📍 290 East Lisa, Chaparral, Doña Ana County, 88021
Desert Trail Elementary is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Chaparral, Doña Ana County. The school has 496 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Gadsden Independent Schools school district. It serves grades K–6 in a rural setting. The school employs 30.1 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 16.5:1. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Desert Trail Elementary enrolls 496 students across grades K–6. The student body is 50% male and 50% female. A teaching staff of 30.1 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 16.5:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 97% Hispanic or Latino, 2% White and <1% American Indian or Alaska Native.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 480 | 97% |
| White | 10 | 2% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 4 | <1% |
| Black or African American | 2 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
496 of the school's 496 students (100%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 496 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 Trail Elementary is located in a rural setting (NCES locale: Rural, Distant). 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 53.
Desert Trail Elementary is one of 28 schools in GADSDEN, based in ANTHONY, New Mexico. The district serves 11,739 students district-wide and employs 865 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 496 students, Desert Trail Elementary is larger than the district average of about 419 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Rural - Distant
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