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Artesia Public Schools

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At a glance

32^ndof 87 New Mexico districts▼ 1

Better than 63% of New Mexico districts

Elementary 7 Middle 1 High 1Grades PK, KG-12

1106 West Quay Ave
Artesia, NM 88210·(575) 746-3585·All New Mexico district rankings →

Statewide performance 2017–2026

2026: better than 63.2% of districts

Schools

3,729

Students

5-star school

Top rankedCentral Elementary32^nd of 346 New Mexico elementary schools

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Biggest riser

Roselawn Elementary up 51 spots statewide this year

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Smallest classes

Roselawn Elementary 9.1 students per teacher

SchoolDigger ratings

5★

4★

3★

2★

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

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Summary:

Artesia Public Schools is a district in Artesia, New Mexico, with 9 listed schools — 7 elementary, 1 middle, and 1 high — serving about 3,190 students from early childhood through 12th grade, and it is rated 32 of 87 districts (63rd percentile, 3 stars).

Parents looking for the strongest current results should start with Central Elementary, the only listed 5-star school: it ranks 32 of 346 (91st percentile), with 70.79% proficient in Language Arts and 59.55% in math, well above district and state averages. Yeso Elementary is also strong — 4 stars, 84th percentile, 56.18% in Language Arts and 51.31% in math — while Hermosa Elementary is consistently above district and state with 4 stars. Roselawn Elementary is an improvement story, moving from 116th to 65th and earning 4 stars, with the lowest student-teacher ratio (9.1) and 48.48% in 5th-grade science. Penasco Elementary reports at least 80% in Language Arts and math, but only 19 students and many suppressed values make it hard to compare.

The clearest concern is Artesia Zia Intermediate, which fell from 4 stars to 2 stars and ranks 100 of 191 (48th percentile), with Language Arts below district and state. Artesia High has an 84.1% graduation rate and above-state Language Arts and science, but 11th-grade math is only 11.07%, below the state’s 12.72%. Yucca Elementary is mid-ranked (141 of 346, 3 stars), and Grand Heights Early Childhood serves PK–K, so its 75% Language Arts result is not comparable to K–5 schools. Overall, the district has strong elementary options, a middle school in decline, and a high school math weakness to watch.

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Ranking:

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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 Mathematics 11th Grade	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
Artesia High	Public	10-12	1006 West Richardson	Artesia	88210	Eddy County	Artesia Public Schools	No	(n/a)	No	No	(575) 746-3585	806	54	14.8	100.0%	303 (37.6%)	8 (1.0%)	474 (58.8%)	3 (0.4%)	8 (1.0%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (1.2%)	43.2	63^rd of 132 public high schools	52.3%		33.2	75^th of 131 public high schools	42.7%	12	43.6	11.2			37.8																$9,678
Central Elementary	Public	K-5	405 South Sixth	Artesia	88210	Eddy County	Artesia Public Schools	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(575) 746-3585	149	11	13.0	100.0%	36 (24.2%)	1 (0.7%)	108 (72.5%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (2.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.7%)	88.2	32^nd of 346 public elementary schools	90.8%		91	23^rd of 345 public elementary schools	93.3%	9			43.6				64.0	80.0	69.2				70.8	48.0	60.0	66.7				59.6	$10,788
Hermosa Elementary	Public	1-5	601 Hermosa Dr	Artesia	88210	Eddy County	Artesia Public Schools	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(575) 746-3585	311	19	16.0	100.0%	103 (33.1%)	3 (1.0%)	200 (64.3%)	3 (1.0%)	2 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	67.6	79^th of 346 public elementary schools	77.2%		71.1	68^th of 345 public elementary schools	80.3%	11			41.0				64.4	70.3	42.6				59.2	47.5	33.9	39.3				40.0	$8,775
Artesia Park Junior High	Public	8-9	15th And Cannon	Artesia	88210	Eddy County	Artesia Public Schools	No	(n/a)	No	No	(575) 746-3585	539	41	13.0	100.0%	215 (39.9%)	4 (0.7%)	308 (57.1%)	4 (0.7%)	5 (0.9%)	1 (0.2%)	2 (0.4%)								(n/a)				38.7								44.1							25.9		$8,592
Penasco Elementary	Public	K-8	12 Dunkin Rd	Hope	88250	Eddy County	Artesia Public Schools	No	(n/a)	No	No	(575) 746-3585	19	2	9.5	100.0%	18 (94.7%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (5.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)								(n/a)													≥ 80%							≥ 80%	$13,785
Roselawn Elementary	Public	K-5	600 North Roselawn Ave	Artesia	88210	Eddy County	Artesia Public Schools	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(575) 746-3585	171	19	9.1	100.0%	18 (10.5%)	0 (0.0%)	149 (87.1%)	2 (1.2%)	2 (1.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	71.1	65^th of 346 public elementary schools	81.2%		55.3	116^th of 345 public elementary schools	66.4%	51			50.0				54.8	70.4	46.9				56.7	35.5	48.2	43.8				42.2	$11,441
Yucca Elementary	Public	1-5	900 North 13th St	Artesia	88210	Eddy County	Artesia Public Schools	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(575) 746-3585	354	20	17.8	100.0%	122 (34.5%)	1 (0.3%)	218 (61.6%)	1 (0.3%)	7 (2.0%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (1.4%)	51.8	141^st of 346 public elementary schools	59.2%		60.5	97^th of 345 public elementary schools	71.9%	44			33.3				37.3	60.6	47.8				49.3	25.4	42.3	37.7				35.7	$7,636
Artesia Zia Intermediate	Public	6-7	1100 Bullock Ave	Artesia	88210	Eddy County	Artesia Public Schools	No	(n/a)	No	No	(575) 746-3585	550	36	15.1		180 (32.7%)	6 (1.1%)	355 (64.5%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (1.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	40.9	100^th of 191 public middle schools	47.6%		45.3	85^th of 192 public middle schools	55.7%	15										39.4	44.1		41.7				34.3	26.5		30.4	$7,949
Grand Heights Early Childhood	Public	PK-K	2302 West Grand Ave	Artesia	88210	Eddy County	Artesia Public Schools	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(575) 746-3585	348	26	13.3		97 (27.9%)	2 (0.6%)	240 (69.0%)	1 (0.3%)	5 (1.4%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.9%)								(n/a)																					$9,934
Yeso Elementary	Public	1-5	1812 Centre Ave	Artesia	88210	Eddy County	Artesia Public Schools	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(575) 746-3585	482	27	17.8		157 (32.6%)	8 (1.7%)	298 (61.8%)	7 (1.5%)	3 (0.6%)	2 (0.4%)	7 (1.5%)	76.7	54^th of 346 public elementary schools	84.4%		75	56^th of 345 public elementary schools	83.8%	2			46.0				65.1	55.7	48.3				56.2	54.2	46.4	54.0				51.3	$7,490

Districts nearby

District	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Lake Arthur Municipal Schools	11.16 mi	4
Hagerman Municipal Schools	19.79 mi	3	45^th
Nm Corrections	22.17 mi	11
Dexter Consolidated Schools	24.85 mi	3	75^th
Carlsbad Municipal Schools	28.01 mi	14	53^rd

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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.

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