📍 310 Dale Scott Blvd, Alamogordo, Otero County, 88310
Yucca Elementary is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Alamogordo, Otero County. The school has 245 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Alamogordo Public Schools school district. It serves grades Pre-K–5 in a small-town setting. The school employs 13.1 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 18.7:1. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Yucca Elementary enrolls 245 students across grades Pre-K–5. The student body is 49% male and 51% female. A teaching staff of 13.1 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 18.7:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 48% Hispanic or Latino, 34% White and 8.2% Black or African American.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 117 | 48% |
| White | 83 | 34% |
| Black or African American | 20 | 8.2% |
| Two or more races | 15 | 6.1% |
| Asian | 6 | 2.4% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 4 | 1.6% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
129 of the school's 245 students (53%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 129 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.
Yucca 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.
Yucca 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 245 students, Yucca 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: Town - Remote