Las Cruces

Summary:

The Las Cruces school district in New Mexico consists of 38 schools, including 25 elementary schools, 8 middle schools, and 5 high schools. The district serves a diverse student population, with all schools reporting 100% of students qualifying for free or reduced-price lunch, indicating a high level of economic disadvantage in the area.

Within the district, a few standout schools emerge. White Sands Elementary consistently ranks among the top elementary schools in the state, with exceptional performance in English Language Arts, Mathematics, and Science. At the high school level, Centennial High School outperforms the district and state averages in all subject areas, particularly in English Language Arts and Science. Additionally, Mesilla Valley Leadership Academy, a middle school, has the highest proficiency rates in the district for English Language Arts, Mathematics, and Science.

However, the data also reveals significant performance gaps between the top-performing and lower-performing schools in the Las Cruces district. While some schools, such as Desert Hills Elementary, demonstrate exceptional results, others struggle to meet the district and state averages. Understanding the factors contributing to these disparities and developing targeted strategies to address them could be crucial for ensuring equitable access to high-quality education for all students in the Las Cruces area.

District Detail

505 South Main Suite 249
Las Cruces, NM 88001

(575) 527-5800

SchoolDigger Rank:
63^rd of 119 New Mexico districts

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Grades served: PK, KG-12
Students: 23,075

Primary Schools: 25
Middle Schools: 8
High Schools: 6
Alternative Schools: 0

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2024)				Ranking (2023)				SAT School Day English Language Arts (2024)	SAT School Day Mathematics (2024)	NM-ASR Science (2024)	NM-MSSA English Language Arts (2024)	NM-MSSA Mathematics (2024)	Per Pupil Expenditures (2019)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	SchoolDigger Rating (2024)	Average Standard Score (2023)	Statewide Rank (2023)	State Percentile (2023)	Rank Change from Previous Year	SAT School Day English Language Arts 11th Grade	SAT School Day Mathematics 11th Grade	NM-ASR Science All Grades	NM-MSSA English Language Arts All Grades	NM-MSSA Mathematics All Grades	Total
Hermosa Heights Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	1655 East Amador Ave	Las Cruces	88001	Do�a Ana County	Las Cruces	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(575) 527-9530	401	29	13.7	100.0%	35 (8.7%)	5 (1.2%)	359 (89.5%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	21	353^rd of 433 public elementary schools	18.5%		34	287^th of 435 public elementary schools	34.0%	66			30.0	25.0	11.0	$11,668
Jornada Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	3400 Elks Dr	Las Cruces	88005	Do�a Ana County	Las Cruces	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(575) 527-9536	490	33	14.9	100.0%	58 (11.8%)	5 (1.0%)	416 (84.9%)	3 (0.6%)	4 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (0.8%)	57.3	158^th of 433 public elementary schools	63.5%		51.3	199^th of 435 public elementary schools	54.3%	41			46.0	40.0	27.0	$8,912
Las Cruces High	Public	9-12	1750 El Paseo Rd	Las Cruces	88001	Do�a Ana County	Las Cruces	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(575) 527-9400	1,787	98	18.1	100.0%	289 (16.2%)	48 (2.7%)	1,406 (78.7%)	12 (0.7%)	17 (1.0%)	4 (0.2%)	11 (0.6%)	52.2	67^th of 190 public high schools	64.7%		32.2	102^nd of 170 public high schools	40.0%	35	32.0	11.0	43.0			$8,673
Loma Heights Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	1600 East Madrid	Las Cruces	88001	Do�a Ana County	Las Cruces	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(575) 527-9546	505	33	15.1	100.0%	48 (9.5%)	8 (1.6%)	444 (87.9%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.6%)	28.5	310^th of 433 public elementary schools	28.4%		39.7	259^th of 435 public elementary schools	40.5%	51			20.0	28.0	19.0	$10,870
Lynn Middle	Public	6-8	950 South Walnut St	Las Cruces	88001	Do�a Ana County	Las Cruces	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(575) 527-9445	534	39	13.6	100.0%	65 (12.2%)	20 (3.7%)	422 (79.0%)	7 (1.3%)	13 (2.4%)	3 (0.6%)	4 (0.7%)	24.1	184^th of 235 public middle schools	21.7%		27.9	168^th of 239 public middle schools	29.7%	16			22.0	28.0	14.0	$8,523
Mac Arthur Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	655 N 4th St	Las Cruces	88005	Do�a Ana County	Las Cruces	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(575) 527-9556	353	27	12.9	100.0%	22 (6.2%)	2 (0.6%)	329 (93.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	23.1	339^th of 433 public elementary schools	21.7%		26.7	329^th of 435 public elementary schools	24.4%	10			25.0	22.0	17.0	$10,671
Mayfield High	Public	9-12	1955 North Valley Dr	Las Cruces	88007	Do�a Ana County	Las Cruces	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(575) 527-9415	1,421	83	17.1		236 (16.6%)	22 (1.5%)	1,145 (80.6%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (0.5%)	2 (0.1%)	9 (0.6%)	39.2	99^th of 190 public high schools	47.9%		34.9	97^th of 170 public high schools	42.9%	2	29.0	5.0	37.0			$8,583
Alameda Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	1325 N. Alameda Blvd	Las Cruces	88005	Do�a Ana County	Las Cruces	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(575) 527-9486	355	27	13.1	100.0%	44 (12.4%)	5 (1.4%)	300 (84.5%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (1.4%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	14.9	391^st of 433 public elementary schools	9.7%		36.5	276^th of 435 public elementary schools	36.6%	115			17.0	20.0	11.0	$9,652
Vista Middle	Public	6-8	4465 Elks Dr	Las Cruces	88007	Do�a Ana County	Las Cruces	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(575) 527-9465	602	40	15.2	100.0%	68 (11.3%)	14 (2.3%)	512 (85.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.3%)	1 (0.2%)	5 (0.8%)	31.3	154^th of 235 public middle schools	34.5%		38.5	136^th of 239 public middle schools	43.1%	18			19.0	36.0	14.0	$8,507
Central Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	150 North Alameda Blvd	Las Cruces	88005	Do�a Ana County	Las Cruces	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(575) 527-9496	163	17	9.7	100.0%	24 (14.7%)	3 (1.8%)	132 (81.0%)	2 (1.2%)	1 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.6%)	46.4	204^th of 433 public elementary schools	52.9%		43.8	232^nd of 435 public elementary schools	46.7%	28			26.0	43.0	20.0	$12,022
Conlee Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	1701 Boston Dr	Las Cruces	88001	Do�a Ana County	Las Cruces	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(575) 527-9656	422	35	12.1	100.0%	46 (10.9%)	12 (2.8%)	358 (84.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.7%)	3 (0.7%)	62.6	138^th of 433 public elementary schools	68.1%		47.1	213^th of 435 public elementary schools	51.0%	75			50.0	42.0	29.0	$11,071
Mesilla Park Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	955 West Union Ave	Las Cruces	88005	Do�a Ana County	Las Cruces	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(575) 527-9615	353	29	12.1	100.0%	42 (11.9%)	4 (1.1%)	302 (85.6%)	2 (0.6%)	2 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	60	143^rd of 433 public elementary schools	67.0%		53.5	188^th of 435 public elementary schools	56.8%	45			32.0	38.0	36.0	$10,652
University Hills Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	2005 South Locust St	Las Cruces	88001	Do�a Ana County	Las Cruces	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(575) 527-9649	358	30	12.1	100.0%	46 (12.8%)	12 (3.4%)	270 (75.4%)	18 (5.0%)	7 (2.0%)	1 (0.3%)	4 (1.1%)	57.9	154^th of 433 public elementary schools	64.4%		63.4	148^th of 435 public elementary schools	66.0%	6			26.0	40.0	34.0	$11,880
Valley View Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	915 E California Ave	Las Cruces	88001	Do�a Ana County	Las Cruces	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(575) 527-9586	371	30	12.5	100.0%	44 (11.9%)	17 (4.6%)	303 (81.7%)	4 (1.1%)	2 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	14.3	397^th of 433 public elementary schools	8.3%		20.3	371^st of 435 public elementary schools	14.7%	26			14.0	22.0	9.0	$12,275
Booker T. Washington	Public	PK, KG-5	755 East Chestnut Ave	Las Cruces	88001	Do�a Ana County	Las Cruces	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(575) 527-9595	395	28	14.0	100.0%	29 (7.3%)	6 (1.5%)	357 (90.4%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	13.7	398^th of 433 public elementary schools	8.1%		15.5	395^th of 435 public elementary schools	9.2%	3			15.0	23.0	7.0	$13,990
Sunrise Elementary	Public	3-5	5300 N Holman Rd	Las Cruces	88012	Do�a Ana County	Las Cruces	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(575) 527-9626	362	23	15.7	100.0%	36 (9.9%)	2 (0.6%)	318 (87.8%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (1.1%)	45.1	211^th of 433 public elementary schools	51.3%		42.3	242^nd of 435 public elementary schools	44.4%	31			41.0	37.0	20.0	$9,045
Camino Real Middle	Public	6-8	2961 Roadrunner Pkwy	Las Cruces	88011	Do�a Ana County	Las Cruces	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(575) 527-6030	965	55	17.6	100.0%	237 (24.6%)	14 (1.5%)	681 (70.6%)	14 (1.5%)	8 (0.8%)	3 (0.3%)	8 (0.8%)	74.3	50^th of 235 public middle schools	78.7%		69.3	65^th of 239 public middle schools	72.8%	15			47.0	55.0	30.0	$7,720
Cesar Chavez Elementary	Public	PK, KG-2	5250 N Holman Rd	Las Cruces	88012	Do�a Ana County	Las Cruces	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(575) 527-6022	508	38	13.5	100.0%	35 (6.9%)	2 (0.4%)	462 (90.9%)	3 (0.6%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (0.8%)								(n/a)						$12,728
Sierra Middle	Public	6-8	1700 E Spruce Ave	Las Cruces	88001	Do�a Ana County	Las Cruces	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(575) 527-9640	799	50	16.1	100.0%	106 (13.3%)	15 (1.9%)	661 (82.7%)	5 (0.6%)	1 (0.1%)	3 (0.4%)	8 (1.0%)	50.5	94^th of 235 public middle schools	60.0%		50.5	97^th of 239 public middle schools	59.4%	3			35.0	39.0	25.0	$8,018
Desert Hills Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	280 North Roadrunner Pkwy	Las Cruces	88011	Do�a Ana County	Las Cruces	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(575) 527-9619	559	40	14.0	100.0%	156 (27.9%)	10 (1.8%)	343 (61.4%)	25 (4.5%)	6 (1.1%)	3 (0.5%)	16 (2.9%)	90.7	42^nd of 433 public elementary schools	90.3%		93.2	39^th of 435 public elementary schools	91.0%	3			58.0	62.0	43.0	$8,467
Picacho Middle	Public	6-8	1040 North Motel Blvd	Las Cruces	88001	Do�a Ana County	Las Cruces	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(575) 527-9455	727	45	16.1	100.0%	107 (14.7%)	10 (1.4%)	599 (82.4%)	3 (0.4%)	6 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.3%)	26.8	177^th of 235 public middle schools	24.7%		31.3	157^th of 239 public middle schools	34.3%	20			17.0	31.0	15.0	$9,072
Hillrise Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	1400 South Curnutt St	Las Cruces	88011	Do�a Ana County	Las Cruces	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(575) 527-9666	446	31	14.4	100.0%	127 (28.5%)	9 (2.0%)	285 (63.9%)	13 (2.9%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (2.2%)	78.5	84^th of 433 public elementary schools	80.6%		75.4	96^th of 435 public elementary schools	77.9%	12			62.0	49.0	36.0	$9,028
Highland Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	4201 Emerald St	Las Cruces	88012	Do�a Ana County	Las Cruces	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(575) 527-9636	744	45	16.5	100.0%	167 (22.4%)	16 (2.2%)	536 (72.0%)	9 (1.2%)	7 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (1.2%)	73.8	100^th of 433 public elementary schools	76.9%		72	112^th of 435 public elementary schools	74.3%	12			55.0	47.0	34.0	$8,078
Mesilla Valley Leadership Academy	Public	6-8	950 South Walnut St	Las Cruces	88001	Do�a Ana County	Las Cruces	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(575) 527-6059	100	5	20.0	100.0%	37 (37.0%)	2 (2.0%)	59 (59.0%)	1 (1.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (1.0%)	84.2	33^rd of 235 public middle schools	86.0%		86.1	35^th of 239 public middle schools	85.4%	2			65.0	63.0	33.0	$10,283
Centennial High School	Public	9-12	1950 S Sonoma Ranch Blvd	Las Cruces	88011	Do�a Ana County	Las Cruces	No	(n/a)	No	No	(575) 527-9330	1,615	92	17.5		325 (20.1%)	33 (2.0%)	1,185 (73.4%)	17 (1.1%)	15 (0.9%)	13 (0.8%)	27 (1.7%)	72.5	39^th of 190 public high schools	79.5%		59.1	55^th of 170 public high schools	67.6%	16	51.0	18.0	51.0			$8,017
Tombaugh Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	226 Carver Rd	Las Cruces	88005	Do�a Ana County	Las Cruces	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(575) 527-9575	585	41	14.1	100.0%	73 (12.5%)	5 (0.9%)	488 (83.4%)	5 (0.9%)	5 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (1.5%)	55.9	167^th of 433 public elementary schools	61.4%		67.8	131^st of 435 public elementary schools	69.9%	36			38.0	38.0	30.0	$9,882
Zia Middle	Public	6-8	1300 West University Ave	Las Cruces	88005	Do�a Ana County	Las Cruces	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(575) 527-9475	688	39	17.4	100.0%	123 (17.9%)	16 (2.3%)	533 (77.5%)	3 (0.4%)	4 (0.6%)	2 (0.3%)	7 (1.0%)	23.9	185^th of 235 public middle schools	21.3%		30	160^th of 239 public middle schools	33.1%	25			21.0	29.0	13.0	$8,805
Arrowhead Park Early College High School	Public	9-12	3400 South Espina St	Las Cruces	88001	Do�a Ana County	Las Cruces	No	(n/a)	No	No	(575) 527-9540	0	21	.0		0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	97.1	5^th of 190 public high schools	97.4%		92.2	14^th of 170 public high schools	91.8%	9	74.0	44.0	73.0			$9,868
East Picacho Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	4450 North Valley Dr	Las Cruces	88007	Do�a Ana County	Las Cruces	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(575) 527-9516	495	32	15.7	100.0%	111 (22.4%)	2 (0.4%)	378 (76.4%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.4%)	57.5	155^th of 433 public elementary schools	64.2%		58.6	168^th of 435 public elementary schools	61.4%	13			44.0	36.0	32.0	$9,519
Columbia Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	4555 Elks Dr	Las Cruces	88005	Do�a Ana County	Las Cruces	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(575) 527-1561	225	22	10.4	100.0%	17 (7.6%)	9 (4.0%)	195 (86.7%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.9%)	30.8	297^th of 433 public elementary schools	31.4%		26.1	330^th of 435 public elementary schools	24.1%	33			29.0	30.0	17.0	$10,474
Rio Grande Preparatory Institute	Public	9-12	2355 Avenida De Mesilla	Mesilla	88046	Do�a Ana County	Las Cruces	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(575) 527-6058	144	12	12.0	100.0%	15 (10.4%)	3 (2.1%)	124 (86.1%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.7%)	18.1	162^nd of 190 public high schools	14.7%					(n/a)	18.0		14.0			$8,855
Dona Ana Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	5551 Camino De Flores	Las Cruces	88001	Do�a Ana County	Las Cruces	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(575) 527-9506	399	30	13.3	100.0%	37 (9.3%)	0 (0.0%)	362 (90.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	50.4	194^th of 433 public elementary schools	55.2%		53.7	187^th of 435 public elementary schools	57.0%	7			27.0	41.0	25.0	$11,823
Mesilla Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	2363 Calle Del Sur	Las Cruces	88005	Do�a Ana County	Las Cruces	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(575) 527-9566	275	20	13.8	100.0%	47 (17.1%)	4 (1.5%)	217 (78.9%)	1 (0.4%)	1 (0.4%)	2 (0.7%)	3 (1.1%)	46.3	205^th of 433 public elementary schools	52.7%		55.5	178^th of 435 public elementary schools	59.1%	27			32.0	37.0	24.0	$10,894
Fairacres Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	4501 West Picacho Ave	Las Cruces	88007	Do�a Ana County	Las Cruces	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(575) 527-9606	405	27	15.0	100.0%	49 (12.1%)	6 (1.5%)	344 (84.9%)	2 (0.5%)	2 (0.5%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	29.6	306^th of 433 public elementary schools	29.3%		21	366^th of 435 public elementary schools	15.9%	60			25.0	33.0	14.0	$9,402
Sonoma Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	4201 Northrise Dr	Las Cruces	88011	Do�a Ana County	Las Cruces	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(575) 541-7320	748	47	15.9	100.0%	154 (20.6%)	12 (1.6%)	554 (74.1%)	11 (1.5%)	5 (0.7%)	2 (0.3%)	10 (1.3%)	74.5	97^th of 433 public elementary schools	77.6%		77.3	90^th of 435 public elementary schools	79.3%	7			44.0	47.0	38.0	$8,200
Monte Vista Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	4675 Peachtree Hills	Las Cruces	88012	Do�a Ana County	Las Cruces	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(575) 527-9490	718	44	16.3	100.0%	132 (18.4%)	17 (2.4%)	541 (75.3%)	10 (1.4%)	4 (0.6%)	1 (0.1%)	13 (1.8%)	55.9	166^th of 433 public elementary schools	61.7%		69.9	126^th of 435 public elementary schools	71.0%	40			35.0	42.0	27.0	$9,083
Mesa Middle	Public	6-8	7225 Jornada Rd North	Las Cruces	88012	Do�a Ana County	Las Cruces	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(575) 527-9510	803	51	15.9	100.0%	100 (12.5%)	15 (1.9%)	662 (82.4%)	4 (0.5%)	8 (1.0%)	2 (0.2%)	12 (1.5%)	38	135^th of 235 public middle schools	42.6%		37.9	138^th of 239 public middle schools	42.3%	3			28.0	40.0	14.0	$8,992
Organ Mountain High School	Public	9-12	5700 Mesa Grande Dr	Las Cruces	88011	Do�a Ana County	Las Cruces	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(575) 527-9430	1,980	104	19.0		350 (17.7%)	50 (2.5%)	1,517 (76.6%)	12 (0.6%)	12 (0.6%)	11 (0.6%)	28 (1.4%)	47.5	78^th of 190 public high schools	58.9%		36.3	94^th of 170 public high schools	44.7%	16	35.0	7.0	39.0			$8,399
White Sands Elementary	Public	PK, KG-8	1 Viking St White Sands Missi	Las Cruces	88002	Do�a Ana County	Las Cruces	No	(n/a)	No	No	(575) 674-1241	275	21	13.0	100.0%	121 (44.0%)	8 (2.9%)	111 (40.4%)	6 (2.2%)	2 (0.7%)	5 (1.8%)	22 (8.0%)	99.1	12^th of 433 public elementary schools	97.2%		97.8	20^th of 435 public elementary schools	95.4%	8			75.0	75.0	62.0	$9,615

District	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
J Paul Taylor Academy	0.58 mi	1	14^th
Alma D'Arte Charter	0.65 mi	1	103^rd
New America School - Las Cruces	0.96 mi	1	100^th
Raices Del Saber Xinachtli Community	1.28 mi	1	107^th
Explore Academy Las Cruces	1.92 mi	1

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