MAC ARTHUR ELEMENTARY

MAC ARTHUR ELEMENTARY is a medium-sized elementary-level community in LAS CRUCES, New Mexico, part of LAS CRUCES. The school teaches 335 students in grades pre-K through 5.

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

For racial and ethnic makeup, MAC ARTHUR ELEMENTARY lists that 93% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority. Beyond that, the school logs 6% White. By comparison, Doñan Ana County as a whole is about 68% Hispanic, so the school skews visibly more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school currently runs with 29 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 11.6:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 12.9:1 average. Around 100% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

With demographic context factored in, On a poverty-adjusted basis, MAC ARTHUR ELEMENTARY sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 33.4%; actual is 17.4%, a gap of -16.0 points.

In the area at large, census data for Doñan Ana County shows median household income runs about $56,848, roughly 32% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 19%. MAC ARTHUR ELEMENTARY is one of 81 public schools in Doñan Ana County (combined enrollment of about 36,561 students).

J PAUL TAYLOR ACADEMY is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.5 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), MAC ARTHUR ELEMENTARY ranks 6th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 34.0%.

Geographically, the school is in an urban area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 26%: 455 students in 2018 compared to 335 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 14.3:1 in 2018 to 11.6:1 today.

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