Elementary · New Mexico

White Sands Elementary

Free meals for all

White Sands Elementary, a public elementary school in Las Cruces, New Mexico: grades pre-k–8, 270 students, 10.6 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: 270
Teachers (FTE): 25.5
Students per teacher: 10.6
Grades: Pre-K–8; Elementary

Fewer students per teacher than 74% of elementary schools in New Mexico

Median 12.4 · 429 schools compared

Fewer students per teacher than 89% of elementary schools in the US

Median 14.6 · 50,575 schools compared

Smaller than 57% of elementary schools in New Mexico

Median 306 · 445 schools compared

Smaller than 78% of elementary schools in the US

Median 415 · 51,933 schools compared

What it offers

Grades: Elementary · Grades Pre-K–8
Type: District school · Regular
Instruction: In person
Meals: Free breakfast and lunch for every student
Area: Distant rural area
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: 1 Viking St White Sands Missile Range, Las Cruces, NM 88002
Phone: (575)674-1241
City or town: White Sands
County: Doña Ana County

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Nearby elementary schools

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

School	Grades	Students	Students / teacher
Sunrise ElementaryFree meals for all	3–5	363	12.5	11.1 mi
Cesar Chavez ElementaryFree meals for all	Pre-K–2	492	10.4	11.1 mi
Monte Vista ElementaryFree meals for all	Pre-K–5	706	12.7	14.1 mi
Sonoma ElementaryFree meals for all	Pre-K–5	660	12.0	14.2 mi
Highland ElementaryFree meals for all	Pre-K–5	704	14.4	14.7 mi
Desert Hills ElementaryFree meals for all	Pre-K–5	502	12.1	14.8 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).

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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