Enrollment
115
Elementary
DISTRICT 134 · STATE 287
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WEST LAS VEGAS·NCES 350156000412
TONY SERNA JR. ELEMENTARY
1725 NEW MEXICO AVE, LAS VEGAS, NM 87701 · (505) 426-2621 · San Miguel County
GRADES 04–04ELEMENTARY33-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL115 STUDENTS
D
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 5% of New Mexico public elementary schools
- FTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats 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
13.8:1
8 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.5:1 · STATE 12.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
115 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 4 | 115 | 100% |
Student demographics
13%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 15% · 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
Students here typically continue to
TONY SERNA JR. ELEMENTARY→UNION ELEMENTARY
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within WEST LAS VEGAS. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
NM-MSSA + NM-ASR 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
29.6%
NM avg 44.2%
Math
6.5%
NM avg 27.2%
What this means: On the NM-MSSA + NM-ASR, New Mexico's statewide test, about 30 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 7 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of NM schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
18.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
33.4%
based on NM schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-15.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 18% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 33% 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 TONY SERNA JR. ELEMENTARY
TONY SERNA JR. ELEMENTARY's state test result (18.1% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 3 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| TONY SERNA JR. ELEMENTARY this school | 115 | 100.0% | 18.1% |
| HURLEY ELEMENTARY HURLEY | 114 | 100.0% | 58.3% |
| PENASCO ELEMENTARY PENASCO | 127 | 100.0% | 38.2% |
| CENTRAL ELEMENTARY SANTA CLARA | 133 | 100.0% | N/A |
| MORA ELEMENTARY MORA | 151 | 100.0% | 26.4% |
| ANTHONY ON-TRACK PREK CENTER ANTHONY | 136 | 100.0% | N/A |
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 TONY SERNA JR. ELEMENTARY ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New Mexico | In San Miguel County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 18.1% | #321 of 329 | N/A |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 6.5% | #346 of 354 | N/A |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 29.6% | #283 of 366 | N/A |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 115 | #402 of 490 | #5 of 8 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 100% | #144 of 393 | N/A |
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
115
+40 (+53%) vs 2020
-35% since 1990-91, when it was 177
Student : Teacher
13.8:1
was 25.0:1
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 | 115 | 8.4 | 13.8:1 | 100% (115) |
| 2023-24 | 93 | 7.4 | 12.7:1 | 100% (93) |
| 2022-23 | 109 | 7.4 | 14.8:1 | 100% (109) |
| 2020-21 | 75 | 3 | 25.0:1 | 100% (75) |
| 2017-18 | 88 | 5.6 | 15.7:1 | 100% (88) |
| 2015-16 | 147 | 7 | 21.0:1 | 100% (147) |
| 2010-11 | 104 | 8 | 13.0:1 | 97% (101) |
| 2000-01 | 191 | 16 | 11.9:1 | 83% (159) |
| 1990-91 | 177 | 11 | 16.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for TONY SERNA JR. ELEMENTARY.
Since 2017-18: students up 31% (88 to 115); teachers up 49% (5.6 to 8.4).
About TONY SERNA JR. ELEMENTARY
TONY SERNA JR. ELEMENTARY is a small elementary school for students in LAS VEGAS, New Mexico. It reported 115 students in grade 4 in 2024-25. That compares with an average of about 287 students for elementary schools in New Mexico.
WEST LAS VEGAS has 1,601 students spread across 10 schools.
Roughly 93% of students at TONY SERNA JR. ELEMENTARY are Hispanic. Enrollment also includes 6% White. Among people living in San Miguel County, the Hispanic share is about 75%. The diversity index for TONY SERNA JR. ELEMENTARY is 13%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
There are about 13.8 students for every full-time-equivalent teacher at TONY SERNA JR. ELEMENTARY, which has 8.4. By comparison, the average for elementary schools in New Mexico is 12.9:1. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at TONY SERNA JR. ELEMENTARY is about 100%.
TONY SERNA JR. ELEMENTARY holds a D allk12 Grade, placing it above 5% of New Mexico public elementary schools.
The allk12 BeatsExpectations score for TONY SERNA JR. ELEMENTARY is -15.4 points, in the bottom 10% of New Mexico. Its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 18.1%, and the predicted rate is 33.4%.
The school's county is San Miguel County. According to Census Bureau estimates, median household income comes to about $49,431, 27% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 18% of residents live below the federal poverty line. San Miguel County's 19 public schools enroll about 3,156 students and include TONY SERNA JR. ELEMENTARY.
Of the public schools around it, TONY SERNA JR. ELEMENTARY is closest to DON CECILIO MARTINEZ ELEMENTARY, about 0.2 miles away. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. TONY SERNA JR. ELEMENTARY ranks 4th of 5 among nearby schools on average proficiency, with 18.1% against a local average of 22.5%.
TONY SERNA JR. ELEMENTARY falls in the Town: Remote locale category, used for schools in a town far from an urbanized area.
Federal records list enrollment at TONY SERNA JR. ELEMENTARY as 75 in 2020-21 and 115 in 2024-25. A change that size can reflect a shift in the grades the school serves as well as a change in students. Staffing shifted too: the ratio moved from 25.0:1 to 13.8:1.
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San Miguel County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
26,850
Census ACS
Median income
$49,431
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
27%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
18%
Below federal line
Schools in county
19
3,156 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in WEST LAS VEGAS
- WEST LAS VEGAS HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 442 students
- WEST LAS VEGAS MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 345 students
- LUIS E. ARMIJO ELEMENTARYElementary · 229 students
- DON CECILIO MARTINEZ ELEMENTARYElementary · 189 students
- UNION ELEMENTARYMiddle · 90 students
- RIO GALLINAS SCHOOLElementary · 80 students
Other schools in LAS VEGAS
- WEST LAS VEGAS HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 442 students
- WEST LAS VEGAS MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 345 students
- ROBERTSON HIGHHigh · 331 students
- LOS NINOS ELEMENTARYElementary · 314 students
- SIERRA VISTA ELEMENTARYMiddle · 251 students
- LUIS E. ARMIJO ELEMENTARYElementary · 229 students
Nearby schools
- DON CECILIO MARTINEZ ELEMENTARY0.2 mi · 189
- WLV FAMILY PARTNERSHIP0.3 mi · 30
- WEST LAS VEGAS HIGH SCHOOL0.4 mi · 442
- WEST LAS VEGAS MIDDLE SCHOOL0.5 mi · 345
- LUIS E. ARMIJO ELEMENTARY0.8 mi · 229
- UNION ELEMENTARY0.8 mi · 90
Frequently asked questions
About TONY SERNA JR. ELEMENTARYHow large is TONY SERNA JR. ELEMENTARY?
TONY SERNA JR. ELEMENTARY enrolls approximately 115 students in grades 04-04.
What age range does TONY SERNA JR. ELEMENTARY serve?
TONY SERNA JR. ELEMENTARY serves students from grade 04 through grade 04.
How many students per teacher at TONY SERNA JR. ELEMENTARY?
Approximately 13.8:1 students per teacher at TONY SERNA JR. ELEMENTARY.
How diverse is TONY SERNA JR. ELEMENTARY?
TONY SERNA JR. ELEMENTARY reports a student body of 6% White, 93% Hispanic, 1% Two or more.
Who oversees TONY SERNA JR. ELEMENTARY?
TONY SERNA JR. ELEMENTARY is overseen by WEST LAS VEGAS in San Miguel County.
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