Enrollment
363
Elementary
DISTRICT 414 · STATE 287
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LAS CRUCES·NCES 350150000730
SUNRISE ELEMENTARY
5300 N HOLMAN RD, LAS CRUCES, NM 88012 · (575) 527-9626 · Doña Ana County
GRADES 03–05ELEMENTARY41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL363 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 45% of New Mexico public elementary 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 elementary schools
Student : Teacher
12.5:1
29 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.6:1 · STATE 12.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
363 students
DISTRICT 100% · STATE 90%
Community
0
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 3 | 130 | 36% |
| Grade 4 | 116 | 32% |
| Grade 5 | 117 | 32% |
Student demographics
13%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
School pathway
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within LAS CRUCES. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
NM-MSSA + NM-ASR 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
42.9%
NM avg 44.2%
Math
20.7%
NM avg 27.2%
What this means: On the NM-MSSA + NM-ASR, New Mexico's statewide test, about 43 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
32.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
33.4%
based on NM schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-0.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 33% 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 (32.7% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| SUNRISE ELEMENTARY this school | 363 | 100.0% | 32.7% |
| DONA ANA ELEMENTARY LAS CRUCES | 372 | 100.0% | 36.7% |
| MAC ARTHUR ELEMENTARY LAS CRUCES | 335 | 100.0% | 17.4% |
| BOOKER T. WASHINGTON LAS CRUCES | 361 | 100.0% | 24.0% |
| TOME ELEMENTARY LOS LUNAS | 340 | 100.0% | 23.1% |
| LA UNION ELEMENTARY ANTHONY | 340 | 100.0% | 47.3% |
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 | 32.7% | #174 of 329 | #26 of 39 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 20.7% | #220 of 354 | #26 of 39 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 42.9% | #167 of 366 | #22 of 40 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 363 | #161 of 490 | #25 of 47 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.5:1 | #128 of 318 | #22 of 37 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 13.4% | #295 of 334 | #25 of 37 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 100% | #137 of 393 | #34 of 45 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -17.1% | #179 of 287 | #13 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
363
+4 (+1%) vs 2020
-41% since 1990-91, when it was 611
Student : Teacher
12.5:1
was 16.3:1
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 | 363 | 29 | 12.5:1 | 100% (363) |
| 2023-24 | 351 | 25 | 14.0:1 | 99% (346) |
| 2022-23 | 362 | 23 | 15.7:1 | 100% (362) |
| 2020-21 | 359 | 22 | 16.3:1 | 100% (359) |
| 2017-18 | 438 | 25.5 | 17.2:1 | 100% (438) |
| 2015-16 | 436 | 25 | 17.4:1 | 100% (436) |
| 2010-11 | 491 | 30 | 16.4:1 | 99% (488) |
| 2000-01 | 560 | 38 | 14.7:1 | 85% (474) |
| 1990-91 | 611 | 32 | 19.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for SUNRISE ELEMENTARY.
Since 2017-18: students down 17% (438 to 363); teachers up 14% (25.5 to 29).
About SUNRISE ELEMENTARY
Families in LAS CRUCES, New Mexico, are served by SUNRISE ELEMENTARY, a medium-sized elementary school. The school reports 363 students in grades 3 through 5. The school's enrollment is 26% bigger than the 287 average for elementary schools in New Mexico.
SUNRISE ELEMENTARY reports to LAS CRUCES, which has 39 schools and 22,670 students.
Hispanic students are the large majority at SUNRISE ELEMENTARY, with 93% of enrollment. Enrollment also includes 6% White. Among people living in Doña Ana County, the Hispanic share is about 68%. The chance that two students picked at random at SUNRISE ELEMENTARY belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 13%.
SUNRISE ELEMENTARY operates with 29 full-time-equivalent teachers, a ratio of about 12.5:1. Elementary schools in New Mexico average about 12.9:1, a similar figure. About 100% of students at the school meet free or reduced-price lunch income limits. Across public schools in Doña Ana County, the average is about the same, 98%.
Measured against New Mexico public elementary schools, SUNRISE ELEMENTARY receives a B-. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
In New Mexico, SUNRISE ELEMENTARY is in the middle band of BeatsExpectations: 32.7% actual against a predicted 33.4%.
Recent Census Bureau figures for Doña Ana County show that median household income is about $56,848, roughly 32% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 19% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Federal data list 81 public schools in Doña Ana County, with a combined enrollment of about 36,561.
The closest other public school is CESAR CHAVEZ ELEMENTARY, about 0.1 miles away. There are 6 other public schools within five miles. Nearby schools average 44.4% on proficiency, and SUNRISE ELEMENTARY is below that at 32.7%.
NCES describes the area around SUNRISE ELEMENTARY as Rural: Fringe, meaning in rural territory close to an urban area.
Enrollment was essentially flat over 4 years: 359 in 2020-21, 363 in 2024-25. Federal data show the ratio falling from 16.3:1 to 12.5:1.
Families, students, and staff can use this page to discuss sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week at SUNRISE ELEMENTARY. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
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 Sunrise Elementary schools
29 other US public schools in 15 states are named Sunrise Elementary. SUNRISE ELEMENTARY is the 23rd largest of the 30.
- SUNRISE ELEMENTARYANTHONY, NM · 406 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
- CESAR CHAVEZ ELEMENTARY0.1 mi · 492
- ORGAN MOUNTAIN HIGH SCHOOL2.3 mi · 2,128
- MESA MIDDLE2.7 mi · 728
- MONTE VISTA ELEMENTARY3.0 mi · 706
- SONOMA ELEMENTARY3.8 mi · 660
- HIGHLAND ELEMENTARY4.2 mi · 704
Frequently asked questions
About SUNRISE ELEMENTARYHow many students attend SUNRISE ELEMENTARY?
SUNRISE ELEMENTARY enrolls approximately 363 students in grades 03-05.
What age range does SUNRISE ELEMENTARY serve?
SUNRISE ELEMENTARY serves students from grade 03 through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at SUNRISE ELEMENTARY?
Approximately 12.5:1 students per teacher at SUNRISE ELEMENTARY.
What is the racial breakdown of students at SUNRISE ELEMENTARY?
At SUNRISE ELEMENTARY, the student body is approximately 6% White, 93% Hispanic, 1% Two or more.
Who oversees SUNRISE ELEMENTARY?
SUNRISE ELEMENTARY is overseen by LAS CRUCES in Doña Ana County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.