Enrollment
343
Elementary
DISTRICT 414 · STATE 287
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LAS CRUCES·NCES 350150000395
VALLEY VIEW ELEMENTARY
915 E CALIFORNIA AVE, LAS CRUCES, NM 88001 · (575) 527-9586 · Doña Ana County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL343 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 23% 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.
- CBeats 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
10.1:1
34 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.6:1 · STATE 12.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
342 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 51 | 15% |
| Kindergarten | 49 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 42 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 46 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 58 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 51 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 46 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (49) is 7% larger than its 5th grade class (46).
Student demographics
30%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
Test scores
NM-MSSA + NM-ASR 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
32.8%
NM avg 44.2%
Math
11.9%
NM avg 27.2%
What this means: On the NM-MSSA + NM-ASR, New Mexico's statewide test, about 33 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 12 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
25.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
33.5%
based on NM schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-7.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 26% 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 VALLEY VIEW ELEMENTARY
VALLEY VIEW ELEMENTARY's state test result (25.7% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| VALLEY VIEW ELEMENTARY this school | 343 | 99.7% | 25.7% |
| BEL-AIR ELEMENTARY ALBUQUERQUE | 254 | 99.6% | 22.6% |
| CHAPARRAL ELEMENTARY ALBUQUERQUE | 523 | 99.4% | 25.6% |
| EMERSON ELEMENTARY ALBUQUERQUE | 334 | 98.5% | 24.4% |
| SUSIE RAYOS MARMON ELEMENTARY ALBUQUERQUE | 507 | 100.0% | 23.0% |
| WHERRY ELEMENTARY ALBUQUERQUE | 240 | 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 VALLEY VIEW ELEMENTARY ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New Mexico | In Doña Ana County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 25.7% | #252 of 329 | #31 of 39 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 11.9% | #311 of 354 | #38 of 39 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 32.8% | #258 of 366 | #34 of 40 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 343 | #179 of 490 | #27 of 47 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.1:1 | #33 of 318 | #2 of 37 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 30.3% | #225 of 334 | #11 of 37 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 99.7% | #223 of 393 | #41 of 45 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -16.3% | #184 of 287 | #16 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
343
-31 (-8%) vs 2020
-11% since 1990-91, when it was 384
Student : Teacher
10.1:1
was 11.7:1
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 | 343 | 34 | 10.1:1 | 100% (342) |
| 2023-24 | 377 | 31.6 | 11.9:1 | 99% (375) |
| 2022-23 | 371 | 29.5 | 12.6:1 | 100% (371) |
| 2020-21 | 374 | 32 | 11.7:1 | 100% (373) |
| 2017-18 | 410 | 27.8 | 14.8:1 | 100% (410) |
| 2015-16 | 425 | 31 | 13.7:1 | 100% (425) |
| 2010-11 | 492 | 37 | 13.3:1 | 99% (489) |
| 2000-01 | 418 | 30 | 13.9:1 | 99% (414) |
| 1990-91 | 384 | 23 | 16.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for VALLEY VIEW ELEMENTARY.
Since 2017-18: students down 16% (410 to 343); teachers up 22% (27.8 to 34).
About VALLEY VIEW ELEMENTARY
VALLEY VIEW ELEMENTARY is a medium-sized elementary school found in LAS CRUCES, New Mexico. The school enrolls 343 students, from pre-K through 5.
LAS CRUCES counts 39 schools and 22,670 students, including VALLEY VIEW ELEMENTARY.
VALLEY VIEW ELEMENTARY enrolls a student body that is 83% Hispanic. The rest of enrollment is 10% White, 4% Black, and 2% Asian. Census estimates put the Hispanic share of Doña Ana County's population at about 68%. The chance that two students picked at random at VALLEY VIEW ELEMENTARY belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 30%.
Its 34 full-time-equivalent teachers give the school a ratio of 10.1:1. The average ratio among elementary schools in New Mexico is 12.9:1, higher than at this school. The school's lunch program data list 100% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price meals. Across public schools in Doña Ana County, the average is about the same, 98%.
Measured against New Mexico public elementary schools, VALLEY VIEW 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.
On the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure, VALLEY VIEW ELEMENTARY is 7.8 points below the average proficiency rate on state tests predicted for its free or reduced-price lunch share: 25.7% actual, 33.5% predicted. That is outside both the top and bottom 10% in New Mexico.
Census Bureau estimates for Doña Ana County show that median household income is about $56,848, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 32%, and about 19% of people live in poverty. A total of 81 public schools operate in Doña Ana County, serving about 36,561 students.
The closest public school, LAS MONTANAS CHARTER, is about 0.4 miles from VALLEY VIEW ELEMENTARY. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. On average proficiency, VALLEY VIEW ELEMENTARY is 3rd of 5 nearby schools with test data.
The NCES locale for VALLEY VIEW ELEMENTARY is City: Mid-size, which covers schools inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
A comparison of 2020-21 and 2024-25 shows enrollment down 8%, from 374 to 343. The ratio was 11.7:1 in 2020-21 and 10.1:1 in 2024-25.
Conversations here can range across sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week. Reviews and ratings from people who know the school are welcome.
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 Valley View Elementary schools
35 other US public schools in 17 states are named Valley View Elementary. VALLEY VIEW ELEMENTARY is the 26th largest of the 36.
- VALLEY VIEW ELEMENTARYROSWELL, NM · 388 students
- Valley View Elementary SchoolGermantown, OH · 814 students
- Valley View ElementaryRiverside, CA · 675 students
- VALLEY VIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOLJONESBORO, AR · 668 students
- Valley View ElementaryGreen Bay, WI · 660 students
Nearby schools
- LAS MONTANAS CHARTER0.4 mi · 201
- LAS CRUCES HIGH0.6 mi · 1,703
- HERMOSA HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY0.8 mi · 408
- NEW AMERICA SCHOOL - LAS CRUCES0.9 mi · 225
- MESILLA VALLEY LEADERSHIP ACADEMY1.0 mi · 94
- CONLEE ELEMENTARY1.0 mi · 417
Frequently asked questions
About VALLEY VIEW ELEMENTARYHow many students attend VALLEY VIEW ELEMENTARY?
VALLEY VIEW ELEMENTARY enrolls approximately 343 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does VALLEY VIEW ELEMENTARY serve?
VALLEY VIEW ELEMENTARY serves grades PK-05.
How many teachers does VALLEY VIEW ELEMENTARY have?
VALLEY VIEW ELEMENTARY employs 34 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 10.1:1.
What is the student diversity at VALLEY VIEW ELEMENTARY?
Student demographics at VALLEY VIEW ELEMENTARY are roughly 10% White, 83% Hispanic, 4% Black, 2% Asian, 1% Two or more.
What district is VALLEY VIEW ELEMENTARY in?
VALLEY VIEW ELEMENTARY is part of LAS CRUCES.
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