Elementary · New Mexico

Yucca Heights Elementary

Free meals for all

Yucca Heights Elementary, a public elementary school in Chapparal, New Mexico: grades k–6, 439 students, 15.1 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: 439
Teachers (FTE): 29.0
Students per teacher: 15.1
Grades: K–6; Elementary

More students per teacher than 82% of elementary schools in New Mexico

Median 12.4 · 429 schools compared

More students per teacher than 56% of elementary schools in the US

Median 14.6 · 50,575 schools compared

Larger than 81% of elementary schools in New Mexico

Median 306 · 445 schools compared

Larger than 55% of elementary schools in the US

Median 415 · 51,933 schools compared

What it offers

Grades: Elementary · Grades 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: 580 Angelina Blvd, Chapparal, NM 88081
Phone: (575)824-8210
City or town: Chaparral
County: Otero County

Website Quality of life in Chaparral Schools in Chaparral

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	Pre-K–6	406	12.3	3.0 mi
Desert Trail ElementaryFree meals for all	Pre-K–6	479	14.4	4.7 mi
Chaparral ElementaryFree meals for all	Pre-K–6	437	12.9	4.8 mi
IDEA Mesquite Hills AcademyCharterFree meals for all	K–5	641	22.2	6.0 mi
Desertaire ElFree meals for all	K–5	505	13.6	8.4 mi
Barron ElFree meals for all	Pre-K–5	368	12.7	8.5 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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