📍 1 Viking St White Sands Missil, Las Cruces, Doña Ana County, 88002
White Sands Elementary is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Las Cruces, Doña Ana County. The school has 275 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Las Cruces Public Schools school district. It serves grades Pre-K–8 in a rural setting. The school employs 21 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 13.1:1. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
White Sands Elementary enrolls 275 students across grades Pre-K–8. The student body is 50% male and 50% female. A teaching staff of 21 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 13.1:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 44% White, 40% Hispanic or Latino and 8% Two or more races.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 121 | 44% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 111 | 40% |
| Two or more races | 22 | 8% |
| Black or African American | 8 | 2.9% |
| Asian | 6 | 2.2% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 5 | 1.8% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 2 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
275 of the school's 275 students (100%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 275 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.
White Sands 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 31, state house district 53.
White Sands 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 275 students, White Sands Elementary is smaller than the district average of about 570 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Rural - Distant
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