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Enrollment
660
Elementary
DISTRICT 414 · STATE 287
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LAS CRUCES·NCES 350150000959
SONOMA ELEMENTARY
4201 NORTHRISE DR, LAS CRUCES, NM 88011 · (575) 541-7320 · Doña Ana County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL660 STUDENTS
A
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Scored higher than 85% of New Mexico public elementary schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats 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 elementary schools
Student : Teacher
12.0:1
55 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.6:1 · STATE 12.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
659 students
DISTRICT 100% · STATE 90%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 15 | 2% |
| Kindergarten | 85 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 96 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 115 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 123 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 124 | 19% |
| Grade 5 | 102 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (85) is 17% smaller than its 5th grade class (102).
Student demographics
39%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 34% · 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
Test scores
NM-MSSA + NM-ASR 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
59.3%
NM avg 44.2%
Math
41.9%
NM avg 27.2%
What this means: On the NM-MSSA + NM-ASR, New Mexico's statewide test, about 59 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 42 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of NM schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
49.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
33.4%
based on NM schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+15.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 49% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 33% typical for New Mexico schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 16 points, placing it in New Mexico's top 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 SONOMA ELEMENTARY
SONOMA ELEMENTARY's state test result (49.4% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| SONOMA ELEMENTARY this school | 660 | 99.8% | 49.4% |
| MONTE VISTA ELEMENTARY LAS CRUCES | 706 | 100.0% | 37.0% |
| TURQUOISE TRAIL CHARTER SCHOOL SANTA FE | 622 | 99.8% | 25.7% |
| HIGHLAND ELEMENTARY LAS CRUCES | 704 | 100.0% | 41.8% |
| SUNDANCE ELEMENTARY LOS LUNAS | 617 | 100.0% | 37.6% |
| MAGGIE CORDOVA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL RIO RANCHO | 608 | 100.0% | 36.0% |
Matched among New Mexico elementary 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 SONOMA ELEMENTARY ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New Mexico | In Doña Ana County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 49.4% | #45 of 329 | #4 of 39 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 41.9% | #63 of 354 | #9 of 39 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 59.3% | #50 of 366 | #3 of 40 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 660 | #13 of 490 | #3 of 47 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.0:1 | #107 of 318 | #15 of 37 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 38.7% | #180 of 334 | #7 of 37 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 99.8% | #208 of 393 | #38 of 45 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -13.6% | #201 of 287 | #23 of 33 |
Ranked against other public elementary 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
660
-25 (-4%) vs 2020
+1% since 2010-11, when it was 656
Student : Teacher
12.0:1
was 15.2:1
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 | 660 | 55 | 12.0:1 | 100% (659) |
| 2023-24 | 735 | 50 | 14.7:1 | 99% (731) |
| 2022-23 | 748 | 47 | 15.9:1 | 100% (748) |
| 2020-21 | 685 | 45 | 15.2:1 | 100% (685) |
| 2017-18 | 764 | 42.3 | 18.1:1 | 46% (351) |
| 2015-16 | 699 | 41 | 17.1:1 | 43% (304) |
| 2010-11 | 656 | 39 | 16.8:1 | 46% (303) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for SONOMA ELEMENTARY.
Since 2017-18: students down 14% (764 to 660); teachers up 30% (42.3 to 55).
About SONOMA ELEMENTARY
A high-enrollment elementary school in LAS CRUCES, New Mexico, SONOMA ELEMENTARY is part of LAS CRUCES. It teaches 660 students in pre-K through 5. It has 130% more students than the average for elementary schools in New Mexico (about 287).
LAS CRUCES has 39 schools; together they serve 22,670 students.
Of every 100 students at SONOMA ELEMENTARY, about 76 are Hispanic. Other reported shares: 17% White and 3% multiracial. Doña Ana County's residents are about 68% Hispanic, 8 points below the school's share. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 39%.
A staff of 55 full-time-equivalent teachers puts the student-to-teacher ratio at 12.0:1. The gap from the 12.9:1 average for elementary schools in New Mexico is 0.9 students per teacher. By family income, 100% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The average for public schools in Doña Ana County is similar, at 98%.
On the allk12 Grade, SONOMA ELEMENTARY lands at A, ahead of 85% of New Mexico public elementary schools.
Given its lunch-eligibility share, the predicted average proficiency rate across its state test results for SONOMA ELEMENTARY is 33.4%. It actually posts 49.4%, which is 15.9 points higher and in the top 10% of New Mexico schools.
The school's county is Doña Ana County. According to Census Bureau estimates, median household income comes to about $56,848, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 32%, and roughly 19% of residents are in poverty. There are 81 public schools in the county, enrolling about 36,561, SONOMA ELEMENTARY among them.
Among nearby public schools, HIGHLAND ELEMENTARY is closest at about 0.5 miles. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. SONOMA ELEMENTARY places 2nd of 8 on proficiency among the closest schools that report scores.
NCES assigns SONOMA ELEMENTARY the locale City: Mid-size, meaning inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
The school's enrollment fell 4% from 2020-21 to 2024-25. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 15.2:1; by 2024-25 it was 12.0:1.
Use the discussion section to ask about homework, tutoring, and testing dates at SONOMA ELEMENTARY. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
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 LAS CRUCES
- ORGAN MOUNTAIN HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,128 students
- CENTENNIAL HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,713 students
- LAS CRUCES HIGHHigh · 1,703 students
- MAYFIELD HIGHHigh · 1,327 students
- CAMINO REAL MIDDLEMiddle · 933 students
- MESA MIDDLEMiddle · 728 students
Other schools in LAS CRUCES
- ORGAN MOUNTAIN HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,128 students
- CENTENNIAL HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,713 students
- LAS CRUCES HIGHHigh · 1,703 students
- MAYFIELD HIGHHigh · 1,327 students
- CAMINO REAL MIDDLEMiddle · 933 students
- MESA MIDDLEMiddle · 728 students
Other Sonoma Elementary schools
2 other US public schools in 3 states are named Sonoma Elementary. SONOMA ELEMENTARY is the largest of the 3.
- Sonoma ElementaryModesto, CA · 536 students
- Sonoma ElementaryBATTLE CREEK, MI · 351 students
Nearby schools
- HIGHLAND ELEMENTARY0.5 mi · 704
- CAMINO REAL MIDDLE1.4 mi · 933
- ORGAN MOUNTAIN HIGH SCHOOL1.4 mi · 2,128
- MONTE VISTA ELEMENTARY2.3 mi · 706
- MESA MIDDLE2.6 mi · 728
- JORNADA ELEMENTARY3.0 mi · 429
Frequently asked questions
About SONOMA ELEMENTARYHow large is SONOMA ELEMENTARY?
SONOMA ELEMENTARY enrolls approximately 660 students in grades PK-05.
Is SONOMA ELEMENTARY an elementary, middle, or high school?
SONOMA ELEMENTARY is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does SONOMA ELEMENTARY have?
SONOMA ELEMENTARY employs 55 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.0:1.
What is the student diversity at SONOMA ELEMENTARY?
Student demographics at SONOMA ELEMENTARY are roughly 17% White, 76% Hispanic, 2% Black, 1% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Is SONOMA ELEMENTARY public or private?
SONOMA ELEMENTARY is a public K-12 school, overseen by LAS CRUCES.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.