Elementary · New Mexico
Gadsden Elementary
Free meals for allGadsden Elementary, a public elementary school in Sunland Park, New Mexico: grades pre-k–6, 379 students, 14.0 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
- 379
- Teachers (FTE)
- 27.0
- Students per teacher
- 14.0
- Grades
- Pre-K–6
- Elementary
More students per teacher than 69% of elementary schools in New Mexico
Median 12.4 · 429 schools compared
Fewer students per teacher than 56% of elementary schools in the US
Median 14.6 · 50,575 schools compared
Larger than 68% of elementary schools in New Mexico
Median 306 · 445 schools compared
Smaller than 57% of elementary schools in the US
Median 415 · 51,933 schools compared
State test results
Share of students scoring proficient or above on New Mexico's tests, grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year.
Reading and writing
New Mexico: 44%37%proficient
+3.9 points from 2023–24 school year
A lower share proficient than 60% of elementary schools in New Mexico
Median 41% · 415 elementary schools compared
228 students tested, grades 3–8 · NM-MSSA; proficient means Levels 3-4
Math
New Mexico: 27%28%proficient
−2.3 points from 2023–24 school year
A higher share proficient than 58% of elementary schools in New Mexico
Median 24% · 413 elementary schools compared
228 students tested, grades 3–8 · NM-MSSA; proficient means Levels 3-4
Each state sets its own test and its own bar for “proficient”, so results compare only within a state. Results also follow family income closely: a school's share reflects its students' circumstances as much as its teaching.
Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.
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
- Rural area near a city
- Run by
- Gadsden
Which school a home is assigned to is decided by the district's attendance zones; check with Gadsden.
Location
- Address
- 1440 Hwy 478, Sunland Park, NM 88063
- Phone
- (575)882-3050
- City or town
- Anthony
- County
- Doña Ana County
Nearby elementary schools
The closest public elementary schools by straight-line distance. Attendance zones are set by each district.
| School | Grades | Students | Students / teacher |
|---|---|---|---|
Anthony ElementaryFree meals for all | Pre-K–6 | 163 | 10.2 |
Loma Linda ElementaryFree meals for all | Pre-K–6 | 398 | 13.3 |
Anthony ElFree meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 312 | 14.9 |
Berino ElementaryFree meals for all | Pre-K–6 | 300 | 10.6 |
Deanna Davenport ElFree meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 303 | 11.7 |
Bill Childress ElFree meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 386 | 12.5 |
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).
- State Assessment Data Repository (Education Data Center), 2024–25 school year. Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository v3.1.
Analisa does not rate schools. Figures are what a school has (students, teachers, programs), placed among schools of the same level; state test results are compared only within a state.
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