JORNADA ELEMENTARY

JORNADA ELEMENTARY, a mid-sized primary school in LAS CRUCES, New Mexico, part of LAS CRUCES, serves 429 students, covering grades pre-K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 287 students per school, that is 49% bigger than typical.

Across the 39 schools in LAS CRUCES (22,670 students total), JORNADA ELEMENTARY accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On demographics, JORNADA ELEMENTARY reports that 86% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority. Other groups include 10% White, 2% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 68% Hispanic, putting the school's mix visibly more Hispanic than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, The school currently runs with 38 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 11.4:1. The state averages around 12.9:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 100% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, JORNADA ELEMENTARY performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 33.4%, the actual is 38.9%, a residual of +5.5 points.

Around the school, ACS estimates for Doñan Ana County put the typical household earns roughly $56,848 per year, about 32% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 19%. Across Doñan Ana County's 81 public schools (combined enrollment of about 36,561 students), JORNADA ELEMENTARY is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: LOMA HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY, around 1.3 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), JORNADA ELEMENTARY ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 32.5%.

The school occupies a metropolitan site.

Trend over the last 7 years. JORNADA ELEMENTARY's enrollment has contracted 16% since 2018, when it stood at 511 (now 429). White enrollment moved from 17% to 10% across the same window. Class-load math has pulled in: from 17.2:1 in 2018 to 11.4:1 in 2025.

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