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Schools in Deming, NM

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At a glance

Schools

4,567

Students

Top rankedEarly College High School43^rd of 132 New Mexico high schools

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Biggest riser

Chaparral Elementary up 58 spots statewide this year

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Smallest classes

Ruben S. Torres Elementary 10.7 students per teacher

SchoolDigger ratings

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3 schools without a SchoolDigger rating (too few tested students)

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Summary:

Deming, New Mexico has 10 schools — five elementary, two middle, and three high schools — all part of Deming Public Schools, serving about 4,509 students across kindergarten through 12th grade. The district ranks 72 of 87 in New Mexico, at the 17th percentile with 1 star, and poverty is concentrated: nine of the ten schools have free/reduced lunch rates of 97%–100%, while Bell Elementary is the lone exception at 47.18%. Because results differ so much from campus to campus, individual school data matters more here than the district average.

The clearest bright spot is Early College High School, ranked 43 of 132 (67th percentile, 3 stars), with all-grade math at 37.93% versus the state's 25.54% and SAT math at 37.93% versus 12.55%. Memorial Elementary leads elementaries in English language arts at 46.0%, and Bataan Elementary stands out in math at 32.11%. Bell Elementary posts strong ELA (45.08%) and two recent 4-star years, though it slipped to 40th percentile in 2025–2026. Red Mountain Middle improved to 36th percentile from 15th, helped by 7th-grade math at 33.33%.

Concerns cluster at a few schools. Ruben S. Torres Elementary is the lowest-ranked at 331 of 346 (4th percentile, 0 stars), with ELA at 22.52% and science under 20%. Deming Cesar Chavez has a 62.5% graduation rate, and all tested subjects are under 20%. Deming High graduates 85.2% of students — above district and state — but grade 11 math is only 6.94%. Math is a citywide weakness, notably 8th grade at Red Mountain (9.14%) and grade 11 across the city.

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2026)				Ranking (2025)				SAT School Day English Language Arts (2026)			SAT School Day Mathematics (2026)			NM-ASR Science (2026)				NM-MSSA English Language Arts (2026)							NM-MSSA Mathematics (2026)							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 (2025)	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2026)	Statewide Rank (2026)	State Percentile (2026)	SchoolDigger Rating (2026)	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	Rank Change from Previous Year	SAT School Day English Language Arts 10th Grade	SAT School Day English Language Arts 11th Grade	SAT School Day English Language Arts All Grades	SAT School Day Mathematics 10th Grade	SAT School Day Mathematics 11th Grade	SAT School Day Mathematics All Grades	NM-ASR Science 5th Grade	NM-ASR Science 8th Grade	NM-ASR Science 11th Grade	NM-ASR Science All Grades	NM-MSSA English Language Arts 3rd Grade	NM-MSSA English Language Arts 4th Grade	NM-MSSA English Language Arts 5th Grade	NM-MSSA English Language Arts 6th Grade	NM-MSSA English Language Arts 7th Grade	NM-MSSA English Language Arts 8th Grade	NM-MSSA English Language Arts All Grades	NM-MSSA Mathematics 3rd Grade	NM-MSSA Mathematics 4th Grade	NM-MSSA Mathematics 5th Grade	NM-MSSA Mathematics 6th Grade	NM-MSSA Mathematics 7th Grade	NM-MSSA Mathematics 8th Grade	NM-MSSA Mathematics All Grades	Total
Bell Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	1000 East Maple	Deming	88030	Luna County	Deming Public Schools	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(575) 546-9712	301	23	13.0	47.2%	23 (7.6%)	4 (1.3%)	272 (90.4%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	37.6	208^th of 346 public elementary schools	39.9%		59.4	103^rd of 345 public elementary schools	70.1%	105							19.5				56.4	45.0	36.6				45.8	28.2	25.0	< 20%				22.5	$12,814
Chaparral Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	1400 East Holly	Deming	88030	Luna County	Deming Public Schools	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(575) 546-2047	377	26	14.4	97.3%	61 (16.2%)	1 (0.3%)	298 (79.0%)	8 (2.1%)	1 (0.3%)	4 (1.1%)	4 (1.1%)	30.8	238^th of 346 public elementary schools	31.2%		20	296^th of 345 public elementary schools	14.2%	58							23.2				47.4	42.5	36.8				42.3	31.6	11.0	29.8				23.0	$10,204
Deming High	Public	9-12	1300 S. Iron St.	Deming	88030	Luna County	Deming Public Schools	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(575) 546-2678	1,174	78	15.0	99.7%	122 (10.4%)	12 (1.0%)	1,021 (87.0%)	7 (0.6%)	4 (0.3%)	3 (0.3%)	5 (0.4%)	20.3	104^th of 132 public high schools	21.2%		26.9	90^th of 131 public high schools	31.3%	14		25.8			6.9				24.0																$9,751
Deming Intermediate	Public	6	1750 Pear St. SW	Deming	88030	Luna County	Deming Public Schools	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(575) 546-6568	373	27	13.9	100.0%	43 (11.5%)	2 (0.5%)	320 (85.8%)	4 (1.1%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	3 (0.8%)								(n/a)														37.3							27.7				$9,844
Memorial Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	1000 South 10th St	Deming	88030	Luna County	Deming Public Schools	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(575) 546-2502	331	24	13.7	99.4%	35 (10.6%)	2 (0.6%)	291 (87.9%)	2 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	40.2	191^st of 346 public elementary schools	44.8%		44.3	170^th of 345 public elementary schools	50.7%	21							23.5				40.7	53.7	47.1				46.6	20.4	36.6	33.3				29.5	$9,481
My Little School	Public	PK	905 South Zinc	Deming	88030	Luna County	Deming Public Schools	No	(n/a)	No	No	(575) 543-1014	58	7	8.9	98.3%	6 (10.3%)	0 (0.0%)	52 (89.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)								(n/a)
Bataan Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	2200 Hwy 418 SW	Deming	88030	Luna County	Deming Public Schools	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(575) 544-0900	487	37	13.1	99.6%	48 (9.9%)	0 (0.0%)	431 (88.5%)	1 (0.2%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (1.0%)	34.9	217^th of 346 public elementary schools	37.3%		25.8	253^rd of 345 public elementary schools	26.7%	36							30.4				22.6	42.9	34.8				34.4	11.3	35.7	47.8				32.6	$9,486
Deming Cesar Chavez	Public, Charter	9-12	315 East 1st St	Deming	88030	Luna County	Deming Public Schools	Yes	(n/a)	No	Yes	(575) 544-8404	177	10	18.0	100.0%	23 (13.0%)	2 (1.1%)	147 (83.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.6%)	4 (2.3%)								(n/a)		< 20%	< 20%		< 20%	< 20%			< 20%	< 20%															$12,858
Red Mountain Middle	Public	7-8	2100 Hwy 418 SW	Deming	88030	Luna County	Deming Public Schools	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(575) 546-0668	746	49	15.0	99.6%	76 (10.2%)	3 (0.4%)	655 (87.8%)	3 (0.4%)	4 (0.5%)	1 (0.1%)	4 (0.5%)	30.8	122^nd of 191 public middle schools	36.1%		19.3	163^rd of 192 public middle schools	15.1%	41								27.2							43.1	31.5	37.3					33.5	9.2	21.3	$9,718
Ruben S. Torres Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	1910 8th St NW	Deming	88030	Luna County	Deming Public Schools	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(575) 544-2723	363	34	10.7	98.6%	30 (8.3%)	3 (0.8%)	316 (87.1%)	3 (0.8%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (2.8%)	11.2	331^st of 346 public elementary schools	4.3%		15.2	324^th of 345 public elementary schools	6.1%	7							< 20%			< 20%	26.9	22.5	18.8				22.8	19.2	16.3	20.8				18.8	$10,277
Early College High School	Public	9-12	720 W Buckeye St	Deming	88030	Luna County	Deming Public Schools	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(575) 543-1643	180	12	15.0	100.0%	34 (18.9%)	0 (0.0%)	143 (79.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (1.1%)	1 (0.6%)	59.6	43^rd of 132 public high schools	67.4%		90.4	14^th of 131 public high schools	89.3%	29		46.4	44.8		35.7	37.9			32.1																$11,032

Cities Near Deming

City	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Columbus	29.43 mi	1	86^th
Hurley	37.19 mi	1	7^th
San Lorenzo	38.99 mi	1
Bayard	40.55 mi	3	38^th
Santa Clara	42.46 mi	1

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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the New Mexico Public Education Department.

IMPORTANT DISCLAIMERS: Not all boundaries are included. We make every effort to ensure that boundaries are up-to-date. But it's important to note that these are approximations and are for general informational purposes only. To verify legal descriptions of boundaries or school locations, contact your local tax assessor's office and/or school district.