Summary
La Casita Elementary is a PK–5 school at 400 Davis St in Clovis, NM, enrolling 484 students — the largest enrollment among the nearby schools compared here — and part of Clovis Municipal Schools, a district that ranks 57th of 87 in New Mexico (34th percentile, 2 stars). The school's own results fall below that district baseline. After years in roughly the 28th–50th percentile, La Casita has posted two straight 1-star years: 12th percentile in 2024–2025 and 18th percentile in 2025–2026 — a slight improvement year over year, with ELA rising from 31.44% to 33.17% while math slipped from 18.45% to 16.35%.
Math is the clearest area of concern. All-grade math proficiency is 16.35%, against 26.70% for the district and 25.54% statewide, and grade-level results are weak throughout: 3rd grade is under 10% proficient, 4th grade 19.74%, and 5th grade 24.24%. ELA is also behind, at 33.17% versus about 43% for both district and state, though 4th-grade ELA (44.74%) is a bright spot and much stronger than the school's 3rd- and 5th-grade results. Science is the relative strength: 30.30% of 5th graders were proficient, essentially matching district (32.05%) and state (31.97%) levels. Subgroup effectiveness is low across nearly every group reported, including the 4th percentile for female students, 3rd percentile for English Language Learner students, and 22nd percentile for low-income students.
Compared with nearby schools, La Casita trails most same-district peers in both ELA and math: Mesa Elementary (93rd percentile, 65.08% ELA, 54.50% math) and Barry Elementary (67th percentile, 53.01% ELA, 38.55% math) achieve much stronger results with similarly high poverty rates. Texico Elementary is an exceptional regional outlier at the 96th percentile, and Valencia Elementary in Portales, with 100% free/reduced lunch and a lower student-teacher ratio of 10.8, still outperforms La Casita in ELA and math. La Casita also has the highest student-teacher ratio (15.6) among the nearby Clovis schools — context that, like its near-universal poverty rate, does not fully explain the gap. Its most acute need remains math, especially in 3rd grade.
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