Roswell

Summary:

The Roswell Independent Schools district in New Mexico serves 22 schools, including 14 elementary schools, 4 middle schools, and 4 high schools, catering to a predominantly Hispanic student population with high levels of economic need.

Among the standout schools in the district are Military Heights Elementary, which ranks 67th out of 435 New Mexico elementary schools and has a 4-star rating, as well as Del Norte Elementary, which ranks 113th and also has a 4-star rating. At the high school level, Early College High School stands out, ranking 14th out of 177 New Mexico high schools and earning a 5-star rating. The district's charter school, Sidney Gutierrez Middle, also performs well, ranking 6th out of 435 New Mexico elementary schools with a 5-star rating.

However, the data also reveals a stark contrast in the performance of schools within the Roswell Independent Schools district, with some schools, such as Mesa Middle and Sunset Elementary, struggling and ranked much lower. The district as a whole is ranked 63rd out of 119 districts in New Mexico and has a 2-star rating, indicating the need for targeted strategies to support its most vulnerable student populations and improve overall educational outcomes.

District Detail

300 N. Kentucky
Roswell, NM 88201

(575) 627-2511

SchoolDigger Rank:
63^rd of 119 New Mexico districts

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Grades served: PK, KG-12
Students: 9,701

Primary Schools: 13
Middle Schools: 4
High Schools: 4
Alternative Schools: 0

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2023)				Ranking (2022)				NM Combined Language Arts (2023)	NM Combined Mathematics (2023)	NM Combined Science (2023)	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 (2023)	Statewide Rank (2023)	State Percentile (2023)	SchoolDigger Rating (2023)	Average Standard Score (2022)	Statewide Rank (2022)	State Percentile (2022)	Rank Change from Previous Year	NM Combined Language Arts All Grades	NM Combined Mathematics All Grades	NM Combined Science All Grades	Total
Berrendo Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	505 West Pine Lodge Rd	Roswell	88201	Chaves County	Roswell	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(575) 627-2875	344	21	16.3	100.0%	149 (43.3%)	7 (2.0%)	184 (53.5%)	4 (1.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	58.5	169^th of 435 public elementary schools	61.1%		51.5	155^th of 420 public elementary schools	63.1%	14	44.0	24.0	41.0	$9,881
Berrendo Middle	Public	6-8	800 Marion Richards	Roswell	88201	Chaves County	Roswell	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(575) 627-2775	663	40	16.4	100.0%	268 (40.4%)	13 (2.0%)	370 (55.8%)	8 (1.2%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	2 (0.3%)	59.9	74^th of 239 public middle schools	69.0%		46.2	101^st of 232 public middle schools	56.5%	27	42.0	30.0	31.0	$7,639
Del Norte Elementary	Public	K-5	2701 North Garden Ave	Roswell	88201	Chaves County	Roswell	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(575) 637-3325	509	31	16.3	100.0%	153 (30.1%)	15 (2.9%)	332 (65.2%)	5 (1.0%)	3 (0.6%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	72	113^th of 435 public elementary schools	74.0%		56.1	136^th of 420 public elementary schools	67.6%	23	44.0	35.0	48.0	$8,788
East Grand Plains Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	3773 East Grand Plains	Roswell	88203	Chaves County	Roswell	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(575) 637-3350	217	16	13.8	100.0%	50 (23.0%)	3 (1.4%)	162 (74.7%)	1 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.5%)	40.3	251^st of 435 public elementary schools	42.3%		35.8	237^th of 420 public elementary schools	43.6%	14	33.0	20.0	32.0	$15,194
El Capitan Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	2807 West Bland St	Roswell	88203	Chaves County	Roswell	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(575) 637-3400	396	24	16.8	100.0%	91 (23.0%)	13 (3.3%)	289 (73.0%)	1 (0.3%)	2 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	58	172^nd of 435 public elementary schools	60.5%		34.2	250^th of 420 public elementary schools	40.5%	78	42.0	24.0	45.0	$9,309
Nancy Lopez Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	1208 East Bland St	Roswell	88203	Chaves County	Roswell	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(575) 637-3500	205	15	13.2	100.0%	22 (10.7%)	7 (3.4%)	175 (85.4%)	1 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	53.8	186^th of 435 public elementary schools	57.2%		43.5	202^nd of 420 public elementary schools	51.9%	16	36.0	27.0	40.0	$11,263
Goddard High	Public	9-12	701 East Country Club	Roswell	88201	Chaves County	Roswell	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(575) 627-4800	1,155	60	19.1		437 (37.8%)	23 (2.0%)	666 (57.7%)	17 (1.5%)	8 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (0.3%)	43.9	76^th of 170 public high schools	55.3%		41.6	81^st of 177 public high schools	54.2%	5	37.0	17.0	34.0	$9,218
Mesa Middle	Public	6-8	1601 East Bland St	Roswell	88203	Chaves County	Roswell	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(575) 627-2800	422	28	15.1	100.0%	38 (9.0%)	10 (2.4%)	365 (86.5%)	1 (0.2%)	3 (0.7%)	1 (0.2%)	4 (0.9%)	15.9	221^st of 239 public middle schools	7.5%		14.9	198^th of 232 public middle schools	14.7%	23	23.0	8.0	12.0	$9,441
Military Heights Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	1900 North Michigan	Roswell	88201	Chaves County	Roswell	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(575) 637-3425	404	26	15.8	100.0%	119 (29.5%)	12 (3.0%)	259 (64.1%)	8 (2.0%)	2 (0.5%)	4 (1.0%)	0 (0.0%)	84.9	67^th of 435 public elementary schools	84.6%		67.6	93^rd of 420 public elementary schools	77.9%	26	52.0	43.0	50.0	$9,125
Missouri Ave Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	700 W Deming	Roswell	88203	Chaves County	Roswell	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(575) 637-3450	301	21	14.5	100.0%	32 (10.6%)	11 (3.7%)	251 (83.4%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (1.7%)	45.4	221^st of 435 public elementary schools	49.2%		32.1	266^th of 420 public elementary schools	36.7%	45	36.0	22.0	32.0	$9,841
Monterrey Elementary	Public	K-5	910 West Gayle St	Roswell	88203	Chaves County	Roswell	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(575) 637-3475	409	27	15.2	100.0%	56 (13.7%)	6 (1.5%)	343 (83.9%)	3 (0.7%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	53.3	189^th of 435 public elementary schools	56.6%		46.7	178^th of 420 public elementary schools	57.6%	11	37.0	31.0	24.0	$8,862
Mountain View Middle	Public	6-8	312 East Mtn View Rd	Roswell	88203	Chaves County	Roswell	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(575) 627-2825	520	26	19.8	100.0%	71 (13.7%)	9 (1.7%)	434 (83.5%)	3 (0.6%)	3 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	28.6	165^th of 239 public middle schools	31.0%		29.7	147^th of 232 public middle schools	36.6%	18	31.0	12.0	25.0	$8,327
Parkview Early Literacy Center	Public	PK	1700 West Alameda St	Roswell	88203	Chaves County	Roswell	No	(n/a)	No	No	(575) 637-3525	251	18	13.9	100.0%	48 (19.1%)	7 (2.8%)	190 (75.7%)	3 (1.2%)	3 (1.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)								(n/a)
Pecos Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	600 East Hobbs St	Roswell	88203	Chaves County	Roswell	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(575) 637-3550	275	17	16.2	100.0%	9 (3.3%)	5 (1.8%)	259 (94.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.7%)	40.3	252^nd of 435 public elementary schools	42.1%		28.2	286^th of 420 public elementary schools	31.9%	34	35.0	21.0	21.0	$10,251
Roswell High	Public	9-12	500 West Hobbs St	Roswell	88203	Chaves County	Roswell	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(575) 637-3200	1,438	80	17.9		212 (14.7%)	35 (2.4%)	1,182 (82.2%)	2 (0.1%)	4 (0.3%)	3 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	20.4	139^th of 170 public high schools	18.2%		21	126^th of 177 public high schools	28.8%	13	24.0	4.0	25.0	$8,291
Sierra Middle	Public	6-8	615 South Sycamore Ave	Roswell	88203	Chaves County	Roswell	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(575) 627-2850	627	39	16.0	100.0%	117 (18.7%)	22 (3.5%)	482 (76.9%)	2 (0.3%)	2 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.3%)	24.4	174^th of 239 public middle schools	27.2%		25.4	160^th of 232 public middle schools	31.0%	14	23.0	15.0	26.0	$7,359
Sunset Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	606 West Oconnor Road	Roswell	88203	Chaves County	Roswell	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(575) 637-3575	244	15	15.8	100.0%	23 (9.4%)	0 (0.0%)	219 (89.8%)	1 (0.4%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	20	372^nd of 435 public elementary schools	14.5%		12.3	385^th of 420 public elementary schools	8.3%	13	21.0	13.0	21.0	$9,293
Valley View Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	1400 S Washington	Roswell	88203	Chaves County	Roswell	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(575) 637-3600	463	29	16.2	100.0%	93 (20.1%)	17 (3.7%)	342 (73.9%)	6 (1.3%)	1 (0.2%)	3 (0.6%)	1 (0.2%)	64.6	141^st of 435 public elementary schools	67.6%		49.6	163^rd of 420 public elementary schools	61.2%	22	44.0	29.0	43.0	$8,623
Washington Ave Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	408 North Washington Ave	Roswell	88201	Chaves County	Roswell	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(575) 637-3625	318	18	18.1	100.0%	63 (19.8%)	5 (1.6%)	248 (78.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	33.8	288^th of 435 public elementary schools	33.8%		41.6	211^th of 420 public elementary schools	49.8%	77	34.0	15.0	24.0	$9,488
University High	Public	9-12	25 Martin Street	Roswell	88203	Chaves County	Roswell	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(575) 627-2750	167	10	17.2	100.0%	39 (23.4%)	6 (3.6%)	120 (71.9%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.6%)	1 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)								(n/a)				$13,268
Sidney Gutierrez Middle	Public, Charter	K-8	69 E. Gail Harris	Roswell	88203	Chaves County	Roswell	Yes	(n/a)	No	No	(575) 347-9703	196	11	17.5	100.0%	103 (52.6%)	7 (3.6%)	83 (42.3%)	2 (1.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.5%)	99.6	6^th of 435 public elementary schools	98.6%		97.5	14^th of 420 public elementary schools	96.7%	8	77.0	73.0	82.0	$10,411
Early College High School	Public	9-12	52 University Blvd (Enmu R Ca	Roswell	88203	Chaves County	Roswell	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(575) 624-7020	177	10	18.2	100.0%	56 (31.6%)	3 (1.7%)	111 (62.7%)	5 (2.8%)	1 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.6%)								(n/a)				$5,409

District	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Dexter	19.68 mi	3	77^th
Nm Corrections	21.6 mi	11
Hagerman	25.93 mi	3	73^rd
Lake Arthur	32.97 mi	3
Artesia	42.02 mi	10	31^st

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