UNION ELEMENTARY

UNION ELEMENTARY operates as a tiny middle-grades school in LAS VEGAS, New Mexico, part of WEST LAS VEGAS. Current enrollment sits at 90 students spanning grade 5. Enrollment runs roughly 73% below the state mean of about 335.

Across the 10 schools in WEST LAS VEGAS (1,601 students total), UNION ELEMENTARY accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

For racial and ethnic makeup, UNION ELEMENTARY shows that nearly all students (93%) are Hispanic. Other groups include 4% White. By comparison, San Miguel County as a whole is about 75% Hispanic, so the school skews considerably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 6 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.9:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 12.5:1, putting UNION ELEMENTARY higher than the state norm the norm. An estimated 100% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

After controlling for student poverty, UNION ELEMENTARY sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 33.4%; this one delivers 22.7%.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for San Miguel County indicate median household income runs about $49,431, roughly 27% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 18% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across San Miguel County's 19 public schools (combined enrollment of about 3,156 students), UNION ELEMENTARY is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is WEST LAS VEGAS MIDDLE SCHOOL, roughly 0.6 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, UNION ELEMENTARY comes 3rd of 5 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 21.3%.

Geographically, the school is in a town-center area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked up 6%: 85 students in 2018 compared to 90 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 85% to 93% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 17.5:1 in 2018 to 13.9:1 today.

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