Sierra Vista Elementary

Sierra Vista Elementary is a middle school of 251 students serving grades 4–6 in Las Vegas City Public Schools in Las Vegas, New Mexico, a high-need community where the most recent free or reduced-price lunch rate was 100%.

In 2023–2024, Sierra Vista ranked 82 out of 165 New Mexico schools — the 50th percentile, with 3 stars. It is bigger than Memorial Middle (167 students, grades 7–8) and Union Elementary (90 students, grade 5), but smaller than West Las Vegas Middle School (345 students, grades 6–8). On 2025–2026 tests, Sierra Vista’s all-grade English language arts proficiency (41.04%) and math proficiency (20.48%) were both above its district averages (37.8% and 16.6%) but below state averages (43.34% and 25.54%). Compared with nearby middle schools, Sierra Vista looks stronger: it tops Memorial Middle by roughly 8.2 points in ELA and 7.6 points in math, and West Las Vegas Middle School by about 9.4 points in ELA and 8.9 points in math. Its student-teacher ratio is 14.4, mid-range locally and improved from 16.5 in 2022–2023.

Math is the clearest area to watch. All-grade math trails the state, and the gap is widest in 4th grade, where 11.29% were proficient versus 27.24% statewide. Even the stronger 5th- and 6th-grade math results fall below state averages. Reading is closer to — and in one spot above — state levels, with 5th-grade ELA at 42.86% (state: 41.98%), and all-grade ELA rising from 35% in 2022–2023 to 41.04% in 2025–2026. In 2023–2024, the school’s English learner subgroup ranked in the 86th percentile with 4 stars, and its low-income subgroup ranked in the 68th percentile with 3 stars, suggesting notable effectiveness with those student populations.