math
28.0%
NM avg 27.2%
What this means: On the NM-MSSA + NM-ASR, New Mexico's statewide test, about 38 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 28 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
34.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
33.4%
based on NM schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+0.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 34% 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 GADSDEN ELEMENTARY
GADSDEN ELEMENTARY's state test result (34.0% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| GADSDEN ELEMENTARY this school | 379 | 100.0% | 34.0% |
| LOMA LINDA ELEMENTARY ANTHONY | 398 | 100.0% | 40.6% |
| VADO ELEMENTARY VADO | 415 | 100.0% | 21.4% |
| KIT CARSON ELEMENTARY ALBUQUERQUE | 395 | 100.0% | 22.3% |
| SUNRISE ELEMENTARY ANTHONY | 406 | 100.0% | 25.2% |
| NORTH VALLEY ELEMENTARY SAN MIGUEL | 338 | 100.0% | 49.1% |
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 GADSDEN ELEMENTARY ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New Mexico | In Doña Ana County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 34.0% | #162 of 329 | #24 of 39 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 28.0% | #154 of 354 | #22 of 39 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 38.1% | #211 of 366 | #28 of 40 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 379 | #140 of 490 | #22 of 47 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.0:1 | #200 of 318 | #32 of 37 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 3.7% | #325 of 334 | #34 of 37 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 100% | #115 of 393 | #14 of 45 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -25.0% | #119 of 287 | #8 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. 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
379
-63 (-14%) vs 2020
-27% since 2010-11, when it was 516
Student : Teacher
14.0:1
was 13.0:1
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 | 379 | 27 | 14.0:1 | 100% (379) |
| 2023-24 | 399 | 32 | 12.5:1 | 100% (399) |
| 2022-23 | 419 | 32.1 | 13.0:1 | 100% (419) |
| 2020-21 | 442 | 34 | 13.0:1 | 100% (442) |
| 2017-18 | 505 | 32 | 15.8:1 | 100% (505) |
| 2015-16 | 498 | 33 | 15.1:1 | 100% (498) |
| 2010-11 | 516 | 31 | 16.6:1 | 99% (513) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for GADSDEN ELEMENTARY.
Since 2017-18: students down 25% (505 to 379); teachers down 16% (32 to 27).
About GADSDEN ELEMENTARY
GADSDEN ELEMENTARY is a public elementary school in SUNLAND PARK, New Mexico. It educates 379 students in pre-K through 6. The school's enrollment is 32% bigger than the 287 average for elementary schools in New Mexico.
GADSDEN enrolls 11,739 students, and its 26 schools include GADSDEN ELEMENTARY.
Federal enrollment data show GADSDEN ELEMENTARY is 98% Hispanic. The county population is about 68% Hispanic. Pick two students at random and there is a 4% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
The school employs the equivalent of 27 full-time teachers, for a ratio of 14.0:1. That is higher than the 12.9:1 average for elementary schools in New Mexico. The free or reduced-price lunch share, often used to gauge student poverty, is 100%. That tracks the 98% average for public schools in Doña Ana County.
GADSDEN ELEMENTARY is graded B- by allk12, scoring above 49% of New Mexico public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
When test results are adjusted for free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, GADSDEN ELEMENTARY is within a point of its prediction. Actual: 34.0%. Predicted: 33.4%.
GADSDEN ELEMENTARY is located in Doña Ana County, where the median household income is $56,848, roughly 32% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 19%. GADSDEN ELEMENTARY is one of 81 public schools in the county.
ANTHONY ELEMENTARY is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.2 miles away. Within five miles of GADSDEN ELEMENTARY, there are at least 8 other public schools. In a group of 8 nearby schools with scores, GADSDEN ELEMENTARY ranks 5th on average proficiency.
By NCES locale, the school is Rural: Fringe, or in rural territory close to an urban area.
2024-25 enrollment was 379, a 14% decrease from 442 in 2020-21. The ratio was 13.0:1 in 2020-21 and 14.0:1 in 2024-25.
Threads on this page can be about sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
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
- DESERT VIEW ELEMENTARYElementary · 524 students
- GADSDEN ADMIN COMPLEX PREK CENTERElementary · 135 students
- SUNLAND PARK ELEMENTARYElementary
Other Gadsden Elementary schools
4 other US public schools in 5 states are named Gadsden Elementary. GADSDEN ELEMENTARY is the 3rd largest of the 5.
- Gadsden Elementary SchoolSavannah, GA · 493 students
- Gadsden Elementary SchoolGadsden, AZ · 391 students
- Gadsden ElementaryGadsden, TN · 148 students
- Gadsden ElementaryGadsden, SC · 133 students
Nearby schools
- ANTHONY ELEMENTARY1.2 mi · 163
- ANTHONY ON-TRACK PREK CENTER1.3 mi · 136
- GADSDEN MIDDLE1.7 mi · 650
- LOMA LINDA ELEMENTARY1.8 mi · 398
- Anthony Elementary School1.8 mi · 312
- Anthony Middle School2.0 mi · 170
Frequently asked questions
About GADSDEN ELEMENTARYWhat is the total enrollment at GADSDEN ELEMENTARY?
GADSDEN ELEMENTARY enrolls approximately 379 students in grades PK-06.
What grades does GADSDEN ELEMENTARY serve?
GADSDEN ELEMENTARY serves grades PK-06.
How many students per teacher at GADSDEN ELEMENTARY?
Approximately 14.0:1 students per teacher at GADSDEN ELEMENTARY.
How diverse is GADSDEN ELEMENTARY?
GADSDEN ELEMENTARY reports a student body of 1% White, 98% Hispanic, 1% Black, 0% Two or more.
What district is GADSDEN ELEMENTARY in?
GADSDEN ELEMENTARY is part of GADSDEN.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.