Enrollment
335
Elementary
DISTRICT 414 · STATE 287
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LAS CRUCES·NCES 350150000389
MAC ARTHUR ELEMENTARY
655 N 4TH ST, LAS CRUCES, NM 88005 · (575) 527-9556 · Doña Ana County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL335 STUDENTS
F
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 2% of New Mexico public elementary schools
- FTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- FBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
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
11.6:1
29 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.6:1 · STATE 12.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
335 students
DISTRICT 100% · STATE 90%
Community
0
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 | 25 | 7% |
| Kindergarten | 53 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 44 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 54 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 54 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 52 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 53 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (53) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (53).
Student demographics
12%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
19.4%
NM avg 44.2%
Math
9.8%
NM avg 27.2%
What this means: On the NM-MSSA + NM-ASR, New Mexico's statewide test, about 19 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 10 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of NM schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
17.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
33.4%
based on NM schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-16.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 17% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 33% typical for New Mexico schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 MAC ARTHUR ELEMENTARY
MAC ARTHUR ELEMENTARY's state test result (17.4% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| MAC ARTHUR ELEMENTARY this school | 335 | 100.0% | 17.4% |
| SUNRISE ELEMENTARY LAS CRUCES | 363 | 100.0% | 32.7% |
| BOOKER T. WASHINGTON LAS CRUCES | 361 | 100.0% | 24.0% |
| DONA ANA ELEMENTARY LAS CRUCES | 372 | 100.0% | 36.7% |
| TOME ELEMENTARY LOS LUNAS | 340 | 100.0% | 23.1% |
| LA UNION ELEMENTARY ANTHONY | 340 | 100.0% | 47.3% |
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 MAC ARTHUR ELEMENTARY ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New Mexico | In Doña Ana County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 17.4% | #324 of 329 | #39 of 39 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 9.8% | #334 of 354 | #39 of 39 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 19.4% | #353 of 366 | #40 of 40 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 335 | #192 of 490 | #30 of 47 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.6:1 | #85 of 318 | #12 of 37 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 12.4% | #302 of 334 | #27 of 37 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 100% | #127 of 393 | #24 of 45 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -26.4% | #108 of 287 | #6 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
335
-27 (-7%) vs 2020
-1% since 1990-91, when it was 338
Student : Teacher
11.6:1
was 13.4:1
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 | 335 | 29 | 11.6:1 | 100% (335) |
| 2023-24 | 352 | 27 | 13.0:1 | 99% (350) |
| 2022-23 | 353 | 27.3 | 12.9:1 | 100% (353) |
| 2020-21 | 362 | 27 | 13.4:1 | 100% (362) |
| 2017-18 | 455 | 31.8 | 14.3:1 | 100% (455) |
| 2015-16 | 450 | 31 | 14.5:1 | 100% (450) |
| 2010-11 | 463 | 30 | 15.4:1 | 99% (460) |
| 2000-01 | 439 | 32 | 13.7:1 | 99% (436) |
| 1990-91 | 338 | 18 | 18.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for MAC ARTHUR ELEMENTARY.
Since 2017-18: students down 26% (455 to 335); teachers down 9% (31.8 to 29).
About MAC ARTHUR ELEMENTARY
Federal records list MAC ARTHUR ELEMENTARY as an elementary school in LAS CRUCES, New Mexico. The school reports 335 students in pre-K through 5.
MAC ARTHUR ELEMENTARY is in LAS CRUCES, a district with 22,670 students across 39 schools.
About 93% of the student body at MAC ARTHUR ELEMENTARY is Hispanic. Other reported shares: 6% White. That compares with about 68% Hispanic among all Doña Ana County residents. The school's diversity index is 12%, meaning two students picked at random have a 12% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
The school employs the equivalent of 29 full-time teachers, for a ratio of 11.6:1. That is 1.4 students per teacher below the 12.9:1 average for elementary schools in New Mexico. The free or reduced-price lunch rate at MAC ARTHUR ELEMENTARY is 100%. That tracks the 98% average for public schools in Doña Ana County.
allk12 grades MAC ARTHUR ELEMENTARY an F. The grade compares the school only with New Mexico public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
Schools in New Mexico with a similar free or reduced-price lunch share are predicted to post an average proficiency rate on state tests near 33.4%. MAC ARTHUR ELEMENTARY posts 17.4%, 16.0 points below that, which places it in the bottom 10% statewide on BeatsExpectations.
Within Doña Ana County, the median household income is $56,848, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 32%, and about 19% of people live in poverty. Besides MAC ARTHUR ELEMENTARY, Doña Ana County has 80 other public schools.
Of nearby public schools, J PAUL TAYLOR ACADEMY is the closest, at about 0.5 miles. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of MAC ARTHUR ELEMENTARY. Its average proficiency rate of 17.4% is below the 34.0% average for nearby schools.
For locale, NCES codes MAC ARTHUR ELEMENTARY as City: Mid-size.
Enrollment is down 7% from 2020-21, when MAC ARTHUR ELEMENTARY had 362 students, to 2024-25, when it had 335. Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio fell to 11.6:1, from 13.4:1.
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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
- J PAUL TAYLOR ACADEMY0.5 mi · 200
- ALMA D'ARTE CHARTER0.6 mi · 63
- CENTRAL ELEMENTARY0.8 mi · 182
- ALAMEDA ELEMENTARY0.8 mi · 331
- NEW AMERICA SCHOOL - LAS CRUCES0.9 mi · 225
- MAYFIELD HIGH1.1 mi · 1,327
Frequently asked questions
About MAC ARTHUR ELEMENTARYHow many students attend MAC ARTHUR ELEMENTARY?
MAC ARTHUR ELEMENTARY enrolls approximately 335 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does MAC ARTHUR ELEMENTARY serve?
MAC ARTHUR ELEMENTARY serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at MAC ARTHUR ELEMENTARY?
The student-to-teacher ratio at MAC ARTHUR ELEMENTARY is approximately 11.6:1 (29 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at MAC ARTHUR ELEMENTARY?
At MAC ARTHUR ELEMENTARY, the student body is approximately 6% White, 93% Hispanic, 0% Two or more.
What district is MAC ARTHUR ELEMENTARY in?
MAC ARTHUR ELEMENTARY is part of LAS CRUCES.
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