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SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CARLSBAD·NCES 350030000175

SUNSET ELEMENTARY

923 NORTH WALTER ST, CARLSBAD, NM 88220 · (575) 234-3300 · Eddy County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY33-TOWNREGULAR SCHOOL438 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 30% of New Mexico public elementary schools
  • B-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
  • FBeats 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

Enrollment
438
Elementary
DISTRICT 471 · STATE 287
Student : Teacher
17.0:1
26 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.3:1 · STATE 12.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
28%
124 students
DISTRICT 25% · 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

GradeStudentsShare
Grade 18419%
Grade 26816%
Grade 39522%
Grade 49722%
Grade 59421%

This year's 1st grade class (84) is 11% smaller than its 5th grade class (94).

Student demographics
42%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 46% · STATE 55% · US 70%
White
10825%
DISTRICT 27% · STATE 19% · US 43%
Hispanic
31672%
DISTRICT 68% · STATE 63% · US 30%
Black
51%
DISTRICT 1% · STATE 2% · US 15%
Two+
51%
DISTRICT 2% · STATE 4% · US 5%
Native American
41%
DISTRICT 1% · STATE 12% · US 1%
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
Male
22852%
Female
21048%

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Test scores

NM-MSSA + NM-ASR 2024-25 . % Proficient
English Language Arts
43.9%
NM avg 44.2%
Math
23.1%
NM avg 27.2%

What this means: On the NM-MSSA + NM-ASR, New Mexico's statewide test, about 44 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 23 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 · methodology
Tier
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of NM schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
34.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
50.6%
based on NM schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-16.3pp
below demographic expectation

What this means: About 34% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 51% typical for New Mexico schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.

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 SUNSET ELEMENTARY

SUNSET ELEMENTARY's state test result (34.3% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.

SchoolStudentsLow-incomeProficient
SUNSET ELEMENTARY this school43828.3%34.3%
MONTERREY ELEMENTARY
CARLSBAD
36628.1%41.4%
DESERT WILLOW ELEMENTARY
CARLSBAD
66722.0%43.2%
COTTONWOOD ELEMENTARY
CARLSBAD
68428.1%38.9%
ALICE KING COMMUNITY SCHOOL
ALBUQUERQUE
38431.0%42.7%
EXPLORE ACADEMY - RIO RANCHO
RIO RANCHO
43033.0%44.6%
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 SUNSET ELEMENTARY ranks

Among elementary schools
MeasureThis schoolIn New MexicoIn Eddy County
State test proficiency
ranked highest first
34.3%#158 of 329#9 of 10
Math proficiency
ranked highest first
23.1%#190 of 354#10 of 11
Reading proficiency
ranked highest first
43.9%#158 of 366#10 of 11
Enrollment
ranked largest first
438#84 of 490#5 of 13
Students per teacher
ranked fewest first
17.0:1#287 of 318#8 of 11
Diversity index
ranked most diverse first
41.8%#167 of 334#8 of 11
Free and reduced lunch
ranked highest share first
28.3%#379 of 393#6 of 11
Enrollment change since 2017-18
ranked fastest growth first
+10.6%#25 of 57#2 of 6
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 2024-25
Enrollment
438
+25 (+6%) vs 2020
-6% since 1990-91, when it was 466
Student : Teacher
17.0:1
was 19.7:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Enrollment and staffing by year

School yearStudentsTeachers (FTE)Students per teacherFree and reduced lunch
2024-2543825.817.0:128% (124)
2023-2441925.916.2:137% (153)
2022-2335621.616.5:132% (113)
2020-214132119.7:138% (156)
2017-1839621.218.7:157% (227)
2015-164192417.5:152% (219)
2010-114382418.3:154% (237)
2000-013672018.4:163% (231)
1990-914662221.2:1N/A
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for SUNSET ELEMENTARY.

Since 2017-18: students up 11% (396 to 438); teachers up 22% (21.2 to 25.8).

About SUNSET ELEMENTARY

SUNSET ELEMENTARY is a high-enrollment elementary school in New Mexico, located in CARLSBAD. The school enrolls 438 students, from kindergarten through 5. An average school in this group (elementary schools in New Mexico) has about 287 students.

SUNSET ELEMENTARY is one of 13 schools in CARLSBAD, which enrolls 7,217 students in total.

Roughly 72% of students at SUNSET ELEMENTARY are Hispanic. Other reported shares: 25% White. Eddy County's residents are about 52% Hispanic, 21 points below the school's share. The school's diversity index is 42%, meaning two students picked at random have a 42% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.

SUNSET ELEMENTARY's 25.8 full-time-equivalent teachers put its ratio at 17.0:1. On average, elementary schools in New Mexico have 12.9:1, compared with 17.0:1 here. The school's rate of free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is 28%. That is 18 points below the 46% average for public schools in Eddy County.

Measured against New Mexico public elementary schools, SUNSET ELEMENTARY receives a C. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.

SUNSET ELEMENTARY falls short of its prediction by 16.3 points. The model expects 50.6% for a school with its free or reduced-price lunch share in New Mexico; the school's rate is 34.3%.

SUNSET ELEMENTARY is located in Eddy County, where the median household income is $78,426, about 19% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 11%. Besides SUNSET ELEMENTARY, Eddy County has 25 other public schools.

The closest public school, CARLSBAD INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL - PR LEYVA CAMPUS, is about 0.6 miles from SUNSET ELEMENTARY. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. On state test proficiency, SUNSET ELEMENTARY ranks 4th in a group of 5 nearby schools.

SUNSET ELEMENTARY is coded as Town: Remote in federal locale data.

SUNSET ELEMENTARY's enrollment climbed from 413 in 2020-21 to 438 in 2024-25. Students per teacher fell from 19.7 in 2020-21 to 17.0 in 2024-25.

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Eddy County at a glance

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Population
61,105
Census ACS
Median income
$78,426
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
19%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
26
11,661 students

Quick facts

School name
SUNSET ELEMENTARY
District
CARLSBAD
Address
923 NORTH WALTER ST, CARLSBAD, NM 88220
Phone
(575) 234-3300
County
Eddy County
Level
Elementary
Grade range
KG–05
Total enrollment
438
Teachers (FTE)
26
Student–teacher ratio
17.0:1
Free and reduced lunch
124 (28%)
Locale
33-Town: Remote
NCES ID
350030000175
Charter school
No
Virtual school
No

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Frequently asked questions

About SUNSET ELEMENTARY
What is the total enrollment at SUNSET ELEMENTARY?
SUNSET ELEMENTARY enrolls approximately 438 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does SUNSET ELEMENTARY serve?
SUNSET ELEMENTARY serves grades KG-05.
How many students per teacher at SUNSET ELEMENTARY?
Approximately 17.0:1 students per teacher at SUNSET ELEMENTARY.
What is the racial breakdown of students at SUNSET ELEMENTARY?
At SUNSET ELEMENTARY, the student body is approximately 25% White, 72% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Two or more.
What district is SUNSET ELEMENTARY in?
SUNSET ELEMENTARY is part of CARLSBAD.
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