Summary:
ZIP code 88203 in Roswell, New Mexico is home to three public schools — one elementary school serving PK–5 and two high schools serving grades 9–12 — all part of Roswell Independent Schools, a district ranked 48th of 87 in the state (45th percentile, 2 stars) that enrolls 1,976 students across these three campuses.
The two high schools look strikingly different. Roswell High is by far the largest, with 1,437 students — about 9.5 times the enrollment of Early College — but it is the weakest performer in the ZIP: ranked 117 of 132 in 2025-2026 (11th percentile, 1 star), down from the 26th percentile in 2023-2024, with a 77.8% graduation rate below the district (78.8%) and state (80.6%). Its 11th-grade math proficiency is just 2.73% (NM Combined) and 2.42% (SAT School Day), roughly 10 points below the state. Early College High School, by contrast, graduates 90.1% of its students, above both district and state, with 10th-grade ELA at 74.07% and science at 62.96% (state: 40.91% and 36.36%). Its math results are suppressed by the state, so they are unknown rather than failing. No 2025-2026 rank is listed for Early College; in 2024-2025 it ranked 33 of 131 (75th percentile, 4 stars).
Valley View Elementary is the ZIP's clear bright spot at the elementary level, holding 3 stars across three recent years and posting all-grade ELA proficiency of 51.96% (versus district 42.71% and state 43.34%) and 5th-grade science of 43.33% (versus 33.17% and 31.97%). Its weak point is 4th-grade math, reported as under 10% in the NM-MSSA row, far below district and state. Notably, free/reduced lunch rates are nearly universal at all three schools (99.74%–100%), yet outcomes vary widely — math is the ZIP's most consistent academic weakness.
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