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Loma Heights Elementary

📍 1600 East Madrid, Las Cruces, Doña Ana County, 88001

505
Pupils
15.2
Pupil:teacher ratio

About this school

Loma Heights Elementary is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Las Cruces, Doña Ana County. The school has 505 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Las Cruces Public Schools school district. It serves grades Pre-K–5 in an urban setting. The school employs 33.3 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 15.2:1. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.

School details

School district
Las Cruces Public Schools

Enrollment & staffing

Loma Heights Elementary enrolls 505 students across grades Pre-K–5. The student body is 55% male and 45% female. A teaching staff of 33.3 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 15.2:1.

Male students
280 (55%)
Female students
225 (45%)
Teachers (FTE)
33.3
Student-teacher ratio
15.2:1
Grade span
Pre-K–5

Student demographics

By race and ethnicity, the student body is 88% Hispanic or Latino, 9.5% White and 1.6% Black or African American.

Race / ethnicityStudentsShare
Hispanic or Latino44488%
White489.5%
Black or African American81.6%
Two or more races3<1%
Asian1<1%
American Indian or Alaska Native1<1%

Source: NCES Common Core of Data.

Free & reduced-price lunch

505 of the school's 505 students (100%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 505 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.

School setting & status

City, MidsizeGrades Pre-K–5Title I

Loma Heights Elementary is located in an urban setting (NCES locale: City, Midsize). 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 37, state house district 35.

School district: LAS CRUCES

Loma Heights Elementary is one of 40 schools in LAS CRUCES, based in LAS CRUCES, New Mexico. The district serves 22,782 students district-wide and employs 1,513 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 505 students, Loma Heights Elementary is close to the district average of about 570 students per school.

22,782
District students
40
Schools
1,513
Teachers (FTE)

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Academic Performance

29%
Poverty rate

Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.

Technology & Programs

📶 Fiber internet 📡 Campus Wi-Fi 💻 Provides devices

Setting: City - Midsize

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