Elementary · New Mexico

Mac Arthur Elementary

Free meals for all

Mac Arthur Elementary, a public elementary school in Las Cruces, New Mexico: grades pre-k–5, 335 students, 11.6 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of Las Cruces.

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: 335
Teachers (FTE): 29.0
Students per teacher: 11.6
Grades: Pre-K–5; Elementary

Fewer students per teacher than 61% of elementary schools in New Mexico

Median 12.4 · 429 schools compared

Fewer students per teacher than 82% of elementary schools in the US

Median 14.6 · 50,575 schools compared

Larger than 57% of elementary schools in New Mexico

Median 306 · 445 schools compared

Smaller than 66% of elementary schools in the US

Median 415 · 51,933 schools compared

What it offers

Grades: Elementary · Grades Pre-K–5
Type: District school · Regular
Instruction: In person
Meals: Free breakfast and lunch for every student
Area: Midsize city
Run by: Las Cruces

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

Location

Address: 655 N 4TH St, Las Cruces, NM 88005
Phone: (575)527-9556
City or town: Las Cruces
County: Doña Ana County

Website Quality of life in Las Cruces Schools in Las Cruces

Nearby elementary schools

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

School	Grades	Students	Students / teacher
J Paul Taylor AcademyCharterFree meals for all	K–8	200	12.6	0.5 mi
Central ElementaryFree meals for all	Pre-K–5	182	11.0	0.8 mi
Alameda ElementaryFree meals for all	Pre-K–5	331	12.5	0.8 mi
Booker T. WashingtonFree meals for all	Pre-K–5	361	11.1	1.3 mi
Raices del Saber Xinachtli CommunityCharterFree meals for all	K–5	122	9.9	1.4 mi
Valley View ElementaryFree meals for all	Pre-K–5	343	10.1	1.7 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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