LOMA HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY

Located at 1600 EAST MADRID, in LAS CRUCES, New Mexico, LOMA HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY is a sizable elementary school that educates 450 students (grades pre-K through 5), overseen by LAS CRUCES. Enrollment runs roughly 57% larger than the state mean of about 287.

Within LAS CRUCES, which oversees 39 schools and 22,670 students, LOMA HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY is one campus in the system.

Demographically, LOMA HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY records that 88% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority. Other groups include 9% White, 2% Black. That is visibly more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 68%.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, LOMA HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY has 38 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 11.9:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 12.9:1 average. Roughly 100% of students at LOMA HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), LOMA HEIGHTS 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 23.7%, a residual of -9.7 points.

Around the school, ACS estimates for Doñan Ana County put the typical household earns roughly $56,848 per year, roughly 32% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 19% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Doñan Ana County's 81 public schools (combined enrollment of about 36,561 students), LOMA HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is SIERRA MIDDLE, roughly 0.7 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around LOMA HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts LOMA HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY at 8th of 8; the average score across the group is 34.9%.

Geographically, the school is in a downtown area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count fell 11%: 508 students in 2018 compared to 450 in 2025. Class-load math has fell: from 17.2:1 in 2018 to 11.9:1 in 2025.

On this page, members of the LOMA HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY community share and discuss science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.