Summary
Hagerman Elementary is a PK–5 school with 217 students in rural Hagerman, New Mexico, part of Hagerman Municipal Schools, and it currently sits in the middle of the pack among New Mexico elementary schools. In 2025–2026 it ranked 194th of 346 schools — the 44th percentile with 2 stars — a slight slip from 2024–2025, when it was at the 49th percentile with 3 stars. That is still a large improvement over 2014–2015, when it ranked 367th of 421 at the 13th percentile with 1 star. Nearly every student (98.62%) qualifies for free or reduced-price lunch, and the student-teacher ratio is 11.4, down from 13 the year before.
Math is the school's clearest strength. All-grade math proficiency was 36.59% on the NM Combined exam, above the district average of 28.26% and well above the state average of 25.54%, and third, fourth, and fifth graders each scored above state averages. Among nearby schools, Hagerman trails only the top Artesia schools — Central Elementary (59.55%) and Roselawn Elementary (41.35%) — while beating Yucca Elementary (35.68%), East Grand Plains Elementary (27.85%), Dexter Elementary (23.33%), and Sunset Elementary (9.9%). Against its closest neighbor, Dexter Elementary, 6.3 miles away, Hagerman's math results are notably higher, and its district also ranks above Dexter Consolidated Schools.
English language arts is weaker and uneven across grades. Overall ELA was 40.24%, below both the district (44.57%) and state (43.34%). Third-grade ELA was a bright spot at 52%, above the state's 44.33%, but fourth grade (35% vs. 50.36%) and fifth grade (35.14% vs. 41.98%) lagged, and fifth-grade science came in at 23.68% against a state average of 31.97%. Because the school is small and nearly all students are economically disadvantaged, year-to-year swings are expected. The low-income subgroup ranked at the 41st percentile, closely tracking the school overall, while English Language Learner students ranked at the 25th percentile in the most recent available data.
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