Elementary · Regular · Grades PK to 5
Tombaugh Elementary, Las Cruces, NM
Enrollment and teachers
- Students
- 565
- Teachers (FTE)
- 46.0
- Students per teacher
- 12.3
- Grades
- PK to 5
This school's ratio is 1.1 higher than the district figure of 11.2. The New Mexico average across schools is 13.2. Ratios count all teachers, including specialists, so they are lower than typical class sizes.
School details
- Address
- 226 Carver Rd, Las Cruces, NM 88005
- Phone
- (575)527-9575
- District
- Las Cruces School District
- County
- Doña Ana County
- Level
- Elementary
- Type
- Regular
- Status
- Open
- Charter
- No
- Virtual
- No
- Locale
- Suburb: Midsize
- NCES school ID
- 350150030009
School meals
- Free lunch
- 563
- Reduced-price lunch
- 0
- Free or reduced-price lunch
- 56399.6% of enrollment.
- Direct certification
- 280Students certified through programs such as SNAP, without an application.
- Community Eligibility Provision
- Yes (CEP school)
Schools in the Community Eligibility Provision (CEP) serve free meals to all students, so their free lunch counts often reflect direct certification or total enrollment. Free and reduced lunch shares are not comparable between CEP and non-CEP schools.
Related schools
Other elementary schools in Las Cruces School District
- Monte Vista Elementary 706 students
- Highland Elementary 704 students
- Sonoma Elementary 660 students
- Desert Hills Elementary 502 students
- Cesar Chavez Elementary 492 students
- East Picacho Elementary 460 students
- Loma Heights Elementary 450 students
- Jornada Elementary 429 students
- Hillrise Elementary 421 students
- Conlee Elementary 417 students
- Hermosa Heights Elementary 408 students
- Fairacres Elementary 405 students
Elementary schools elsewhere in Las Cruces
- J Paul Taylor Academy J Paul Taylor Academy
- Raices del Saber Xinachtli Community Raices del Saber Xinachtli Community
We publish official enrollment and staffing data, not ratings or test scores.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 and F-33 finance 2020, via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Last reviewed October 2026. Blank values are not available, not applicable or suppressed in the source. See the methodology.