📍 100 Shrode Rd, Anthony, Doña Ana County, 88021
Desert Pride Academy is an Alternative/PRU serving high age pupils, located in Anthony, Doña Ana County. The school has 262 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Gadsden Independent Schools school district. It serves grades 7–12 in a rural setting. The school employs 17 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 15.4:1. The school offers dual enrollment. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Desert Pride Academy enrolls 262 students across grades 7–12. The student body is 63% male and 37% female. A teaching staff of 17 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 15.4:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 99% Hispanic or Latino and 1.1% White.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 259 | 99% |
| White | 3 | 1.1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
262 of the school's 262 students (100%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 262 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 Pride Academy is located in a rural setting (NCES locale: Rural, Fringe). 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 31, state house district 52.
Desert Pride Academy 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 262 students, Desert Pride Academy is smaller than the district average of about 419 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Rural - Fringe
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