Summary:
Lovington, New Mexico is home to nine schools serving about 3,130 students in grades PK–12, all within Lovington Municipal Schools. The district is structured unusually: rather than typical K–5 elementaries, it runs separate schools for PK–K (Llano Elementary), grade 1 (Lea Elementary), grade 2 (Ben Alexander Elementary), grade 3 (Jefferson Elementary), and grades 4–5 (Yarbro Elementary), followed by grade 6, grades 7–8, and grades 9–12. Economic need is effectively universal: every school reports 100% free/reduced lunch except Lovington High at 99.87%. Because each elementary often serves only one or two grades, "all grades" comparisons between schools are tricky.
The clearest academic bright spot is Lovington 6th Grade Academy, where 6th-grade math proficiency is 48.06% versus 31.89% statewide and ELA is 43.20% versus 38.90% — and it has the lowest student-teacher ratio in the district at 12.7. Taylor Middle is roughly at state average, with its 7th grade above state in both ELA (47.58% vs 46.63%) and math (29.96% vs 26.93%), while its 8th grade falls below state; its rank improved from the 27th to the 47th percentile. Llano reports a striking 61.47% in language arts, but since it serves PK–K that figure should be read with caution.
Weak spots are concentrated in the upper grades and at Yarbro. Yarbro's 5th-grade math is 14.35% against 33.85% statewide, and its rank fell from the 45th to the 11th percentile. Jefferson's 3rd-grade math (19.23%) and ELA (39.74%) are also below state. Lovington High graduates students at 88.3%, above the state's 80.6%, yet its 11th-grade scores trail state in every subject — most sharply in science (21.62% vs 34.02%) and math (7.57% vs 12.72%). New Hope Alternative High faces the greatest challenges: a 49.1% graduation rate and the district's highest student-teacher ratio of 24.4, with test scores suppressed by the state and therefore unknown rather than failing.
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