SUNRISE ELEMENTARY

SUNRISE ELEMENTARY is one of the moderately sized elementary campuss in ANTHONY, New Mexico, part of GADSDEN, with 406 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 6. By comparison, New Mexico's public schools average about 287 students each, so SUNRISE ELEMENTARY sits 41% larger than that benchmark.

Across the 26 schools in GADSDEN (11,739 students total), SUNRISE ELEMENTARY accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

For racial and ethnic makeup, SUNRISE ELEMENTARY lists that nearly all students (98%) are Hispanic. The wider county runs roughly 68% Hispanic, putting the school's mix considerably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, SUNRISE ELEMENTARY has 33 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 12.3:1. That tracks the state average closely. Around 100% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, SUNRISE ELEMENTARY performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 33.4%, the actual is 25.2%, a residual of -8.2 points.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Doñan Ana County shows median household income runs about $56,848, roughly 32% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 19% of residents live below the federal poverty line. SUNRISE ELEMENTARY is one of 81 public schools in Doñan Ana County (combined enrollment of about 36,561 students).

CHAPARRAL HIGH is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. 6 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts SUNRISE ELEMENTARY at 6th of 6; the average score across the group is 33.7%.

The campus sits in a low-density setting.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 4%: 421 students in 2018 compared to 406 in 2025.

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