📍 400 S Washington Ave, Alamogordo, Otero County, 88310
Desert Star Elementary is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Alamogordo, Otero County. The school has 464 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 24 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 19.3:1. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Desert Star Elementary enrolls 464 students across grades K–5. The student body is 53% male and 47% female. A teaching staff of 24 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 19.3:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 55% Hispanic or Latino, 31% White and 5.4% Two or more races.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 254 | 55% |
| White | 145 | 31% |
| Two or more races | 25 | 5.4% |
| Black or African American | 24 | 5.2% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 9 | 1.9% |
| Asian | 7 | 1.5% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
256 of the school's 464 students (55%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 256 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.
Desert Star 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.
Desert Star 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 464 students, Desert Star 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
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