TONY SERNA JR. ELEMENTARY

TONY SERNA JR. ELEMENTARY is a modestly sized K-5 school in LAS VEGAS, New Mexico, part of WEST LAS VEGAS. The school teaches 115 students in grade 4. By comparison, New Mexico's public schools average about 287 students each, so TONY SERNA JR. ELEMENTARY sits 60% leaner than that benchmark.

WEST LAS VEGAS runs 10 schools in total, collectively educating 1,601 students. TONY SERNA JR. ELEMENTARY is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, TONY SERNA JR. ELEMENTARY records that nearly all students (93%) are Hispanic. Beyond that, the school records 6% White. That is noticeably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 75%.

On the income-and-resources front, The school employs 8 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 13.8:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 12.9:1, putting TONY SERNA JR. ELEMENTARY higher than the state norm the norm. Around 100% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

With demographic context factored in, TONY SERNA JR. ELEMENTARY is in the bottom 10% of New Mexico public schools. The BeatsExpectations model predicts schools with this FRL share to land around 33.4%; TONY SERNA JR. ELEMENTARY posts 18.1%, -15.4 points below that line.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for San Miguel County indicate the typical household earns roughly $49,431 per year, about 27% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 18%. In all, San Miguel County runs 19 public schools (combined enrollment of about 3,156 students), of which TONY SERNA JR. ELEMENTARY is one.

DON CECILIO MARTINEZ ELEMENTARY is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around TONY SERNA JR. ELEMENTARY. Among the 5 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), TONY SERNA JR. ELEMENTARY ranks 4th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 22.5%.

TONY SERNA JR. ELEMENTARY operates from a town-center location.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at TONY SERNA JR. ELEMENTARY has increased 31%, going from 88 students in 2018 to 115 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 15.7:1 in 2018 to 13.8:1 today.

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