Enrollment
338
Elementary
DISTRICT 343 · STATE 287
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·GADSDEN·NCES 350108001032
NORTH VALLEY ELEMENTARY
300 CASCADE AVE, SAN MIGUEL, NM 88058 · (575) 882-6203 · Doña Ana County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL338 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
10.8:1
31 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.6:1 · STATE 12.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
338 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
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. 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
56.7%
NM avg 44.2%
Math
44.9%
NM avg 27.2%
What this means: On the NM-MSSA + NM-ASR, New Mexico's statewide test, about 57 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 45 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
49.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
33.4%
based on NM schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+15.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 49% 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 →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
338
-19 (-5%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
10.8:1
was 13.7:1
% White
3%
was 4%
% Hispanic
96%
was 96%
% Black
0%
was 0%
% Asian
0%
was 0%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About NORTH VALLEY ELEMENTARY
Located at 300 CASCADE AVE, in SAN MIGUEL, New Mexico, NORTH VALLEY ELEMENTARY is a mid-tier primary school that works with 338 students (grades pre-K through 6), run under GADSDEN.
GADSDEN comprises 26 schools with combined enrollment of 11,739 students; NORTH VALLEY ELEMENTARY is among them.
For racial and ethnic makeup, NORTH VALLEY ELEMENTARY records that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (96%). The remainder reads as 3% White. 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, Staff filings list 31 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 10.8:1 students per teacher. 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.
On a demographically-adjusted basis, NORTH VALLEY 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 49.1%, a residual of +15.7 points.
In the area at large, community-level numbers for Doñan Ana County indicate the typical household earns roughly $56,848 per year, 32% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 19%. NORTH VALLEY ELEMENTARY is one of 81 public schools in Doñan Ana County (combined enrollment of about 36,561 students).
LA MESA ON TRACK PREK CENTER is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.8 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 2 other public schools cluster around NORTH VALLEY ELEMENTARY. Among the 5 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), NORTH VALLEY ELEMENTARY ranks 1st on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 39.3%.
Geographically, the school is in a small-town area.
Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at NORTH VALLEY ELEMENTARY has edged down 5%, going from 357 students in 2018 to 338 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 13.7:1 in 2018 to 10.8:1 today.
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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 GADSDEN
- GADSDEN HIGHHigh · 1,219 students
- SANTA TERESA HIGHHigh · 1,154 students
- CHAPARRAL HIGHHigh · 1,067 students
- GADSDEN MIDDLEMiddle · 650 students
- RIVERSIDE ELEMENTARYElementary · 550 students
- CHAPARRAL MIDDLEMiddle · 546 students
Nearby schools
- LA MESA ON TRACK PREK CENTER1.8 mi · 91
- VADO ELEMENTARY4.1 mi · 415
- TOMBAUGH ELEMENTARY8.2 mi · 565
- ARROWHEAD PARK EARLY COLLEGE HIGH SCHOOL8.8 mi · 549
- MESILLA PARK ELEMENTARY9.0 mi · 311
- DESERT PRIDE ACADEMY9.3 mi · 221
Frequently asked questions
About NORTH VALLEY ELEMENTARYHow many students attend NORTH VALLEY ELEMENTARY?
NORTH VALLEY ELEMENTARY enrolls approximately 338 students in grades PK-06.
Is NORTH VALLEY ELEMENTARY an elementary, middle, or high school?
NORTH VALLEY ELEMENTARY is an elementary school covering grades PK-06.
How many teachers does NORTH VALLEY ELEMENTARY have?
NORTH VALLEY ELEMENTARY employs 31 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 10.8:1.
What is the student diversity at NORTH VALLEY ELEMENTARY?
Student demographics at NORTH VALLEY ELEMENTARY are roughly 3% White, 96% Hispanic, 0% Black, 0% Asian.
What district is NORTH VALLEY ELEMENTARY in?
NORTH VALLEY ELEMENTARY is part of GADSDEN.
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