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Deming Public Schools

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At a glance

72^ndof 87 New Mexico districts▼ 5

Better than 17% of New Mexico districts

Elementary 6 Middle 2 High 3Grades PK, KG-12

1001 S Diamond Ave.
Deming, NM 88030·(575) 546-8841·All New Mexico district rankings →

Statewide performance 2017–2026

2026: better than 17.2% of districts

Schools

5,050

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

3★

2★

1★

0★

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

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Summary:

Deming Public Schools is a district of 11 schools serving about 4,992 students: six elementary schools (2,342 students), two middle schools (1,119), and three high schools (1,531), with no alternative schools. The district overall is rated 72nd of 87 in New Mexico — the 17th percentile, 1 star — and its 2025-2026 proficiency levels are below the state's, with ELA at 33.90% versus 43.34% and math at 22.21% versus 25.54%. That district-wide picture hides big differences between individual schools, so it pays to look school by school.

Early College High School is the academic standout: ranked 43rd of 132 high schools (67th percentile, 3 stars), with 11th-grade ELA at 46.43% and 11th-grade math at 35.71%, plus a 90.7% graduation rate. Among elementaries, Memorial Elementary leads on headline proficiency (ELA 46.00%, math 29.33%); Bell Elementary posts ELA 45.08%, including 3rd-grade ELA at 55.00%, though its rank slipped from the 70th to the 40th percentile; and Bataan Elementary has the strongest math (32.11%, with 5th-grade math at 47.14%). Bell's free/reduced lunch rate of 47.18% is a dramatic outlier — every other school is 97% or higher.

At the other end, Ruben S. Torres Elementary is the lowest-ranked school, at 331st of 346 (4th percentile, 0 stars), with all listed scores below district and state. Deming Cesar Chavez has a 62.5% graduation rate, all listed test scores under 20%, and the district's highest student-teacher ratio (18). Columbus Elementary has very low ELA (17.57%) yet 5th-grade math of 46.15%, while Deming High, the largest school at 1,174 students, has 11th-grade math at 6.94% even though its 85.2% graduation rate is above state. Grade-level gaps are common: Red Mountain Middle's 7th-grade math is 33.33% but 8th-grade math is 9.14%. Remember that some values are suppressed or bounded — Early College's 10th-grade scores are unknown, and "under 20%" is a ceiling, not an exact figure.

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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	Directly certified (2024-25)	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	27.6%	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	76.7%	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
Columbus Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	7450 Altura Rd. SE	Columbus	88029	Luna County	Deming Public Schools	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(575) 531-2710	483	33	14.6	66.9%	11 (2.3%)	0 (0.0%)	472 (97.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	20.9	293^rd of 346 public elementary schools	15.3%		25.9	252^nd of 345 public elementary schools	27.0%	41							35.9				13.9	14.3	26.6				17.7	18.5	15.4	45.3				25.0	$9,911
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	67.5%	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	77.5%	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	73.1%	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	67.2%	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	77.4%	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	82.5%	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	74.1%	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	82.4%	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	63.9%	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

Districts nearby

District	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Cobre Consolidated Schools	37.25 mi	6	51^st
Hatch Valley Public Schools	44.04 mi	5	76^th
Silver Consolidated Schools	45.75 mi	9	30^th
Nm Corrections	46.68 mi	11
Aldo Leopold Charter	47.11 mi	1	17^th

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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.