YUCCA ELEMENTARY

YUCCA ELEMENTARY is a moderately sized elementary campus in ARTESIA, New Mexico, part of ARTESIA. The school serves 354 students in grades 1 through 5. That puts it 23% above the typical public school in New Mexico, which averages around 287 students.

Across the 10 schools in ARTESIA (3,729 students total), YUCCA ELEMENTARY accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

For racial and ethnic makeup, YUCCA ELEMENTARY records that Hispanic students make up the majority at 62%; the rest looks like 34% White. By comparison, Eddy County as a whole is about 52% Hispanic, so the school skews considerably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, The school employs 20 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 17.9:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 12.9:1, putting YUCCA ELEMENTARY higher than the state norm the norm. An estimated 100% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Eddy County runs at roughly 46%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, YUCCA ELEMENTARY performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 33.4%, the actual is 42.2%, a residual of +8.8 points.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Eddy County indicate median household earnings sit near $78,426, about 19% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. YUCCA ELEMENTARY is one of 26 public schools in Eddy County (combined enrollment of about 11,661 students).

ARTESIA PARK JUNIOR HIGH is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around YUCCA ELEMENTARY. Among the 5 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), YUCCA ELEMENTARY ranks 4th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 48.5%.

YUCCA ELEMENTARY operates from a town-center location.

Five-year trend. YUCCA ELEMENTARY's enrollment has rose 8% since 2018, when it stood at 327 (now 354). Over the same period, the White share decreased from 46% to 34%.

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