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Enrollment
450
Elementary
DISTRICT 414 · STATE 287
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LAS CRUCES·NCES 350150000387
LOMA HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY
1600 EAST MADRID, LAS CRUCES, NM 88001 · (575) 527-9546 · Doña Ana County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL450 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 16% of New Mexico public elementary schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-Beats 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
11.9:1
38 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.6:1 · STATE 12.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
450 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 | 28 | 6% |
| Kindergarten | 71 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 62 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 81 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 66 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 85 | 19% |
| Grade 5 | 57 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (71) is 25% larger than its 5th grade class (57).
Student demographics
21%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 34% · 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
33.3%
NM avg 44.2%
Math
16.7%
NM avg 27.2%
What this means: On the NM-MSSA + NM-ASR, New Mexico's statewide test, about 33 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 17 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
23.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
33.4%
based on NM schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-9.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 24% 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 LOMA HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY
LOMA HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY's state test result (23.7% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| LOMA HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY this school | 450 | 100.0% | 23.7% |
| CHAPARRAL ELEMENTARY CHAPARRAL | 437 | 100.0% | 27.6% |
| CARLOS REY ELEMENTARY ALBUQUERQUE | 446 | 99.6% | 27.1% |
| LAVALAND ELEMENTARY ALBUQUERQUE | 369 | 100.0% | 20.8% |
| MARYANN BINFORD ELEMENTARY ALBUQUERQUE | 460 | 100.0% | 24.5% |
| SANTA TERESA ELEMENTARY SANTA TERESA | 484 | 100.0% | 42.5% |
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 LOMA HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New Mexico | In Doña Ana County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 23.7% | #279 of 329 | #37 of 39 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 16.7% | #266 of 354 | #30 of 39 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 33.3% | #253 of 366 | #33 of 40 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 450 | #76 of 490 | #12 of 47 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.9:1 | #97 of 318 | #13 of 37 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 21.0% | #263 of 334 | #17 of 37 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 100% | #126 of 393 | #23 of 45 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -11.4% | #219 of 287 | #25 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
450
-43 (-9%) vs 2020
-6% since 1990-91, when it was 480
Student : Teacher
11.9:1
was 14.9:1
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 | 450 | 37.9 | 11.9:1 | 100% (450) |
| 2023-24 | 479 | 38 | 12.6:1 | 100% (479) |
| 2022-23 | 505 | 33.3 | 15.2:1 | 100% (505) |
| 2020-21 | 493 | 33 | 14.9:1 | 100% (493) |
| 2017-18 | 508 | 29.5 | 17.2:1 | 100% (508) |
| 2015-16 | 459 | 30 | 15.3:1 | 100% (459) |
| 2010-11 | 453 | 31 | 14.6:1 | 82% (373) |
| 2000-01 | 441 | 33 | 13.4:1 | 75% (330) |
| 1990-91 | 480 | 26 | 18.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for LOMA HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY.
Since 2017-18: students down 11% (508 to 450); teachers up 29% (29.5 to 37.9).
About LOMA HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY
LOMA HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY runs as a large elementary school in LAS CRUCES, New Mexico. The school enrolls 450 students, from pre-K through 5. An average school in this group (elementary schools in New Mexico) has about 287 students.
LAS CRUCES is made up of 39 schools with 22,670 students in all.
Most students at LOMA HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY are Hispanic: 88% of enrollment. Other groups include 9% White and 2% Black. The county population is about 68% Hispanic. By the diversity index, LOMA HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY comes in at 21%.
Federal records show a student-to-teacher ratio of 11.9:1 at LOMA HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY, with 37.9 full-time-equivalent teachers. The 12.9:1 average for elementary schools in New Mexico is higher than this school's figure. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility, a common measure of family income, is 100%. Across public schools in Doña Ana County, the average is about the same, 98%.
LOMA HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY is graded C- by allk12, scoring above 16% of New Mexico public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Schools in New Mexico with a similar free or reduced-price lunch share are predicted to score about 33.4%. LOMA HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY scores 23.7%.
Doña Ana County has about 224,266 residents, and median household income is about $56,848, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 32% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 19%. Federal data list 81 public schools in Doña Ana County, with a combined enrollment of about 36,561.
The nearest public school is SIERRA MIDDLE, at about 0.7 miles. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. On state test proficiency, LOMA HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY ranks 8th in a group of 8 nearby schools.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is City: Mid-size: inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
Enrollment was 493 in 2020-21 and 450 in 2024-25, a decrease of 43 students. There were fewer students per teacher in 2024-25 (11.9:1) than in 2020-21 (14.9:1).
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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 LAS CRUCES
- ORGAN MOUNTAIN HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,128 students
- CENTENNIAL HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,713 students
- LAS CRUCES HIGHHigh · 1,703 students
- MAYFIELD HIGHHigh · 1,327 students
- CAMINO REAL MIDDLEMiddle · 933 students
- MESA MIDDLEMiddle · 728 students
Other schools in LAS CRUCES
- ORGAN MOUNTAIN HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,128 students
- CENTENNIAL HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,713 students
- LAS CRUCES HIGHHigh · 1,703 students
- MAYFIELD HIGHHigh · 1,327 students
- CAMINO REAL MIDDLEMiddle · 933 students
- MESA MIDDLEMiddle · 728 students
Nearby schools
- SIERRA MIDDLE0.7 mi · 698
- BOOKER T. WASHINGTON0.7 mi · 361
- EXPLORE ACADEMY LAS CRUCES0.8 mi · 599
- JORNADA ELEMENTARY1.3 mi · 429
- ALAMEDA ELEMENTARY1.3 mi · 331
- HERMOSA HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY1.4 mi · 408
Frequently asked questions
About LOMA HEIGHTS ELEMENTARYWhat is the total enrollment at LOMA HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY?
LOMA HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY enrolls approximately 450 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does LOMA HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY serve?
LOMA HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at LOMA HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY?
Approximately 11.9:1 students per teacher at LOMA HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY.
How diverse is LOMA HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY?
LOMA HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY reports a student body of 9% White, 88% Hispanic, 2% Black, 0% Two or more.
What district is LOMA HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY in?
LOMA HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY is part of LAS CRUCES.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.