GADSDEN HIGH

GADSDEN HIGH is one of the high-enrollment secondary schools in ANTHONY, New Mexico, overseen by GADSDEN, with 1,219 students on its rolls from grades 9 through 12. By comparison, New Mexico's public schools average about 450 students each, so GADSDEN HIGH sits 171% above that benchmark.

Across the 26 schools in GADSDEN (11,739 students total), GADSDEN HIGH accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On the student-mix side, GADSDEN HIGH shows that nearly all students (98%) are Hispanic. By comparison, Doñan Ana County as a whole is about 68% Hispanic, so the school skews meaningfully more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, On paper, GADSDEN HIGH has 81 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 15.0:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 22.9:1, putting GADSDEN HIGH tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 100% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Doñan Ana County shows median household earnings sit near $56,848, roughly 32% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 19%. Across Doñan Ana County's 81 public schools (combined enrollment of about 36,561 students), GADSDEN HIGH is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is GADSDEN MIDDLE, roughly 1.7 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The campus sits in a small-town setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count shrank 15%: 1,440 students in 2018 compared to 1,219 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 18.7:1 in 2018 to 15.0:1 today.

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