📍 900 North 13th St, Artesia, Eddy County, 88210
Yucca Elementary is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Artesia, Eddy County. The school has 333 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Artesia Public Schools school district. It serves grades 1–5 in a small-town setting. The school employs 21.7 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 15.4:1. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Yucca Elementary enrolls 333 students across grades 1–5. The student body is 48% male and 52% female. A teaching staff of 21.7 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 15.4:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 59% Hispanic or Latino, 38% White and 2.1% American Indian or Alaska Native.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 197 | 59% |
| White | 126 | 38% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 7 | 2.1% |
| Two or more races | 3 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
163 of the school's 333 students (49%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 134 qualify for free lunch and 29 for a reduced price. The school participates in the National School Lunch Program. 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-30, state senate district 42, state house district 54.
Yucca Elementary is one of 10 schools in ARTESIA, based in ARTESIA, New Mexico. The district serves 3,729 students district-wide and employs 248 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 333 students, Yucca Elementary is close to the district average of about 373 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Town - Remote