📍 2410 10th St, Alamogordo, Otero County, 88310
Sunset Hills Elementary is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Alamogordo, Otero County. The school has 466 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Alamogordo Public Schools school district. It serves grades K–5 in a small-town setting. The school employs 28.2 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 16.5:1. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Sunset Hills Elementary enrolls 466 students across grades K–5. The student body is 57% male and 43% female. A teaching staff of 28.2 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 16.5:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 54% Hispanic or Latino, 32% White and 6.2% Two or more races.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 252 | 54% |
| White | 148 | 32% |
| Two or more races | 29 | 6.2% |
| Black or African American | 17 | 3.6% |
| Asian | 11 | 2.4% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 9 | 1.9% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
247 of the school's 466 students (53%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 247 qualify for free lunch and 0 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Sunset Hills Elementary is located in a small-town setting (NCES locale: Town, Remote). The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district NM-20, state senate district 34, state house district 51.
Sunset Hills Elementary is one of 15 schools in ALAMOGORDO, based in ALAMOGORDO, New Mexico. The district serves 5,251 students district-wide and employs 326 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 466 students, Sunset Hills Elementary is larger than the district average of about 350 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Town - Remote
Browse live education vacancies at or near Sunset Hills Elementary.
Find vacancies →