📍 99 Alamo, La Luz, Otero County, 88337
La Luz Elementary is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in La Luz, Otero County. The school has 215 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Alamogordo Public Schools school district. It serves grades K–5 in a rural setting. The school employs 11.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 18.7:1. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
La Luz Elementary enrolls 215 students across grades K–5. The student body is 54% male and 46% female. A teaching staff of 11.5 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 18.7:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 52% Hispanic or Latino, 43% White and 2.8% Two or more races.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 112 | 52% |
| White | 93 | 43% |
| Two or more races | 6 | 2.8% |
| Black or African American | 3 | 1.4% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
115 of the school's 215 students (53%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 115 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.
La Luz Elementary is located in a rural setting (NCES locale: Rural, Fringe). 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 33, state house district 56.
La Luz 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 215 students, La Luz Elementary is smaller than the district average of about 350 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Rural - Fringe