📍 580 Angelina Blvd, Chapparal, Otero County, 88081
Yucca Heights Elementary is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Chapparal, Otero County. The school has 473 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Gadsden Independent Schools school district. It serves grades K–6 in a rural setting. The school employs 33 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 14.3:1. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Yucca Heights Elementary enrolls 473 students across grades K–6. The student body is 48% male and 52% female. A teaching staff of 33 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 14.3:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 98% Hispanic or Latino, 1.9% White and <1% Black or African American.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 462 | 98% |
| White | 9 | 1.9% |
| Black or African American | 2 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
473 of the school's 473 students (100%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 473 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 Heights Elementary 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 34, state house district 53.
Yucca Heights 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 473 students, Yucca Heights Elementary is close to 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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