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Best Public Schools in Lea County, NM

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Schools

14,112

Students

Districts

Top rankedTatum Junior High23^rd of 191 New Mexico middle schools

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Biggest riser

Edison Elementary up 118 spots statewide this year

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Smallest classes

Tatum High 9.1 students per teacher

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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 11th Grade	SAT School Day English Language Arts All Grades	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
Lae County Corrections	Public	8-12	6900 West Millen Dr	Hobbs	88240	Lea County	Nm Corrections	No	(n/a)	No	No	(575) 392-4055	7	0			3 (42.9%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (57.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)								(n/a)
Eunice High	Public	9-12	1101 19th Street	Eunice	88231	Lea County	Eunice Municipal Schools	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(575) 394-2332	221	22	10.1	49.8%	56 (25.3%)	1 (0.5%)	153 (69.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	11 (5.0%)	35.6	71^st of 132 public high schools	46.2%		18.8	109^th of 131 public high schools	16.8%	38	32.7		< 20%	< 20%			34.6																$10,036
Caton Middle	Public	6-8	1109 16th Street	Eunice	88231	Lea County	Eunice Municipal Schools	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(575) 394-3338	170	11	14.8	54.7%	52 (30.6%)	1 (0.6%)	112 (65.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (2.9%)	42.3	98^th of 191 public middle schools	48.7%		35.2	115^th of 192 public middle schools	40.1%	17						34.6						20.5	51.9	61.5	46.0				30.2	16.7	< 20%	18.1	$8,372
Mettie Jordan Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	1715 Avenue M	Eunice	88231	Lea County	Eunice Municipal Schools	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(575) 394-2440	357	24	14.8	55.7%	111 (31.1%)	2 (0.6%)	234 (65.5%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.6%)	1 (0.3%)	7 (2.0%)	24.7	268^th of 346 public elementary schools	22.5%		22	282^nd of 345 public elementary schools	18.3%	14					14.0				33.3	61.9	< 20%				34.3	13.0	19.1	< 20%				13.8	$8,567
Broadmoor Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	1500 North Houston	Hobbs	88240	Lea County	Hobbs Municipal Schools	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(575) 433-1500	330	22	15.1	72.1%	57 (17.3%)	10 (3.0%)	254 (77.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (2.7%)	30.1	241^st of 346 public elementary schools	30.3%		46.6	160^th of 345 public elementary schools	53.6%	81					20.0				37.5	50.8	34.3				40.6	19.6	26.7	32.9				26.9	$7,419
Coronado Elementary	Public	K-5	2600 North Brazos	Hobbs	88240	Lea County	Hobbs Municipal Schools	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(575) 433-2300	422	23	18.3	60.0%	84 (19.9%)	22 (5.2%)	291 (69.0%)	6 (1.4%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	18 (4.3%)	46.6	163^rd of 346 public elementary schools	52.9%		56.1	113^th of 345 public elementary schools	67.2%	50					28.4				41.8	42.7	41.8				42.1	34.6	27.9	59.7				41.1	$7,978
Edison Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	501 East Gypsy	Hobbs	88240	Lea County	Hobbs Municipal Schools	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(575) 433-1600	225	18	12.7	65.3%	18 (8.0%)	4 (1.8%)	203 (90.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	40.2	190^th of 346 public elementary schools	45.1%		17.9	308^th of 345 public elementary schools	10.7%	118									43.3	57.1	25.0				41.9		28.6					19.8	$8,127
Highland Middle School	Public	6-8	2500 North Jefferson	Hobbs	88240	Lea County	Hobbs Municipal Schools	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(575) 433-1200	808	45	17.7	69.6%	146 (18.1%)	34 (4.2%)	606 (75.0%)	6 (0.7%)	1 (0.1%)	1 (0.1%)	14 (1.7%)	25.5	141^st of 191 public middle schools	26.2%		32.8	119^th of 192 public middle schools	38.0%	22						30.0						30.0	35.4	40.5	34.9				28.2	16.3	7.8	18.2	$6,791
Hobbs High	Public	9-12	800 North Jefferson	Hobbs	88240	Lea County	Hobbs Municipal Schools	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(575) 433-0200	2,312	126	18.4	65.1%	455 (19.7%)	81 (3.5%)	1,740 (75.3%)	19 (0.8%)	3 (0.1%)	2 (0.1%)	12 (0.5%)	31.3	75^th of 132 public high schools	43.2%		26.5	92^nd of 131 public high schools	29.8%	17	36.2		13.5				24.2																$9,488
Houston Middle School	Public	6-9	300 North Houston	Hobbs	88240	Lea County	Hobbs Municipal Schools	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(575) 433-1300	822	44	18.5	62.9%	160 (19.5%)	28 (3.4%)	611 (74.3%)	7 (0.9%)	4 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	12 (1.5%)	33	114^th of 191 public middle schools	40.3%		44.4	90^th of 192 public middle schools	53.1%	24						26.5						25.1	45.5	41.9	37.5				23.9	29.8	20.0	24.7	$7,427
Jefferson Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	1200 West Park	Hobbs	88240	Lea County	Hobbs Municipal Schools	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(575) 433-1700	316	23	13.7	68.7%	39 (12.3%)	7 (2.2%)	264 (83.5%)	2 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (1.3%)	23.4	277^th of 346 public elementary schools	19.9%		26.5	245^th of 345 public elementary schools	29.0%	32					20.4				37.0	49.0	26.5				37.5	21.7	16.3	26.5				21.5	$8,405
Mills Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	200 West Copper	Hobbs	88240	Lea County	Hobbs Municipal Schools	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(575) 433-2400	411	23	18.1	58.6%	88 (21.4%)	6 (1.5%)	307 (74.7%)	4 (1.0%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (1.2%)	59	108^th of 346 public elementary schools	68.8%		69.3	75^th of 345 public elementary schools	78.3%	33					25.4				59.4	56.8	42.9				53.4	47.8	35.1	38.1				40.3	$7,740
Sanger Elementary	Public	K-5	2020 North Adobe	Hobbs	88240	Lea County	Hobbs Municipal Schools	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(575) 433-1800	365	22	16.8	55.9%	92 (25.2%)	4 (1.1%)	256 (70.1%)	6 (1.6%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (1.6%)	48.6	155^th of 346 public elementary schools	55.2%		39.6	189^th of 345 public elementary schools	45.2%	34					17.2				49.1	64.2	37.9				50.0	25.5	43.4	39.7				36.1	$7,295
Southern Heights Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	101 East Texas	Hobbs	88240	Lea County	Hobbs Municipal Schools	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(575) 433-1900	472	32	14.8	59.3%	47 (10.0%)	3 (0.6%)	421 (89.2%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	27.3	253^rd of 346 public elementary schools	26.9%		26.2	247^th of 345 public elementary schools	28.4%	6					21.1				30.0	37.7	29.8				32.7	14.0	41.0	31.6				29.8	$7,446
Taylor Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	1520 N. Breckon	Hobbs	88240	Lea County	Hobbs Municipal Schools	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(575) 433-2000	426	27	15.8	66.2%	71 (16.7%)	12 (2.8%)	339 (79.6%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.7%)	52.2	137^th of 346 public elementary schools	60.4%		44.2	171^st of 345 public elementary schools	50.4%	34					24.2				69.1	58.6	40.3				55.2	38.2	34.3	28.8				33.5	$6,365
Booker T. Washington Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	1200 East Humble	Hobbs	88240	Lea County	Hobbs Municipal Schools	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(575) 433-2100	155	13	12.0	65.8%	22 (14.2%)	16 (10.3%)	113 (72.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (2.6%)								(n/a)										54.6					35.0							11.7	$8,196
Will Rogers Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	300 East Clinton	Hobbs	88240	Lea County	Hobbs Municipal Schools	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(575) 433-2200	297	21	14.3	61.6%	36 (12.1%)	9 (3.0%)	251 (84.5%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	18.6	305^th of 346 public elementary schools	11.8%		24	267^th of 345 public elementary schools	22.6%	38									17.1	31.4	33.3				26.2	< 20%	< 20%	37.0				18.5	$8,594
Stone Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	1015 Calle Sur	Hobbs	88240	Lea County	Hobbs Municipal Schools	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(575) 433-2500	429	23	18.8	50.3%	122 (28.4%)	9 (2.1%)	284 (66.2%)	7 (1.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (1.6%)	27.8	251^st of 346 public elementary schools	27.5%		46.8	158^th of 345 public elementary schools	54.2%	93					22.4				34.3	48.1	35.8				38.7	11.9	32.7	29.9				24.2	$6,496
College Lane Elementary	Public	K-5	2000 College Ln	Hobbs	88240	Lea County	Hobbs Municipal Schools	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(575) 433-2600	532	31	17.3	55.6%	148 (27.8%)	4 (0.8%)	370 (69.5%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (1.5%)	34	222^nd of 346 public elementary schools	35.8%		49.7	135^th of 345 public elementary schools	60.9%	87					23.0				51.9	47.7	33.0				43.4	21.5	22.1	36.0				27.2	$6,916
Heizer Middle School	Public	6-8	101 East Stanolind Rd	Hobbs	88240	Lea County	Hobbs Municipal Schools	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(575) 433-1100	606	43	13.9	76.6%	39 (6.4%)	15 (2.5%)	546 (90.1%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (0.7%)	20.9	152^nd of 191 public middle schools	20.4%		16	172^nd of 192 public middle schools	10.4%	20						21.4						23.6	36.0	32.8	30.8				20.0	17.3	18.2	18.5	$9,874
Murray Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	510 N Dal Paso St	Hobbs	88240	Lea County	Hobbs Municipal Schools	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(575) 433-2700	422	31	13.7	65.4%	55 (13.0%)	17 (4.0%)	347 (82.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.7%)	35.7	214^th of 346 public elementary schools	38.2%		27.2	238^th of 345 public elementary schools	31.0%	24					23.4				44.7	50.0	36.2				44.1	27.7	19.0	38.3				27.6	$8,610
Jal Junior High	Public	6-8	100 Property Street	Jal	88252	Lea County	Jal Public Schools	No	(n/a)	No	No	(575) 395-2101	119	11	10.9	100.0%	12 (10.1%)	0 (0.0%)	106 (89.1%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	45	92^nd of 191 public middle schools	51.8%		42.5	97^th of 192 public middle schools	49.5%	5						37.1						37.8	50.0	60.0	49.1				24.3	20.6	< 20%	17.9	$6,830
Jal Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	307 East Utah	Jal	88252	Lea County	Jal Public Schools	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(575) 395-2101	290	18	16.5	99.7%	42 (14.5%)	0 (0.0%)	246 (84.8%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	24.7	267^th of 346 public elementary schools	22.8%		30.2	219^th of 345 public elementary schools	36.5%	48					27.7				28.6	46.2	36.2				36.7	19.1	18.0	27.7				21.9	$10,088
Jal High	Public	9-12	100 Property Street	Jal	88252	Lea County	Jal Public Schools	No	(n/a)	No	No	(575) 395-2101	158	11	14.0		23 (14.6%)	1 (0.6%)	131 (82.9%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (1.3%)	15.8	120^th of 132 public high schools	9.1%		45.9	54^th of 131 public high schools	58.8%	66	22.5		< 20%	< 20%			21.1																$12,842
Lovington 6th Grade Academy	Public	6	500 West Jefferson Ave	Lovington	88260	Lea County	Lovington Municipal Schools	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(575) 739-2330	232	18	12.7	100.0%	29 (12.5%)	4 (1.7%)	194 (83.6%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (1.3%)								(n/a)												43.6							48.5				$8,627
Jefferson Elementary	Public	3	300 West Jefferson Ave	Lovington	88260	Lea County	Lovington Municipal Schools	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(575) 739-2540	228	14	16.5	100.0%	32 (14.0%)	0 (0.0%)	189 (82.9%)	1 (0.4%)	4 (1.8%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.9%)								(n/a)									41.4							19.1							$9,455
Lea Elementary	Public	1	1202 West Birch Ave	Lovington	88260	Lea County	Lovington Municipal Schools	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(575) 739-2625	231	16	14.5	100.0%	33 (14.3%)	2 (0.9%)	195 (84.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.4%)								(n/a)																							$12,008
Llano Elementary	Public	PK-K	1000 South First	Lovington	88260	Lea County	Lovington Municipal Schools	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(575) 739-2670	435	22	20.0	100.0%	45 (10.3%)	3 (0.7%)	377 (86.7%)	3 (0.7%)	3 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (0.9%)								(n/a)																							$10,118
Lovington High	Public	9-12	701 West Ave K	Lovington	88260	Lea County	Lovington Municipal Schools	No	(n/a)	No	No	(575) 739-2230	746	47	15.9	99.9%	113 (15.1%)	10 (1.3%)	617 (82.7%)	3 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.4%)	22.8	98^th of 132 public high schools	25.8%		26.9	89^th of 131 public high schools	32.1%	9	31.7		7.1				21.9																$9,400
Ben Alexander Elementary	Public	2	1400 South Sixth	Lovington	88260	Lea County	Lovington Municipal Schools	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(575) 739-2580	238	14	17.1	100.0%	30 (12.6%)	3 (1.3%)	201 (84.5%)	2 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.8%)								(n/a)																							$9,966
Taylor Middle	Public	7-8	700 South 11th St	Lovington	88260	Lea County	Lovington Municipal Schools	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(575) 739-2435	442	33	13.4	100.0%	68 (15.4%)	7 (1.6%)	360 (81.4%)	2 (0.5%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (0.9%)	39.6	102^nd of 191 public middle schools	46.6%		38.3	105^th of 192 public middle schools	45.3%	3						29.2							47.8	39.1	43.7					30.1	19.3	25.0	$8,118
Yarbro Elementary	Public	4-5	700 West Jefferson Ave	Lovington	88260	Lea County	Lovington Municipal Schools	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(575) 739-2490	474	31	15.1	100.0%	64 (13.5%)	6 (1.3%)	398 (84.0%)	2 (0.4%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.6%)	16.8	309^th of 346 public elementary schools	10.7%		21	289^th of 345 public elementary schools	16.2%	20					19.8					42.9	25.3				33.8		19.3	14.5				16.8	$8,872
New Hope Alternative High	Public	9-12	601 North 5th St	Lovington	88260	Lea County	Lovington Municipal Schools	No	(n/a)	No	No	(575) 739-2415	104	4	24.4	100.0%	13 (12.5%)	1 (1.0%)	90 (86.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)								(n/a)																							$12,110
Tatum Elementary	Public	PK, KG-6	115 West 3rd St	Tatum	88267	Lea County	Tatum Municipal Schools	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(575) 398-4455	128	9	14.2	50.8%	73 (57.0%)	0 (0.0%)	52 (40.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (2.3%)	81.1	44^th of 346 public elementary schools	87.3%		79.5	47^th of 345 public elementary schools	86.4%	3					69.2				60.0	50.0		61.1			51.7	53.3	50.0	53.9	50.0			51.7	$11,658
Tatum High	Public	9-12	307 West 3rd Street	Tatum	88267	Lea County	Tatum Municipal Schools	No	(n/a)	No	No	(575) 398-4455	129	14	9.1	43.4%	63 (48.8%)	1 (0.8%)	57 (44.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (6.2%)	69.1	37^th of 132 public high schools	72.0%		56.7	44^th of 131 public high schools	66.4%	7	47.8						52.2																$15,560
Tatum Junior High	Public	7-8	320 West 3rd Street	Tatum	88267	Lea County	Tatum Municipal Schools	No	(n/a)	No	No	(575) 398-4455	53	6	9.0	56.6%	28 (52.8%)	0 (0.0%)	23 (43.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (3.8%)	85.7	23^rd of 191 public middle schools	88.0%		73.1	43^rd of 192 public middle schools	77.6%	20						53.9							63.6	84.6	75.0					45.5		33.3	$14,219

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