MONTE VISTA ELEMENTARY

MONTE VISTA ELEMENTARY is one of the heavily attended K-5 schools in LAS CRUCES, New Mexico, operated by LAS CRUCES, with 706 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 146% larger than the state mean of about 287.

MONTE VISTA ELEMENTARY is one of 39 schools operated by LAS CRUCES, a district that caters to 22,670 students overall.

In terms of who attends, MONTE VISTA ELEMENTARY records that 79% of the student body identifies as Hispanic; the rest looks like 15% White, 3% multiracial, 2% Black. By comparison, Doñan Ana County as a whole is about 68% Hispanic, so the school skews noticeably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, The school currently runs with 56 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 12.7:1. The state averages about 12.9:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. About 100% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, MONTE VISTA 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 37.0%, a residual of +3.6 points.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Doñan Ana County) shows that the typical household earns roughly $56,848 per year, 32% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 19%. In all, Doñan Ana County runs 81 public schools (combined enrollment of about 36,561 students), of which MONTE VISTA ELEMENTARY is one.

The closest other public school is MESA MIDDLE, roughly 0.4 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), MONTE VISTA ELEMENTARY ranks 4th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 38.3%.

Geographically, the school is in a small-town area.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at MONTE VISTA ELEMENTARY has grew 24%, going from 570 students in 2018 to 706 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share ticked down from 19% to 15%. Class-load math has pulled in: from 15.7:1 in 2018 to 12.7:1 in 2025.

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