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LAS CRUCES

Las Cruces, New Mexico · Public School District · Open

Key statistics

22,782
Students enrolled
39
Public schools
2,041
Classroom teachers (FTE)
11.2:1
Students per teacher

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data. School year: 2024-25.

Students

By grade

  • Pre-K 929
  • Kindergarten 1,475
  • Grade 1 1,492
  • Grade 2 1,555
  • Grade 3 1,669
  • Grade 4 1,642
  • Grade 5 1,589
  • Grade 6 1,633
  • Grade 7 1,611
  • Grade 8 1,693
  • Grade 9 2,079
  • Grade 10 1,939
  • Grade 11 1,731
  • Grade 12 1,745

By race/ethnicity

  • Hispanic/Latino 80%
  • White 15%
  • Black or African American 2%
  • Two or more races 1%
  • Asian <1%
  • American Indian or Alaska Native <1%
  • Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander <1%

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (fall membership), school year 2024-25. Race/ethnicity as reported by the state.

Free and reduced-price lunch

100% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch 21,631 of 21,646 students in the 37 of its 39 schools that report
  • Free lunch 100%
  • Reduced-price lunch 0%

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data, school year 2024-25. Eligibility as reported by the state. Schools that serve free meals to every student may count all of them as eligible, so figures are not comparable from state to state.

Spending and revenue

$16,907 spent per student on day-to-day operations New Mexico median: $18,464 per student

Spending per student

  • Instruction $9,895
  • Support services $6,307
  • Other (food service, etc.) $705

Where the money comes from

  • Local 12%
  • State 67%
  • Federal 21%

Total revenue $484.0 milliontotal spending $460.8 million

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, School District Finance Survey (F-33), school year 2023-24. Day-to-day spending is NCES's current expenditures: it leaves out construction, equipment, debt and payments to charter or private schools. Per student is per fall enrollment of that year.

District details

Grades served

PK to 12

Locale (NCES)

City: MidsizeStudents: 64% city, 22% rural, 14% suburb

Total staff (FTE)

4,341

District office

505 SOUTH MAIN SUITE 249, Las Cruces NM 88001

County

DoÑa Ana County

Official website

NCES District ID

3501500

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About LAS CRUCES

Description provided by the district or community — not part of the NCES dataset.

The Las Cruces Public Schools, in partnership with students, families, and the community, provides a student-centered learning environment that cultivates character, fosters academic excellence, and embraces diversity.
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