R.V.TRAYLOR ELEMENTARY

Located at 500 OWNBY, in LORDSBURG, New Mexico, R.V.TRAYLOR ELEMENTARY is an intimate elementary campus that educates 158 students (grades pre-K through 4), operated by LORDSBURG. That puts it 45% leaner than the typical public school in New Mexico, which averages around 287 students.

LORDSBURG runs 4 schools in total, collectively educating 478 students. R.V.TRAYLOR ELEMENTARY is one of those campuses.

On demographics, R.V.TRAYLOR ELEMENTARY lists that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (85%). Other groups include 12% White, 3% Black. That is noticeably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 57%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school reports having 13 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 12.2:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 12.9:1, putting R.V.TRAYLOR ELEMENTARY tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 100% of students at R.V.TRAYLOR ELEMENTARY qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Hidalgo County put median household income runs about $48,882, 18% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 22%. R.V.TRAYLOR ELEMENTARY is one of 7 public schools in Hidalgo County (combined enrollment of about 643 students).

DUGAN-TARANGO MIDDLE is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.7 miles from this campus. 3 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

R.V.TRAYLOR ELEMENTARY operates from an outlying location.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at R.V.TRAYLOR ELEMENTARY has shrank 36%, going from 248 students in 2018 to 158 in 2025. Class-load math has narrowed: from 15.5:1 in 2018 to 12.2:1 in 2025.

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