Las Cruces High

Public high school, grades 9 to 12 · Las Cruces, New Mexico

Las Cruces High in Las Cruces, New Mexico enrolled 1,703 students in 2024-25. It ran a schoolwide Title I program in 2021-22; every student eats free under the Community Eligibility Provision (2024-25). On the state tests, 28% of its students tested were proficient in reading in 2021-22 and 13% proficient in math in 2022-23 (New Mexico: 33.8% and 24.4%). Its four-year graduation rate for the class of 2023 was 82% (New Mexico: 76.5%).

NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 · Civil Rights Data Collection 2021-22 · Title I status CCD 2021-22 · method

Enrollment fell 5% from 2022-23 to 2024-25

1,787 students in 2022-23, 1,806 students in 2023-24, 1,703 students in 2024-25.

Students enrolled at Las Cruces High by school year2022-23: 1,787, 2023-24: 1,806, 2024-25: 1,70305001k1.5k2k2022-231,7872023-241,8062024-251,703
Students enrolled at Las Cruces High by school year2022-23: 1,787, 2023-24: 1,806, 2024-25: 1,70305001k1.5k2k2022-231,7872023-241,8062024-251,703
Students enrolled at Las Cruces High by school year2022-23: 1,787, 2023-24: 1,806, 2024-25: 1,70305001k1.5k2k2022-231,7872023-241,8062024-251,703
Students enrolled at Las Cruces High by school year2022-23: 1,787, 2023-24: 1,806, 2024-25: 1,70305001k1.5k2k2022-231,7872023-241,8062024-251,703
The numbers as a table
School yearStudentsTeachers (FTE)Per teacher
2022-231,78798.418.2
2023-241,80697.318.6
2024-251,703not reportednot reported

Source: NCES Common Core of Data membership and staff files, 2022-23, 2023-24, 2024-25.

31 AP courses and one counselor per 885 students in 2021-22

In the 2021-22 civil rights collection Las Cruces High enrolled 1,770 students and had 2.0 counselors (full-time equivalent); it reported 60 out-of-school suspensions that year.

  • Advanced Placement courses31
  • Gifted and talented programYes
  • Counselors (FTE)2.0, one per 885 of the 1,770 students enrolled in 2021-22
  • Out-of-school suspensions60
  • Chronically absent35.1% (2022-23)

Who attends

80.2% of students were Hispanic, 15.2% White, 2.2% Black in 2024-25.

  1. Hispanic80.2%
  2. White15.2%
  3. Black2.2%
  4. Two or more races0.9%
  5. American Indian0.9%
  6. Asian0.5%
  7. Pacific Islander0.1%

Source: U.S. Department of Education, Civil Rights Data Collection 2021-22; chronic absenteeism from EDFacts 2022-23; every count and the counselor ratio are for that school year. Who attends: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25, membership by race and ethnicity.

State test results, 2021-22 and 2022-23

The students tested at Las Cruces High scored proficient or above: 28% in reading in 2021-22 and 13% in math in 2022-23, against 33.8% in reading in 2021-22 and 24.4% in math in 2022-23 across New Mexico. Each state writes its own test and sets its own proficiency bar, so compare these within New Mexico, not across states. ED Data Express holds no district results after 2021-22, so the district column gives its 2021-22 figure.

Students proficient or above, 2021-22 and 2022-23
Subject and yearThis schoolIts districtNew Mexico
Reading and language arts, 2021-2228%33%33.8%
Math, 2022-2313%22% (2021-22)24.4%

Source: U.S. Department of Education, EDFacts state assessment results 2021-22 and 2022-23, all students, from ED Data Express (2021-22 through the Data Rescue Project archive); for 2022-23 ED published math by school and reading only by state: ED shows school and district results as ranges (for example 20-24%) to protect small groups.

Graduation rate, class of 2023

82% of the 458 students in Las Cruces High's class of 2023 graduated within four years, against 76.5% across New Mexico. The four-year rate follows the students who started ninth grade in fall 2019, adjusted for those who moved in or out, and counts those who earned a regular diploma by 2023. Every state computes it the same way under federal law, though each sets its own diploma requirements.

Four-year adjusted-cohort graduation rate, class of 2023
This schoolIts districtNew Mexico
Four-year graduation rate82%82%76.5%
Students in the class4581,87025,411

Source: U.S. Department of Education, EDFacts four-year adjusted-cohort graduation rates 2022-23, all students, from ED Data Express: ED shows school and district rates as ranges (for example 90-94%) and leaves out small classes.

High schools in Las Cruces

9 public high schools in Las Cruces report 2024-25 enrollment; Las Cruces High is number 3 by size.

SchoolStudentsPer teacherFree lunch
Organ Mountain High School2,12819.0100.0%
Centennial High School1,71313.299.9%
Las Cruces High1,70318.2100.0%
Mayfield High1,32717.2100.0%
New America School - Las Cruces22520.395.1%
Las Montanas Charter20112.6100.0%
Alma D'arte Charter639.5100.0%
Aztec Youth Academy333.990.9%

All public schools in Las Cruces →

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25.

What to look at next about Las Cruces High

  1. Las Montanas CharterThe nearest public high school, 0.6 miles away: 201 students, 12.6 per teacher (2024-25).0.6 mi
  2. New America School - Las CrucesThe next nearest public high school, 1.4 miles away: 225 students, 20.3 per teacher (2024-25).1.4 mi
  3. Compare Las Cruces High with Las Montanas CharterStudents, teachers, meals, test results and who attends, side by side.
  4. How much Las Cruces Public Schools spends per student$14,613 per student on current operations in fiscal year 2022-23 (U.S. $16,260), with its revenue sources and teacher pay.$14,613
  5. The largest public schools in New MexicoLas Cruces High is the number 10 by size of 211 New Mexico high schools open in 2024-25.#10 of 211
  6. Find the school district for an addressA home's district, not its city, decides which public schools it can enroll in.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (locations, enrollment, teachers); NCES F-33 finance survey, fiscal year 2022-23. Distances are straight lines between the schools' NCES coordinates, not travel routes.

Questions about Las Cruces High

  1. How many students attend Las Cruces High?
    1,703 in the 2024-25 school year, according to the NCES Common Core of Data; 1,787 in 2022-23. It is a high school in Las Cruces, NM.
  2. What is the student-teacher ratio at Las Cruces High?
    18.2 students per full-time teacher (2022-23). A ratio counts every teacher, so it is not the size of a class.
  3. Is Las Cruces High a Title I school?
    Las Cruces High ran a schoolwide Title I program in 2021-22, the last year NCES published school Title I status.
  4. How do students at Las Cruces High do on state tests?
    The students tested at Las Cruces High scored proficient or above: 28% in reading in 2021-22 and 13% in math in 2022-23, against 33.8% in reading in 2021-22 and 24.4% in math in 2022-23 across New Mexico. New Mexico's own test sets what proficient means, so results compare within the state, not across states. Source: U.S. Department of Education, EDFacts state assessment results, 2021-22 and 2022-23; ED publishes school results as ranges to protect small groups.
  5. What is the graduation rate at Las Cruces High?
    82% of the 458 students in Las Cruces High's class of 2023 graduated within four years, against 76.5% across New Mexico. The rate counts the students who started ninth grade in fall 2019, adjusted for those who moved in or out, and the share of them with a regular diploma by 2023. Source: U.S. Department of Education, EDFacts four-year adjusted-cohort graduation rates, 2022-23; ED publishes school rates as ranges to protect small groups.
  6. What district is Las Cruces High in?
    Las Cruces Public Schools, NCES district ID 3501500. The first seven digits of the school's NCES ID 350150000386 are the district's.

Reading these figures: how to choose a school district, what Title I means and what an absenteeism rate means. They are for information and are not a substitute for the school's or district's own records.

Sources

Every federal file behind this record
  • NCES Common Core of Data, 2024-25: directory, membership, staff and lunch files. nces.ed.gov
  • NCES Common Core of Data, 2021-22 school characteristics: Title I status. nces.ed.gov
  • Civil Rights Data Collection, 2021-22: AP courses, gifted programs, counselors, discipline. civilrightsdata.ed.gov
  • EDFacts, 2022-23: chronic absenteeism. ed.gov
  • EDFacts state assessment results, 2021-22 and 2022-23: reading and math proficiency for the school, its district and its state (ED Data Express). eddataexpress.ed.gov
  • EDFacts four-year adjusted-cohort graduation rates, 2022-23: the class of 2023 for the school, its district and its state (ED Data Express). eddataexpress.ed.gov
  • NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, fiscal year 2022-23: district spending and revenue. nces.ed.gov
  • U.S. Census Bureau geocoder and TIGER school districts: the district boundary used by the district finder. census.gov

Source: NCES Common Core of Data Directory, membership, staff and lunch files · 2024-25

Source: Civil Rights Data Collection School-level files (AP, gifted, counselors, discipline) · 2021-22

District spending on the district page is from the NCES F-33 finance survey, fiscal year 2022-23.

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