Best Public Schools in Lea County, New Mexico & Rankings

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				SAT School Day English Language Arts (2025)	SAT School Day Mathematics (2025)	NM-ASR Science (2025)			NM-MSSA English Language Arts (2025)							NM-MSSA Mathematics (2025)							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 (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	Rank Change from Previous Year	SAT School Day English Language Arts 11th Grade	SAT School Day Mathematics 11th Grade	NM-ASR Science 5th Grade	NM-ASR Science 8th Grade	NM-ASR Science 11th Grade	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	88244	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	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%)	18.8	109^th of 131 public high schools	16.8%		21.4	131^st of 172 public high schools	23.8%	22	25.0				30.8															$10,036
Caton Middle	Public	6-8	1109 16th Street	Eunice	88231	Lea County	Eunice	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%)	35.2	115^th of 192 public middle schools	40.1%		29.8	101^st of 165 public middle schools	38.8%	14				18.6					35.9	47.9	49.2	44.4				30.2	20.8		16.3	$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	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%)	22	282^nd of 345 public elementary schools	18.3%		19.3	337^th of 413 public elementary schools	18.4%	55			26.5			37.2	32.0	22.5				30.3			20.4				15.5	$8,567
Broadmoor Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	1500 North Houston	Hobbs	88240	Lea County	Hobbs	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%)	46.6	160^th of 345 public elementary schools	53.6%		70.6	95^th of 413 public elementary schools	77.0%	65			27.3			41.9	51.5	36.4				43.7	32.3	34.9	30.9				32.8	$7,419
Coronado Elementary	Public	K-5	2600 North Brazos	Hobbs	88240	Lea County	Hobbs	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%)	56.1	113^th of 345 public elementary schools	67.2%		47.8	180^th of 413 public elementary schools	56.4%	67			31.3			47.0	50.7	41.3				46.2	36.4	29.3	51.3				39.4	$7,978
Edison Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	501 East Gypsy	Hobbs	88240	Lea County	Hobbs	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%)	17.9	308^th of 345 public elementary schools	10.7%		71.3	91^st of 413 public elementary schools	78.0%	217						22.2	34.4					22.8		21.9					17.8	$8,127
Hobbs Freshman High	Public, Alternative	9-10	1401 E. Sanger	Hobbs	88240	Lea County	Hobbs	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(575) 433-0300	747	43	17.2	70.7%	122 (16.3%)	25 (3.3%)	589 (78.8%)	4 (0.5%)	3 (0.4%)	1 (0.1%)	3 (0.4%)								(n/a)																				$7,920
Highland Middle School	Public	6-8	2500 North Jefferson	Hobbs	88240	Lea County	Hobbs	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%)	32.8	119^th of 192 public middle schools	38.0%		24.9	115^th of 165 public middle schools	30.3%	4				28.5					40.3	44.2	47.4	43.9				24.0	17.7	10.4	17.4	$6,791
Hobbs High	Public	9-12	800 North Jefferson	Hobbs	88240	Lea County	Hobbs	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%)	26.5	92^nd of 131 public high schools	29.8%		32.8	95^th of 172 public high schools	44.8%	3	34.9	7.4			33.1															$9,488
Houston Middle School	Public	6-9	300 North Houston	Hobbs	88240	Lea County	Hobbs	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%)	44.4	90^th of 192 public middle schools	53.1%					(n/a)				29.4					43.8	47.6	52.3	47.6				29.0	34.7	14.9	26.6	$7,427
Jefferson Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	1200 West Park	Hobbs	88240	Lea County	Hobbs	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%)	26.5	245^th of 345 public elementary schools	29.0%		21.3	327^th of 413 public elementary schools	20.8%	82						45.0	31.8	30.2				35.0	22.5	24.4	17.0				21.0	$8,405
Mills Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	200 West Copper	Hobbs	88240	Lea County	Hobbs	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(575) 433-2400	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%)	69.3	75^th of 345 public elementary schools	78.3%		78.5	68^th of 413 public elementary schools	83.5%	7			27.6			54.3	68.8	36.2				53.7	52.9	54.7	37.9				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	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%)	39.6	189^th of 345 public elementary schools	45.2%		40.8	211^th of 413 public elementary schools	48.9%	22			12.9			50.9	37.3	31.4				39.1	41.8	31.3	31.4				34.4	$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	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%)	26.2	247^th of 345 public elementary schools	28.4%		28.7	285^th of 413 public elementary schools	31.0%	38			24.1			30.4	34.6	33.9				32.9	17.9	25.0	30.5				24.6	$7,446
Taylor Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	1520 N. Breckon	Hobbs	88240	Lea County	Hobbs	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%)	44.2	171^st of 345 public elementary schools	50.4%		39.5	220^th of 413 public elementary schools	46.7%	49			18.4			43.6	48.5	46.1				45.9	35.9	24.2	30.3				30.5	$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	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)						54.2	44.4					50.0							24.0	$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	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%)	24	267^th of 345 public elementary schools	22.6%		42.7	204^th of 413 public elementary schools	50.6%	63			14.3			32.5	47.1	19.6				30.8	17.5	32.4	26.8				25.4	$8,594
Stone Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	1015 Calle Sur	Hobbs	88240	Lea County	Hobbs	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%)	46.8	158^th of 345 public elementary schools	54.2%		42.1	206^th of 413 public elementary schools	50.1%	48			20.6			42.6	64.3	38.2				49.0	31.5	34.3	27.9				31.3	$6,496
College Lane Elementary	Public	K-5	2000 College Ln	Hobbs	88240	Lea County	Hobbs	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%)	49.7	135^th of 345 public elementary schools	60.9%		39.2	223^rd of 413 public elementary schools	46.0%	88			32.6			52.4	45.1	42.1				46.3	25.0	27.5	43.2				32.2	$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	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%)	16	172^nd of 192 public middle schools	10.4%		20.4	128^th of 165 public middle schools	22.4%	44				13.4					32.2	34.6	20.7	29.4				18.5	18.1		13.3	$9,874
Murray Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	510 N Dal Paso St	Hobbs	88240	Lea County	Hobbs	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%)	27.2	238^th of 345 public elementary schools	31.0%		21.8	324^th of 413 public elementary schools	21.5%	86						40.4	25.9					24.6	28.1	24.1	12.5				21.6	$8,610
Jal Junior High	Public	6-8	100 Property Street	Jal	88252	Lea County	Jal	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%)	42.5	97^th of 192 public middle schools	49.5%		23.5	122^nd of 165 public middle schools	26.1%	25				33.3					43.8	51.5	45.8	46.9				21.9	27.3		18.6	$6,830
Jal Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	307 East Utah	Jal	88252	Lea County	Jal	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%)	30.2	219^th of 345 public elementary schools	36.5%		30	276^th of 413 public elementary schools	33.2%	57			22.9			35.3	43.5	31.4				37.4		23.9	28.6				21.7	$10,088
Jal High	Public	9-12	100 Property Street	Jal	88252	Lea County	Jal	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%)	45.9	54^th of 131 public high schools	58.8%		12.8	159^th of 172 public high schools	7.6%	105	39.4				45.5															$12,842
Lovington 6th Grade Academy	Public	6	500 West Jefferson Ave	Lovington	88260	Lea County	Lovington	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)									42.5			42.5				43.4			43.4	$8,627
Jefferson Elementary	Public	3	300 West Jefferson Ave	Lovington	88260	Lea County	Lovington	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)						35.8						35.8	10.9						10.9	$9,455
Lea Elementary	Public	1	1202 West Birch Ave	Lovington	88260	Lea County	Lovington	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	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	10-12	701 West Ave K	Lovington	88260	Lea County	Lovington	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%)	26.9	89^th of 131 public high schools	32.1%		32.8	96^th of 172 public high schools	44.2%	7	33.2	7.3			35.6															$9,400
Ben Alexander Elementary	Public	2	1400 South Sixth	Lovington	88260	Lea County	Lovington	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	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%)	38.3	105^th of 192 public middle schools	45.3%		24.2	120^th of 165 public middle schools	27.3%	15				31.0						50.0	40.1	44.7					32.1	7.9	19.2	$8,118
Yarbro Elementary	Public	4-5	700 West Jefferson Ave	Lovington	88260	Lea County	Lovington	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%)	21	289^th of 345 public elementary schools	16.2%					(n/a)			24.1				36.6	35.7				36.1		10.6	19.4				14.8	$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	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
Lovington Freshman Academy	Public, Alternative	9	701 West Ave K	Lovington	88260	Lea County	Lovington	No	(n/a)	No	No	(575) 739-2260	267	18	14.7	98.9%	38 (14.2%)	4 (1.5%)	223 (83.5%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.4%)								(n/a)																				$9,803
Tatum Elementary	Public	PK, KG-6	115 West 3rd St	Tatum	88267	Lea County	Tatum	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%)	79.5	47^th of 345 public elementary schools	86.4%		71.2	92^nd of 413 public elementary schools	77.7%	45			52.9					47.1	52.4			45.0			64.7	66.7			58.3	$11,658
Tatum High	Public	9-12	307 West 3rd Street	Tatum	88267	Lea County	Tatum	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%)	56.7	44^th of 131 public high schools	66.4%		60	53^rd of 172 public high schools	69.2%	9	40.0				55.2															$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	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%)	73.1	43^rd of 192 public middle schools	77.6%		78.1	12^th of 165 public middle schools	92.7%	31				39.1						63.0	60.9	62.0					40.7		32.0	$14,219

Best Public Schools in Lea County, NM

Tatum Elementary

Tatum Junior High

Mills Elementary

Tatum High

Coronado Elementary

College Lane Elementary

Stone Elementary

Broadmoor Elementary

Jal High

Houston Middle School

Taylor Elementary

Jal Junior High

Sanger Elementary

Taylor Middle

Caton Middle

Highland Middle School

Jal Elementary

Murray Elementary

Lovington High

Hobbs High

Jefferson Elementary

Southern Heights Elementary

Will Rogers Elementary

Mettie Jordan Elementary

Yarbro Elementary

Eunice High

Edison Elementary

Heizer Middle School

Ben Alexander Elementary

Booker T. Washington Elementary

Hobbs Freshman High

Jefferson Elementary

Lae County Corrections

Lea Elementary

Llano Elementary

Lovington 6th Grade Academy

Lovington Freshman Academy

New Hope Alternative High

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