Elementary · New Mexico

Desert View Elementary

Free meals for all

Desert View Elementary, a public elementary school in Sunland Park, New Mexico: grades pre-k–6, 524 students, 15.0 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of Gadsden.

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: 524
Teachers (FTE): 35.0
Students per teacher: 15.0
Grades: Pre-K–6; Elementary

More students per teacher than 81% of elementary schools in New Mexico

Median 12.4 · 429 schools compared

More students per teacher than 55% of elementary schools in the US

Median 14.6 · 50,575 schools compared

Larger than 92% of elementary schools in New Mexico

Median 306 · 445 schools compared

Larger than 70% of elementary schools in the US

Median 415 · 51,933 schools compared

What it offers

Grades: Elementary · Grades Pre-K–6
Type: District school · Regular
Instruction: In person
Meals: Free breakfast and lunch for every student
Area: Large suburb
Run by: Gadsden

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

Location

Address: 1105 Valle Vista Dr, Sunland Park, NM 88063
Phone: (575)882-6203
City or town: Sunland Park
County: Doña Ana County

Website Quality of life in Sunland Park Schools in Sunland Park

Nearby elementary schools

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

School	Grades	Students	Students / teacher
Riverside ElementaryFree meals for all	Pre-K–6	550	13.4	1.8 mi
Zach White ElFree meals for all	Pre-K–5	395	12.5	1.9 mi
Putnam ElFree meals for all	Pre-K–5	260	11.0	3.7 mi
IDEA Mesa Hills AcademyCharterFree meals for all	K–5	643	21.3	3.7 mi
Charles Q Murphree PK-8Free meals for all	Pre-K–8	846	14.4	3.9 mi
Don Haskins PK-8Free meals for all	Pre-K–8	1,405	15.2	4.1 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).

Analisa does not rate schools. Figures are what a school has (students, teachers, programs), placed among schools of the same level.

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