MESILLA VALLEY LEADERSHIP ACADEMY

MESILLA VALLEY LEADERSHIP ACADEMY is one of the tiny junior highs in MESILLA PARK, New Mexico, operated by LAS CRUCES, with 94 students on its rolls from grades 6 through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 72% smaller than the state mean of about 335.

Across the 39 schools in LAS CRUCES (22,670 students total), MESILLA VALLEY LEADERSHIP ACADEMY accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

In terms of who attends, MESILLA VALLEY LEADERSHIP ACADEMY records that the largest single group is Hispanic at 51%, but no single group is in the majority. Beyond that, the school lists 45% White, 2% multiracial. That is visibly less Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 68%.

In terms of school funding signals, MESILLA VALLEY LEADERSHIP ACADEMY records 6 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 15.7:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 12.5:1 average. Around 98% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

Zooming out to the county, Doñan Ana County reports that median household earnings sit near $56,848, about 32% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 19%. Across Doñan Ana County's 81 public schools (combined enrollment of about 36,561 students), MESILLA VALLEY LEADERSHIP ACADEMY is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: LYNN MIDDLE, around 0.1 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around MESILLA VALLEY LEADERSHIP ACADEMY.

The campus sits in a downtown setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. MESILLA VALLEY LEADERSHIP ACADEMY's enrollment has ticked down 6% since 2018, when it stood at 100 (now 94). The Hispanic share of enrollment fell from 66% to 51% over that span. Class-load math has narrowed: from 17.7:1 in 2018 to 15.7:1 in 2025.

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