Best Public Schools in Lea County, New Mexico & Rankings

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2024)				Ranking (2023)				SAT School Day English Language Arts (2024)	SAT School Day Mathematics (2024)	NM-ASR Science (2024)	NM-MSSA English Language Arts (2024)	NM-MSSA Mathematics (2024)	Per Pupil Expenditures (2019)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	SchoolDigger Rating (2024)	Average Standard Score (2023)	Statewide Rank (2023)	State Percentile (2023)	Rank Change from Previous Year	SAT School Day English Language Arts 11th Grade	SAT School Day Mathematics 11th Grade	NM-ASR Science All Grades	NM-MSSA English Language Arts All Grades	NM-MSSA Mathematics All Grades	Total
Eunice High	Public	9-12	1101 19th Street	Eunice	88231	Lea County	Eunice	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(575) 394-2332	219	16	13.8	56.6%	74 (33.8%)	1 (0.5%)	140 (63.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (1.8%)	16.5	165^th of 190 public high schools	13.2%		62.5	51^st of 170 public high schools	70.0%	114	11.0		31.0			$10,036
Caton Middle	Public	6-8	1109 16th Street	Eunice	88231	Lea County	Eunice	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(575) 394-3338	161	11	14.8	70.8%	43 (26.7%)	3 (1.9%)	113 (70.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (1.2%)	27.7	172^nd of 235 public middle schools	26.8%		23.4	183^rd of 239 public middle schools	23.4%	11			22.0	30.0	16.0	$8,372
Mettie Jordan Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	1715 Avenue M	Eunice	88231	Lea County	Eunice	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(575) 394-2440	346	23	14.8	70.8%	114 (32.9%)	4 (1.2%)	228 (65.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	18.9	365^th of 433 public elementary schools	15.7%		24.1	347^th of 435 public elementary schools	20.2%	18			25.0	21.0	13.0	$8,567
Broadmoor Elementary	Public	K-5	1500 North Houston	Hobbs	88240	Lea County	Hobbs	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(575) 433-1500	333	24	14.0	100.0%	61 (18.3%)	10 (3.0%)	254 (76.3%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (2.1%)	75.1	94^th of 433 public elementary schools	78.3%		77.4	89^th of 435 public elementary schools	79.5%	5			40.0	46.0	42.0	$7,419
Coronado Elementary	Public	K-5	2600 North Brazos	Hobbs	88240	Lea County	Hobbs	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(575) 433-2300	368	23	16.1	100.0%	71 (19.3%)	22 (6.0%)	259 (70.4%)	5 (1.4%)	2 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (2.4%)	50.8	192^nd of 433 public elementary schools	55.7%		75.4	97^th of 435 public elementary schools	77.7%	95			39.0	33.0	30.0	$7,978
Edison Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	501 East Gypsy	Hobbs	88240	Lea County	Hobbs	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(575) 433-1600	224	18	12.6	100.0%	18 (8.0%)	8 (3.6%)	197 (87.9%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	70.1	110^th of 433 public elementary schools	74.6%		39.3	262^nd of 435 public elementary schools	39.8%	152			46.0	42.0	38.0	$8,127
Highland Middle School	Public	6-8	2500 North Jefferson	Hobbs	88240	Lea County	Hobbs	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(575) 433-1200	840	45	18.4	100.0%	176 (21.0%)	45 (5.4%)	604 (71.9%)	5 (0.6%)	1 (0.1%)	3 (0.4%)	6 (0.7%)	26.9	175^th of 235 public middle schools	25.5%		34	146^th of 239 public middle schools	38.9%	29			22.0	31.0	14.0	$6,791
Hobbs High	Public	9-12	800 North Jefferson	Hobbs	88240	Lea County	Hobbs	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(575) 433-0200	2,216	120	18.4	100.0%	482 (21.8%)	79 (3.6%)	1,629 (73.5%)	16 (0.7%)	7 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.1%)	51.1	70^th of 190 public high schools	63.2%		28.3	110^th of 170 public high schools	35.3%	40	30.0	7.0	41.0			$9,488
Houston Middle School	Public	6-9	300 North Houston	Hobbs	88240	Lea County	Hobbs	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(575) 433-1300	843	45	18.8	100.0%	186 (22.1%)	36 (4.3%)	601 (71.3%)	8 (0.9%)	5 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (0.8%)	48.3	101^st of 235 public middle schools	57.0%		41.5	124^th of 239 public middle schools	48.1%	23			35.0	40.0	22.0	$7,427
Jefferson Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	1200 West Park	Hobbs	88240	Lea County	Hobbs	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(575) 433-1700	351	26	13.6	100.0%	48 (13.7%)	5 (1.4%)	290 (82.6%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (2.0%)	24.7	329^th of 433 public elementary schools	24.0%		31.6	298^th of 435 public elementary schools	31.5%	31			14.0	25.0	19.0	$8,405
Mills Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	200 West Copper	Hobbs	88240	Lea County	Hobbs	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(575) 433-2400	401	24	16.9	100.0%	84 (20.9%)	12 (3.0%)	288 (71.8%)	7 (1.7%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (2.2%)	80.1	79^th of 433 public elementary schools	81.8%		73.6	101^st of 435 public elementary schools	76.8%	22			31.0	51.0	49.0	$7,740
Sanger Elementary	Public	K-5	2020 North Adobe	Hobbs	88240	Lea County	Hobbs	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(575) 433-1800	393	22	18.2	100.0%	100 (25.4%)	7 (1.8%)	270 (68.7%)	5 (1.3%)	3 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (2.0%)	43.5	224^th of 433 public elementary schools	48.3%		76.1	94^th of 435 public elementary schools	78.4%	130			26.0	34.0	26.0	$7,295
Southern Heights Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	101 East Texas	Hobbs	88240	Lea County	Hobbs	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(575) 433-1900	371	25	14.9	100.0%	28 (7.5%)	6 (1.6%)	335 (90.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.5%)	31.7	286^th of 433 public elementary schools	33.9%		36.1	281^st of 435 public elementary schools	35.4%	5			15.0	24.0	26.0	$7,446
Taylor Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	1520 N. Breckon	Hobbs	88240	Lea County	Hobbs	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(575) 433-2000	421	24	17.2	100.0%	56 (13.3%)	11 (2.6%)	346 (82.2%)	2 (0.5%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (1.2%)	43.7	221^st of 433 public elementary schools	49.0%		43.4	233^rd of 435 public elementary schools	46.4%	12			23.0	34.0	27.0	$6,365
Booker T. Washington Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	1200 East Humble	Hobbs	88240	Lea County	Hobbs	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(575) 433-2100	156	13	11.5	100.0%	20 (12.8%)	11 (7.1%)	123 (78.8%)	1 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.6%)	52.7	179^th of 433 public elementary schools	58.7%		62.6	151^st of 435 public elementary schools	65.3%	28			29.0	39.0	29.0	$8,196
Will Rogers Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	300 East Clinton	Hobbs	88240	Lea County	Hobbs	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(575) 433-2200	314	22	14.5	100.0%	42 (13.4%)	6 (1.9%)	263 (83.8%)	2 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	43.6	223^rd of 433 public elementary schools	48.5%		63.9	146^th of 435 public elementary schools	66.4%	77			21.0	34.0	27.0	$8,594
Stone Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	1015 Calle Sur	Hobbs	88240	Lea County	Hobbs	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(575) 433-2500	404	23	17.2	100.0%	131 (32.4%)	8 (2.0%)	249 (61.6%)	13 (3.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.7%)	45.3	210^th of 433 public elementary schools	51.5%		62	156^th of 435 public elementary schools	64.1%	54			17.0	38.0	25.0	$6,496
Lovington 6th Grade Academy	Public	6	500 West Jefferson Ave	Lovington	88260	Lea County	Lovington	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(575) 739-2330	228	18	12.9	98.7%	41 (18.0%)	1 (0.4%)	183 (80.3%)	2 (0.9%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)								(n/a)				42.0	45.0	$8,627
Jefferson Elementary	Public	3	300 West Jefferson Ave	Lovington	88260	Lea County	Lovington	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(575) 739-2540	220	13	16.4	98.6%	42 (19.1%)	4 (1.8%)	171 (77.7%)	3 (1.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	12.2	403^rd of 433 public elementary schools	6.9%		32.4	295^th of 435 public elementary schools	32.2%	108				18.0	9.0	$9,455
Lea Elementary	Public	1	1202 West Birch Ave	Lovington	88260	Lea County	Lovington	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(575) 739-2625	220	15	14.3	98.6%	38 (17.3%)	2 (0.9%)	175 (79.5%)	1 (0.5%)	4 (1.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)								(n/a)						$12,008
Llano Elementary	Public	PK-K	1000 South First	Lovington	88260	Lea County	Lovington	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(575) 739-2670	325	22	14.7	99.1%	39 (12.0%)	3 (0.9%)	279 (85.8%)	3 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)								(n/a)						$10,118
Lovington High	Public	10-12	701 West Ave K	Lovington	88260	Lea County	Lovington	No	(n/a)	No	No	(575) 739-2230	737	43	17.1	99.6%	136 (18.5%)	8 (1.1%)	592 (80.3%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	44.1	85^th of 190 public high schools	55.3%		39.3	89^th of 170 public high schools	47.6%	4	29.0	6.0	45.0			$9,400
Ben Alexander Elementary	Public	2	1400 South Sixth	Lovington	88260	Lea County	Lovington	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(575) 739-2580	251	15	16.7	98.8%	34 (13.5%)	4 (1.6%)	212 (84.5%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)								(n/a)						$9,966
Taylor Middle	Public	7-8	700 South 11th St	Lovington	88260	Lea County	Lovington	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(575) 739-2435	527	26	19.9	99.4%	83 (15.7%)	8 (1.5%)	435 (82.5%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	26.6	178^th of 235 public middle schools	24.3%		32.7	154^th of 239 public middle schools	35.6%	24			28.0	31.0	11.0	$8,118
Yarbro Elementary	Public	4-5	700 West Jefferson Ave	Lovington	88260	Lea County	Lovington	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(575) 739-2490	443	27	16.5	99.3%	63 (14.2%)	8 (1.8%)	369 (83.3%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	31.7	287^th of 433 public elementary schools	33.7%		42.4	240^th of 435 public elementary schools	44.8%	47			24.0	33.0	17.0	$8,872
New Hope Alternative High	Public	9-12	601 North 5th St	Lovington	88260	Lea County	Lovington	No	(n/a)	No	No	(575) 739-2415	124	7	17.2	97.6%	22 (17.7%)	0 (0.0%)	101 (81.5%)	1 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	9.3	185^th of 190 public high schools	2.6%					(n/a)	9.0		12.0			$12,110
Murray Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	510 N Dal Paso St	Hobbs	88240	Lea County	Hobbs	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(575) 433-2700	458	29	15.9	100.0%	86 (18.8%)	22 (4.8%)	345 (75.3%)	1 (0.2%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.4%)	24.7	328^th of 433 public elementary schools	24.2%		25.4	337^th of 435 public elementary schools	22.5%	9			14.0	20.0	22.0	$8,610
Lae County Corrections	Public	8-12	6900 West Millen Dr	Hobbs	88244	Lea County	Nm Corrections	No	(n/a)	No	No	(575) 392-4055	5	0	6.0		1 (20.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (60.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (20.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)								(n/a)
College Lane Elementary	Public	K-5	2000 College Ln	Hobbs	88240	Lea County	Hobbs	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(575) 433-2600	519	29	17.6	100.0%	148 (28.5%)	9 (1.7%)	351 (67.6%)	2 (0.4%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (1.3%)	44.7	216^th of 433 public elementary schools	50.1%		59.1	167^th of 435 public elementary schools	61.6%	49			26.0	31.0	30.0	$6,916
Heizer Middle School	Public	6-8	101 East Stanolind Rd	Hobbs	88240	Lea County	Hobbs	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(575) 433-1100	606	41	14.9	100.0%	55 (9.1%)	26 (4.3%)	520 (85.8%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.5%)	22.1	188^th of 235 public middle schools	20.0%		17	217^th of 239 public middle schools	9.2%	29			24.0	26.0	13.0	$9,874
Jal Junior High	Public	6-8	100 Property Street	Jal	88252	Lea County	Jal	No	(n/a)	No	No	(575) 395-2101	125	8	16.0	55.2%	17 (13.6%)	0 (0.0%)	107 (85.6%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	22.2	187^th of 235 public middle schools	20.4%		16.8	219^th of 239 public middle schools	8.4%	32			19.0	32.0	7.0	$6,830
Jal Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	307 East Utah	Jal	88252	Lea County	Jal	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(575) 395-2101	255	16	15.9	51.4%	43 (16.9%)	0 (0.0%)	211 (82.7%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	31.5	290^th of 433 public elementary schools	33.0%		36.6	275^th of 435 public elementary schools	36.8%	15			27.0	27.0	21.0	$10,088
Jal High	Public	9-12	100 Property Street	Jal	88252	Lea County	Jal	No	(n/a)	No	No	(575) 395-2101	147	8	18.6	47.6%	32 (21.8%)	0 (0.0%)	114 (77.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.7%)	24	142^nd of 190 public high schools	25.3%		21.7	130^th of 170 public high schools	23.5%	12	21.0		24.0			$12,842
Tatum Elementary	Public	PK, KG-6	115 West 3rd St	Tatum	88267	Lea County	Tatum	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(575) 398-4455	131	10	12.8	55.0%	70 (53.4%)	0 (0.0%)	61 (46.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	73.6	101^st of 433 public elementary schools	76.7%		82.2	74^th of 435 public elementary schools	83.0%	27			65.0	44.0	36.0	$11,658
Tatum High	Public	9-12	307 West 3rd Street	Tatum	88267	Lea County	Tatum	No	(n/a)	No	No	(575) 398-4455	116	8	14.0	42.2%	60 (51.7%)	1 (0.9%)	54 (46.6%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	51.7	69^th of 190 public high schools	63.7%					(n/a)	33.0		56.0			$15,560
Tatum Junior High	Public	7-8	320 West 3rd Street	Tatum	88267	Lea County	Tatum	No	(n/a)	No	No	(575) 398-4455	51	4	12.5	41.2%	25 (49.0%)	0 (0.0%)	25 (49.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (2.0%)	81.4	38^th of 235 public middle schools	83.8%		48.9	106^th of 239 public middle schools	55.6%	68			58.0	69.0	29.0	$14,219

Best Public Schools in Lea County, NM

Tatum Junior High

Mills Elementary

Broadmoor Elementary

Tatum Elementary

Edison Elementary

Booker T. Washington Elementary

Tatum High

Hobbs High

Coronado Elementary

Houston Middle School

Stone Elementary

College Lane Elementary

Lovington High

Taylor Elementary

Will Rogers Elementary

Sanger Elementary

Southern Heights Elementary

Yarbro Elementary

Jal Elementary

Caton Middle

Highland Middle School

Taylor Middle

Murray Elementary

Jefferson Elementary

Jal High

Jal Junior High

Heizer Middle School

Mettie Jordan Elementary

Eunice High

Jefferson Elementary

New Hope Alternative High

Ben Alexander Elementary

Lae County Corrections

Lea Elementary

Llano Elementary

Lovington 6th Grade Academy

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