📍 7450 Altura Rd. Se, Columbus, Luna County, 88029
Columbus Elementary is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Columbus, Luna County. The school has 494 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Deming Public Schools school district. It serves grades Pre-K–5 in a rural setting. The school employs 36.4 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 13.6:1. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Columbus Elementary enrolls 494 students across grades Pre-K–5. The student body is 52% male and 48% female. A teaching staff of 36.4 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 13.6:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 98% Hispanic or Latino and 1.8% White.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 485 | 98% |
| White | 9 | 1.8% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
494 of the school's 494 students (100%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 494 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.
Columbus Elementary is located in a rural setting (NCES locale: Rural, 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 35, state house district 32.
Columbus Elementary is one of 13 schools in DEMING, based in DEMING, New Mexico. The district serves 5,117 students district-wide and employs 382 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 494 students, Columbus Elementary is larger than the district average of about 394 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Rural - Remote
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