Enrollment
311
Elementary
DISTRICT 414 · STATE 287
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LAS CRUCES·NCES 350150000393
MESILLA PARK ELEMENTARY
955 WEST UNION AVE, LAS CRUCES, NM 88005 · (575) 527-9615 · Doña Ana County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL311 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 80% of New Mexico public elementary schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats 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
9.6:1
32 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.6:1 · STATE 12.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
311 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 | 30 | 10% |
| Kindergarten | 45 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 41 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 52 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 51 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 32 | 10% |
| Grade 5 | 60 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (45) is 25% smaller than its 5th grade class (60).
Student demographics
22%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
51.5%
NM avg 44.2%
Math
41.2%
NM avg 27.2%
What this means: On the NM-MSSA + NM-ASR, New Mexico's statewide test, about 52 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 41 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
46.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
33.4%
based on NM schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+13.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 47% 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 MESILLA PARK ELEMENTARY
MESILLA PARK ELEMENTARY's state test result (46.8% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| MESILLA PARK ELEMENTARY this school | 311 | 100.0% | 46.8% |
| GONZALES ELEMENTARY SANTA FE | 328 | 100.0% | 36.0% |
| KEARNY ELEMENTARY SANTA FE | 338 | 100.0% | 26.2% |
| RUBEN S. TORRES ELEMENTARY DEMING | 363 | 98.6% | 21.5% |
| AMY BIEHL COMMUNITY SCHOOL AT RANCHO VIEJO SANTA FE | 354 | 100.0% | 28.9% |
| MEMORIAL ELEMENTARY DEMING | 331 | 99.4% | 35.8% |
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 MESILLA PARK ELEMENTARY ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New Mexico | In Doña Ana County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 46.8% | #59 of 329 | #7 of 39 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 41.2% | #64 of 354 | #10 of 39 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 51.5% | #99 of 366 | #11 of 40 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 311 | #219 of 490 | #33 of 47 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 9.6:1 | #25 of 318 | #1 of 37 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 22.2% | #259 of 334 | #16 of 37 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 100% | #129 of 393 | #26 of 45 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -28.0% | #99 of 287 | #5 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
311
-79 (-20%) vs 2020
-41% since 1990-91, when it was 528
Student : Teacher
9.6:1
was 13.9:1
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 | 311 | 32.4 | 9.6:1 | 100% (311) |
| 2023-24 | 330 | 29 | 11.4:1 | 99% (328) |
| 2022-23 | 353 | 29.1 | 12.1:1 | 100% (353) |
| 2020-21 | 390 | 28 | 13.9:1 | 100% (390) |
| 2017-18 | 432 | 29 | 14.9:1 | 100% (432) |
| 2015-16 | 448 | 30 | 14.9:1 | 99% (444) |
| 2010-11 | 563 | 36 | 15.6:1 | 87% (492) |
| 2000-01 | 506 | 33 | 15.3:1 | 85% (428) |
| 1990-91 | 528 | 27 | 19.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for MESILLA PARK ELEMENTARY.
Since 2017-18: students down 28% (432 to 311); teachers up 12% (29 to 32.4).
About MESILLA PARK ELEMENTARY
MESILLA PARK ELEMENTARY is a mid-sized elementary school located in LAS CRUCES, New Mexico. It is open to students in pre-K through 5 and enrolls 311 students.
LAS CRUCES enrolls 22,670 students in 39 schools, including MESILLA PARK ELEMENTARY.
By race and ethnicity, MESILLA PARK ELEMENTARY is 88% Hispanic. Next come 8% White. The county population is about 68% Hispanic. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 22%.
Based on 32.4 full-time-equivalent teachers, MESILLA PARK ELEMENTARY has a ratio of 9.6:1. The gap from the 12.9:1 average for elementary schools in New Mexico is 3.3 students per teacher. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch stands at 100%. The average for public schools in Doña Ana County is similar, at 98%.
On the allk12 Grade, MESILLA PARK ELEMENTARY lands at A-, ahead of 80% of New Mexico public elementary schools.
MESILLA PARK ELEMENTARY is 13.3 points above its predicted average proficiency rate across its state test results (46.8% versus 33.4%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in New Mexico.
In Doña Ana County, the median household earns about $56,848 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 32%, and about 19% of people live in poverty. Doña Ana County has 81 public schools with about 36,561 students, including MESILLA PARK ELEMENTARY.
ZIA MIDDLE is the nearest public school to MESILLA PARK ELEMENTARY, about 0.7 miles away. Within five miles of MESILLA PARK ELEMENTARY, there are at least 8 other public schools. On proficiency, MESILLA PARK ELEMENTARY is ahead of the 38.8% nearby average, ranking 1st of 5.
The NCES locale for MESILLA PARK ELEMENTARY is City: Mid-size, which covers schools inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment fell from 390 to 311, a 20% decrease. The student-to-teacher ratio went down from 13.9:1 to 9.6:1.
The allk12 page for MESILLA PARK ELEMENTARY lets the school community talk about pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
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
- ZIA MIDDLE0.7 mi · 616
- TOMBAUGH ELEMENTARY1.0 mi · 565
- RIO GRANDE PREPARATORY INSTITUTE1.2 mi · 46
- MESILLA ELEMENTARY1.2 mi · 324
- LAS CRUCES HIGH1.6 mi · 1,703
- UNIVERSITY HILLS ELEMENTARY2.1 mi · 363
Frequently asked questions
About MESILLA PARK ELEMENTARYWhat is the total enrollment at MESILLA PARK ELEMENTARY?
MESILLA PARK ELEMENTARY enrolls approximately 311 students in grades PK-05.
Is MESILLA PARK ELEMENTARY an elementary, middle, or high school?
MESILLA PARK ELEMENTARY is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does MESILLA PARK ELEMENTARY have?
MESILLA PARK ELEMENTARY employs 32 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 9.6:1.
What is the student diversity at MESILLA PARK ELEMENTARY?
Student demographics at MESILLA PARK ELEMENTARY are roughly 8% White, 88% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Asian, 1% Two or more.
What district is MESILLA PARK ELEMENTARY in?
MESILLA PARK ELEMENTARY is part of LAS CRUCES.
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