SIERRA ELEMENTARY

SIERRA ELEMENTARY is a mid-tier K-5 school in ALAMOGORDO, New Mexico, part of ALAMOGORDO. The school educates 284 students in grades K through 5.

SIERRA ELEMENTARY is one of 14 schools operated by ALAMOGORDO, a district that educates 5,227 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, SIERRA ELEMENTARY records that 47% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. The remainder looks like 37% White, 11% multiracial, 4% Black.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 17 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 17.2:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 12.9:1 average. Around 100% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

After controlling for student poverty, SIERRA ELEMENTARY is in the OUTPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations model, which fits a per-state line through proficiency and FRL share. Schools with this campus's poverty mix typically land near 33.5%; this one delivers 53.3%, a residual of +19.8 points.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Otero County indicate the typical household earns roughly $55,876 per year, 23% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 15%. SIERRA ELEMENTARY is one of 26 public schools in Otero County (combined enrollment of about 7,639 students).

NM SCHOOL FOR THE BLIND AND VISUALLY IMPAIRED is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.6 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, SIERRA ELEMENTARY comes 1st of 6 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 38.9%.

The campus sits in a town-center setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at SIERRA ELEMENTARY has shrank 24%, going from 372 students in 2018 to 284 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share declined from 49% to 37%.

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