Summary:
ZIP code 88030 contains 10 public schools — five elementary, two middle, and three high schools — all within Deming Public Schools, serving 4,509 students in total. The largest school is Deming High with 1,174 students (about 26% of all students here), while the smallest are Deming Cesar Chavez at 177 and Early College High School at 180. The district is ranked 72 out of 87 in New Mexico, at the 17th percentile with 1 star, and nine of the ten schools report free/reduced lunch rates of roughly 97% to 100% — Bell Elementary is the lone exception at 47.18%.
There are real pockets of strength. Early College High School is the clear academic standout: 67th percentile and 3 stars in 2025–2026, all-grades math at 37.9% versus the state's 25.5%, SAT math at 37.9% versus 12.6%, and a 90.7% graduation rate in 2023–2024 — all with 100% free/reduced lunch. Memorial Elementary beats the state in both ELA (46.0% vs. 43.3%) and math (29.3% vs. 25.5%). Bataan Elementary is strong in math (32.1% overall, 47.1% in 5th grade), though its ELA lags at 33.9%. Bell Elementary posted 70th percentile and 42.0% math in 2024–2025, but fell to the 40th percentile with 22.1% math in 2025–2026.
Math is the broadest weakness. Deming High has a graduation rate above the state (85.2% vs. 80.6%) but 11th-grade math of just 6.9% versus 12.7%. Ruben S. Torres Elementary sits at the 4th percentile with 0 stars despite the lowest student–teacher ratio here (10.7). Deming Cesar Chavez has the highest ratio (18) and a 62.5% graduation rate, with all reported tests under 20%. Red Mountain Middle improved from the 15th to the 36th percentile, but its 8th-grade math (9.1%) trails its 7th-grade math (33.3%). Note that some values are suppressed (—) and several are reported only as under 20%.
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