J PAUL TAYLOR ACADEMY

J PAUL TAYLOR ACADEMY is one of the small K-5 schools in LAS CRUCES, New Mexico, overseen by J PAUL TAYLOR ACADEMY, with 200 students on its rolls from grades K through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 30% below the state mean of about 287.

J PAUL TAYLOR ACADEMY is a school of J PAUL TAYLOR ACADEMY, the district that handles curriculum, staffing, and budget for the campus.

On the student-mix side, J PAUL TAYLOR ACADEMY records that Hispanic students make up the majority at 69%. Beyond that, the school shows 28% White, 2% Asian. That composition is broadly in line with Doñan Ana County as a whole.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, J PAUL TAYLOR ACADEMY has 16 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 12.6:1. The state averages about 12.9:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Around 26% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is south of Doñan Ana County's rate of about 98%.

After controlling for student poverty, J PAUL TAYLOR ACADEMY performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 51.3%, the actual is 53.8%, a residual of +2.4 points.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Doñan Ana County indicate the typical household earns roughly $56,848 per year, 32% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 19%. In all, Doñan Ana County runs 81 public schools (combined enrollment of about 36,561 students), of which J PAUL TAYLOR ACADEMY is one.

Nearest neighbor: ALMA D'ARTE CHARTER, around 0.1 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, J PAUL TAYLOR ACADEMY comes 1st of 7 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 26.2%.

The campus sits in a city-core setting. As a public charter, J PAUL TAYLOR ACADEMY runs on public funding but with greater curricular and operational autonomy than a typical district school.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at J PAUL TAYLOR ACADEMY has changed only slightly, going from 200 students in 2018 to 200 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 50% to 69% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 15.9:1 in 2018 to 12.6:1 today.

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