LA MESA ON TRACK PREK CENTER

LA MESA ON TRACK PREK CENTER is an elementary-level community of tiny scale in LA MESA, New Mexico, operated by GADSDEN, serveing 91 students in grade pre-K. Enrollment runs roughly 68% below the state mean of about 287.

Within GADSDEN, which oversees 26 schools and 11,739 students, LA MESA ON TRACK PREK CENTER is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, LA MESA ON TRACK PREK CENTER lists that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (99%). By comparison, Doñan Ana County as a whole is about 68% Hispanic, so the school skews meaningfully more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, LA MESA ON TRACK PREK CENTER has 12 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 7.6:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 12.9:1 average. Roughly 100% of students at LA MESA ON TRACK PREK CENTER qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

Across the wider county, Doñan Ana County reports that median household earnings sit near $56,848, about 32% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 19%. In all, Doñan Ana County runs 81 public schools (combined enrollment of about 36,561 students), of which LA MESA ON TRACK PREK CENTER is one.

NORTH VALLEY ELEMENTARY is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.8 miles from this campus. 2 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The school occupies an outlying site.

Trend over the last 7 years. LA MESA ON TRACK PREK CENTER's enrollment has ticked up 10% since 2018, when it stood at 83 (now 91). The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 27.7:1 in 2018 to 7.6:1 today.

On the community side, posts here usually surface around open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.