West Las Vegas Public Schools is a
school district
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based in
Las Vegas
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,
New Mexico
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,
United States
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.
The district covers a area in southern
San Miguel County.
Within the city of Las Vegas, the district serves areas located west of the Gallinas River. Other communities in the district include
Pueblo
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,
Ribera,
San Jose,
Sena
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,
Tecolote, and
Villanueva.
History
In 1972 the West Las Vegas district offered to have school bus transportation from
Anton Chico, a community in the
Santa Rosa Consolidated Schools
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which had its middle school closed and which had some resentment in turn against the Santa Rosa district, to the West Las Vegas schools. The West Las Vegas district asked the State of New Mexico to pay for the transportation costs, but in 1973 the
New Mexico State Board of Education
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denied the request to pay.
Schools
High school
*Grades 9-12
**
West Las Vegas High School
West Las Vegas High School (WLVHS) is a public senior high school in Las Vegas, New Mexico and the only such high school in the West Las Vegas Schools District. Founded in 1947, it is the oldest high school in the city.
The mascot of WLVHS is ...
Middle schools
*Grades 6-8
**Valley Middle School
**West Las Vegas Middle School
Elementary schools
*Grades 2-5
**Don Cecilio Martinez Elementary School
**Tony Serna Jr. Elementary School
**Union Street Elementary School
*Grades K-5
**Valley Elementary School
*Grades K-1
**Luis E. Armijo Elementary School
Other Campuses
*West Las Vegas Family Partnership
**High School Site (Grades 7–12)
*Rio Gallinas School (Grades 1–8)
Enrollment
*2007-2008 School Year: 1,795 students
*2006-2007 School Year: 1,832 students
*2005-2006 School Year: 2,001 students
*2004-2005 School Year: 1,952 students
*2003-2004 School Year: 1,999 students
*2002-2003 School Year: 2,056 students
*2001-2002 School Year: 2,080 students
*2000-2001 School Year: 2,111 students
Demographics
There were a total of 1,795 students enrolled in West Las Vegas Public Schools during the 2007–2008 school year. The gender makeup of the district was 48.30% female and 51.70% male. The racial makeup of the district was 92.53% Hispanic, 5.68% White, 1.06% African American, 0.61% Native American, and 0.11% Asian/Pacific Islander.
See also
*
List of school districts in New Mexico
This is a complete list of school districts in the U.S. state, State of New Mexico.
All school districts are classified as separate governments by the U.S. Census Bureau. New Mexico has no school systems dependent on another layer of government ...
*
Las Vegas City Schools - a district serving areas of Las Vegas located east of the Gallinas River.
References
External links
West Las Vegas Schools– Official site.
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Las Vegas, New Mexico
School districts in New Mexico
Education in San Miguel County, New Mexico