Elementary · New Mexico

Buena Vista Elementary

Free meals for all

Buena Vista Elementary, a public elementary school in Alamogordo, New Mexico: grades k–5, 222 students, 14.8 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of Alamogordo.

Size and class size

Compared with elementary schools of the same state and the whole country. Students per teacher counts every full-time-equivalent teacher, not the size of each class.

Students: 222
Teachers (FTE): 15.0
Students per teacher: 14.8
Grades: K–5; Elementary

More students per teacher than 79% of elementary schools in New Mexico

Median 12.4 · 429 schools compared

More students per teacher than 52% of elementary schools in the US

Median 14.6 · 50,575 schools compared

Smaller than 67% of elementary schools in New Mexico

Median 306 · 445 schools compared

Smaller than 85% of elementary schools in the US

Median 415 · 51,933 schools compared

What it offers

Grades: Elementary · Grades K–5
Type: District school · Regular
Instruction: In person
Meals: Free breakfast and lunch for every student
Area: Remote town
Run by: Alamogordo

Which school a home is assigned to is decided by the district's attendance zones; check with Alamogordo.

Location

Address: 2600 19TH St, Alamogordo, NM 88310
Phone: (575)812-5100
City or town: Alamogordo
County: Otero County

Website Quality of life in Alamogordo Schools in Alamogordo

Nearby elementary schools

The closest public elementary schools by straight-line distance. Attendance zones are set by each district.

School	Grades	Students	Students / teacher
Sunset Hills ElementaryFree meals for all	K–5	436	13.6	1.0 mi
Sierra ElementaryFree meals for all	K–5	284	17.2	1.3 mi
North ElementaryFree meals for all	Pre-K–5	159	10.6	1.5 mi
Yucca ElementaryFree meals for all	Pre-K–5	179	11.2	1.5 mi
Desert Star ElementaryFree meals for all	K–5	466	15.5	2.0 mi
La Luz ElementaryFree meals for all	K–5	224	18.7	4.8 mi

Sources

Public schools and school districts (National Center for Education Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau), 2024–25 school year. NCES Common Core of Data and EDGE public school geocodes; U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances and cartographic boundary files (places).

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