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Enrollment
406
Elementary
DISTRICT 343 · STATE 287
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·GADSDEN·NCES 350108000905
SUNRISE ELEMENTARY
1000 COUNTY LINE DR, ANTHONY, NM 88021 · (575) 882-6203 · Doña Ana County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL406 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
12.3:1
33 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.6:1 · STATE 12.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
406 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 | 1 | 0% |
| Kindergarten | 40 | 10% |
| Grade 1 | 51 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 54 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 62 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 66 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 74 | 18% |
| Grade 6 | 58 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (40) is 31% smaller than its 6th grade class (58).
Student demographics
5%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 7% · 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
24.0%
NM avg 44.2%
Math
21.0%
NM avg 27.2%
What this means: On the NM-MSSA + NM-ASR, New Mexico's statewide test, about 24 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 21 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
25.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
33.4%
based on NM schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-8.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 25% 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 SUNRISE ELEMENTARY
SUNRISE ELEMENTARY's state test result (25.2% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| SUNRISE ELEMENTARY this school | 406 | 100.0% | 25.2% |
| RAMIREZ THOMAS ELEMENTARY SANTA FE | 417 | 100.0% | 18.8% |
| KIT CARSON ELEMENTARY ALBUQUERQUE | 395 | 100.0% | 22.3% |
| GADSDEN ELEMENTARY SUNLAND PARK | 379 | 100.0% | 34.0% |
| ALAMOSA ELEMENTARY ALBUQUERQUE | 382 | 99.7% | 23.0% |
| DESERT TRAIL ELEMENTARY CHAPARRAL | 479 | 100.0% | 40.2% |
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 SUNRISE ELEMENTARY ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New Mexico | In Doña Ana County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 25.2% | #261 of 329 | #33 of 39 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 21.0% | #216 of 354 | #25 of 39 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 24.0% | #331 of 366 | #39 of 40 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 406 | #116 of 490 | #19 of 47 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.3:1 | #118 of 318 | #20 of 37 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 4.9% | #320 of 334 | #31 of 37 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 100% | #112 of 393 | #11 of 45 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -3.6% | #261 of 287 | #33 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
406
+14 (+4%) vs 2020
-28% since 2010-11, when it was 560
Student : Teacher
12.3:1
was 13.5:1
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 | 406 | 33 | 12.3:1 | 100% (406) |
| 2023-24 | 433 | 29 | 14.9:1 | N/A |
| 2022-23 | 453 | 28 | 16.2:1 | 100% (453) |
| 2020-21 | 392 | 29 | 13.5:1 | 100% (392) |
| 2017-18 | 421 | 33 | 12.8:1 | 100% (421) |
| 2015-16 | 494 | 37 | 13.3:1 | 100% (494) |
| 2010-11 | 560 | 35 | 16.0:1 | 99% (557) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for SUNRISE ELEMENTARY.
Since 2017-18: students down 4% (421 to 406); teachers unchanged (33 to 33).
About SUNRISE ELEMENTARY
SUNRISE ELEMENTARY, located in ANTHONY, New Mexico, is a medium-sized elementary school. The student body numbers 406 students, from pre-K through 6. Average enrollment for elementary schools in New Mexico is about 287, so this school runs 41% above that.
The district, GADSDEN, has 11,739 students enrolled across 26 schools.
The student body at SUNRISE ELEMENTARY is 98% Hispanic. Among all residents of Doña Ana County, the Hispanic share is about 68%. The school's diversity index is 5%, meaning two students picked at random have a 5% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
Dividing enrollment by its 33 full-time-equivalent teachers gives a ratio of about 12.3:1. For comparison, elementary schools in New Mexico average 12.9:1. Eligible students account for 100% of enrollment in the free or reduced-price lunch program. For comparison, public schools in Doña Ana County average 98%.
SUNRISE ELEMENTARY scores 25.2% on state tests, averaged across results. The predicted figure, based on its student poverty level, is 33.4%.
Doña Ana County has these Census figures: the median household income is $56,848, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 32% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 19%. Doña Ana County is home to 81 public schools and about 36,561 public school students.
The nearest public school is CHAPARRAL HIGH, at about 0.3 miles. Inside a five-mile radius, there are 6 other public schools. The school's 25.2% average proficiency ranks 6th among 6 nearby schools.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is Rural: Distant: in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
Enrollment at SUNRISE ELEMENTARY grew 4% between 2020-21 and 2024-25, from 392 to 406 students. Federal data show the ratio falling from 13.5:1 to 12.3:1.
Parents and students can post about sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week at SUNRISE ELEMENTARY. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
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 GADSDEN
- GADSDEN HIGHHigh · 1,219 students
- SANTA TERESA HIGHHigh · 1,154 students
- CHAPARRAL HIGHHigh · 1,067 students
- GADSDEN MIDDLEMiddle · 650 students
- RIVERSIDE ELEMENTARYElementary · 550 students
- CHAPARRAL MIDDLEMiddle · 546 students
Other schools in ANTHONY
- GADSDEN HIGHHigh · 1,219 students
- CHAPARRAL HIGHHigh · 1,067 students
- GADSDEN MIDDLEMiddle · 650 students
- LOMA LINDA ELEMENTARYElementary · 398 students
- LA UNION ELEMENTARYElementary · 340 students
- BERINO ELEMENTARYElementary · 300 students
Other Sunrise Elementary schools
29 other US public schools in 15 states are named Sunrise Elementary. SUNRISE ELEMENTARY is the 20th largest of the 30.
- SUNRISE ELEMENTARYLAS CRUCES, NM · 363 students
- SUNRISE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLOCALA, FL · 1,402 students
- Sunrise ElementaryRancho Cordova, CA · 1,235 students
- Sunrise ElementaryBLAINE, MN · 1,015 students
- SUNRISE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLPALM BAY, FL · 907 students
Nearby schools
- CHAPARRAL HIGH0.3 mi · 1,067
- CHAPARRAL ON-TRACK PREK CENTER0.4 mi · 160
- DESERT TRAIL ELEMENTARY1.8 mi · 479
- CHAPARRAL ELEMENTARY1.9 mi · 437
- CHAPARRAL MIDDLE2.0 mi · 546
- YUCCA HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY3.0 mi · 439
Frequently asked questions
About SUNRISE ELEMENTARYHow many students attend SUNRISE ELEMENTARY?
SUNRISE ELEMENTARY enrolls approximately 406 students in grades PK-06.
What grades does SUNRISE ELEMENTARY serve?
SUNRISE ELEMENTARY serves grades PK-06.
What is the student-teacher ratio at SUNRISE ELEMENTARY?
The student-to-teacher ratio at SUNRISE ELEMENTARY is approximately 12.3:1 (33 FTE teachers).
How diverse is SUNRISE ELEMENTARY?
SUNRISE ELEMENTARY reports a student body of 1% White, 98% Hispanic, 1% Black, 0% Asian.
Is SUNRISE ELEMENTARY public or private?
SUNRISE ELEMENTARY is a public K-12 school, overseen by GADSDEN.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.