RIVERSIDE ELEMENTARY

Located at 4085 MCNUTT RD, in SUNLAND PARK, New Mexico, RIVERSIDE ELEMENTARY is a heavily attended primary school that teaches 550 students (grades pre-K through 6), overseen by GADSDEN. Enrollment runs roughly 92% above the state mean of about 287.

GADSDEN comprises 26 schools with combined enrollment of 11,739 students; RIVERSIDE ELEMENTARY is among them.

In terms of who attends, RIVERSIDE ELEMENTARY records that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (98%). The wider county runs roughly 68% Hispanic, putting the school's mix noticeably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, RIVERSIDE ELEMENTARY shows 41 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 13.4:1. That tracks the state average closely. Around 100% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, RIVERSIDE ELEMENTARY sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 33.4%; this one delivers 41.2%.

Around the school, Doñan Ana County reports that median household income runs about $56,848, about 32% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 19% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Doñan Ana County's 81 public schools (combined enrollment of about 36,561 students), RIVERSIDE ELEMENTARY is one campus in the mix.

SANTA TERESA MIDDLE is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.6 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around RIVERSIDE ELEMENTARY. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts RIVERSIDE ELEMENTARY at 4th of 7; the average score across the group is 42.1%.

The school occupies a commuter-belt site.

Trend over the last 7 years. RIVERSIDE ELEMENTARY's enrollment has declined 5% since 2018, when it stood at 578 (now 550).

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