Enrollment
251
Middle
DISTRICT 209 · STATE 335
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LAS VEGAS CITY·NCES 350153000721
SIERRA VISTA ELEMENTARY
475 LEGION DR, LAS VEGAS, NM 87701 · (505) 454-5740 · San Miguel County
GRADES 04–06MIDDLE33-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL251 STUDENTS
C+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 41% of New Mexico public middle schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded New Mexico public middle schools
Student : Teacher
14.4:1
17 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.9:1 · STATE 12.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
251 students
DISTRICT 100% · STATE 90%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 4 | 92 | 37% |
| Grade 5 | 85 | 34% |
| Grade 6 | 74 | 29% |
Student demographics
15%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 18% · STATE 55% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within LAS VEGAS CITY. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
NM-MSSA + NM-ASR 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
40.5%
NM avg 44.2%
Math
18.6%
NM avg 27.2%
What this means: On the NM-MSSA + NM-ASR, New Mexico's statewide test, about 41 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 19 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
27.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
33.4%
based on NM schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-5.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 28% 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 →
Schools most like SIERRA VISTA ELEMENTARY
SIERRA VISTA ELEMENTARY's state test result (27.7% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| SIERRA VISTA ELEMENTARY this school | 251 | 100.0% | 27.7% |
| HARRISON MIDDLE ALBUQUERQUE | 265 | 99.2% | 20.6% |
| MEMORIAL MIDDLE LAS VEGAS | 167 | 100.0% | 23.8% |
| POJOAQUE MIDDLE SANTA FE | 263 | 100.0% | 20.9% |
| EDWARD ORTIZ MIDDLE SANTA FE | 416 | 100.0% | 18.3% |
| GARFIELD MIDDLE ALBUQUERQUE | 282 | 99.3% | 24.6% |
Matched among New Mexico middle schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where SIERRA VISTA ELEMENTARY ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In New Mexico | In San Miguel County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 27.7% | #62 of 113 | N/A |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 18.6% | #60 of 120 | N/A |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 40.5% | #60 of 122 | N/A |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 251 | #91 of 160 | #2 of 6 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.4:1 | #72 of 101 | N/A |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 15.0% | #94 of 103 | N/A |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 100% | #31 of 116 | N/A |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -24.9% | #29 of 89 | N/A |
Ranked against other public middle schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
251
-3 (-1%) vs 2020
-44% since 1990-91, when it was 447
Student : Teacher
14.4:1
was 15.9:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 251 | 17.4 | 14.4:1 | 100% (251) |
| 2023-24 | 233 | 17.4 | 13.4:1 | 52% (121) |
| 2022-23 | 253 | 15.3 | 16.6:1 | 100% (253) |
| 2020-21 | 254 | 16 | 15.9:1 | 100% (254) |
| 2017-18 | 334 | 17.2 | 19.4:1 | 100% (334) |
| 2015-16 | 169 | 10 | 16.9:1 | 100% (169) |
| 2010-11 | 190 | 13 | 14.6:1 | 78% (149) |
| 2000-01 | 207 | 15 | 13.8:1 | 85% (175) |
| 1990-91 | 447 | 22 | 20.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for SIERRA VISTA ELEMENTARY.
Since 2017-18: students down 25% (334 to 251); teachers up 1% (17.2 to 17.4).
About SIERRA VISTA ELEMENTARY
SIERRA VISTA ELEMENTARY runs as a small middle-grades school in LAS VEGAS, New Mexico. The school reports 251 students in grades 4 through 6. The typical figure for middle schools in New Mexico is about 335 students.
LAS VEGAS CITY has 1,121 students spread across 5 schools.
Federal enrollment data show SIERRA VISTA ELEMENTARY is 92% Hispanic. Other groups include 4% White and 2% multiracial. The county population is about 75% Hispanic. SIERRA VISTA ELEMENTARY's diversity index is 15%, against a US figure of 70%.
Teachers at SIERRA VISTA ELEMENTARY total 17.4 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 14.4:1. The school has more students per teacher than the 12.5:1 average for middle schools in New Mexico. The school counts 251 students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, or 100%.
allk12 grades SIERRA VISTA ELEMENTARY a C+. The grade compares the school only with New Mexico public middle schools, because each state gives its own test.
SIERRA VISTA ELEMENTARY posts an average proficiency rate on state tests of 27.7%, compared with a predicted 33.4%. It is not in the top or bottom 10% of New Mexico schools on BeatsExpectations.
Within San Miguel County, the median household income is $49,431, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 27%, and about 18% of people live in poverty. Besides SIERRA VISTA ELEMENTARY, San Miguel County has 18 other public schools.
The closest other public school is LOS NINOS ELEMENTARY, less than a tenth of a mile away. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. On proficiency, SIERRA VISTA ELEMENTARY is ahead of the 25.4% nearby average, ranking 2nd of 4.
Federal records code the school's setting as Town: Remote.
Enrollment at SIERRA VISTA ELEMENTARY was 254 in 2020-21 and 251 in 2024-25, a change of less than 3%. There were fewer students per teacher in 2024-25 (14.4:1) than in 2020-21 (15.9:1).
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San Miguel County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
26,850
Census ACS
Median income
$49,431
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
27%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
18%
Below federal line
Schools in county
19
3,156 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in LAS VEGAS CITY
- ROBERTSON HIGHHigh · 331 students
- LOS NINOS ELEMENTARYElementary · 314 students
- MEMORIAL MIDDLEMiddle · 167 students
- MIKE SENA ELEMENTARYElementary · 58 students
- LVCS EARLY CHILDHOODElementary
Other schools in LAS VEGAS
- WEST LAS VEGAS HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 442 students
- WEST LAS VEGAS MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 345 students
- ROBERTSON HIGHHigh · 331 students
- LOS NINOS ELEMENTARYElementary · 314 students
- LUIS E. ARMIJO ELEMENTARYElementary · 229 students
- DON CECILIO MARTINEZ ELEMENTARYElementary · 189 students
Other Sierra Vista Elementary schools
11 other US public schools in 3 states are named Sierra Vista Elementary. SIERRA VISTA ELEMENTARY is the 11th largest of the 12.
- SIERRA VISTA ELEMENTARYALBUQUERQUE, NM · 402 students
- Sierra Vista ElementaryPerris, CA · 867 students
- Sierra Vista ElementaryMadera, CA · 740 students
- Sierra Vista ElementaryArvin, CA · 690 students
- Sierra Vista ElementaryLa Habra, CA · 467 students
Nearby schools
- LOS NINOS ELEMENTARY0.1 mi · 314
- ROBERTSON HIGH1.2 mi · 331
- MEMORIAL MIDDLE1.2 mi · 167
- RIO GALLINAS SCHOOL2.0 mi · 80
- LUIS E. ARMIJO ELEMENTARY2.0 mi · 229
- WEST LAS VEGAS HIGH SCHOOL2.0 mi · 442
Frequently asked questions
About SIERRA VISTA ELEMENTARYHow many students attend SIERRA VISTA ELEMENTARY?
SIERRA VISTA ELEMENTARY enrolls approximately 251 students in grades 04-06.
What grades does SIERRA VISTA ELEMENTARY serve?
SIERRA VISTA ELEMENTARY serves grades 04-06.
How many teachers does SIERRA VISTA ELEMENTARY have?
SIERRA VISTA ELEMENTARY employs 17 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.4:1.
What is the student diversity at SIERRA VISTA ELEMENTARY?
Student demographics at SIERRA VISTA ELEMENTARY are roughly 4% White, 92% Hispanic, 2% Two or more.
Who oversees SIERRA VISTA ELEMENTARY?
SIERRA VISTA ELEMENTARY is overseen by LAS VEGAS CITY in San Miguel County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.