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Best High Schools in Zip Code 88203

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1,588

Students

Top rankedRoswell High117^th of 132 New Mexico high schools

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Summary:

ZIP code 88203 in Roswell, New Mexico has two high schools serving grades 9–12, both in Roswell Independent Schools: Roswell High and Early College High School. Together they enroll 1,588 students, but the split is very uneven: Roswell High has 1,437 students, about 90.5% of the total, while Early College has 151, about 9.5%. Both serve very high-poverty populations by the free/reduced-lunch measure — 99.93% at Roswell High and 100% at Early College. The district overall is rated 2 stars, ranked 48 of 87, at the 45th percentile.

Early College High School stands out for strong outcomes at a small scale. Its 2024–2025 graduation rate was 90.1%, above the district's 78.8% and the state's 80.6%. It ranked 33 of 131 with 4 stars in 2024–2025, and earlier ranked 14 of 177 at the 92nd percentile with 5 stars in 2021–2022. Reported 10th-grade proficiency in 2025–2026 was 74.07% in language arts and 62.96% in science, versus state rates of 40.91% and 36.36%; in 2024–2025 11th-grade SAT ELA it reached 75.61% against district 33.6% and state 38.44%. Its school-level math figures are suppressed (—), so math performance there is unknown, not weak. Its student-teacher ratio is 15.2.

Roswell High is the dominant school by enrollment and shows the larger challenges. It ranked 117 of 132 at the 11th percentile with 1 star in 2025–2026, down from the 20th percentile in 2024–2025 and the 26th percentile in 2023–2024, always at 1 star. Its graduation rate was 77.8%, and its 2025–2026 11th-grade math proficiency was 2.73% (NM Combined) and 2.42% (SAT School Day) against state rates of 12.72% and 12.53%. Its student-teacher ratio is 18.3. Because most students in this ZIP attend the larger, lower-ranked school, the area's overall picture is weighted heavily toward Roswell High.

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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)	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 (2025)	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 Mathematics 10th Grade	SAT School Day Mathematics 11th Grade	SAT School Day Mathematics All Grades	NM-ASR Science 11th Grade	Total
Roswell High	Public	9-12	500 West Hobbs St	Roswell	88203	Chaves County	Roswell Independent Schools	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(575) 637-3200	1,437	78	18.3	99.9%	165 (11.5%)	33 (2.3%)	1,221 (85.0%)	2 (0.1%)	8 (0.6%)	3 (0.2%)	5 (0.3%)	16.3	117^th of 132 public high schools	11.4%		21	105^th of 131 public high schools	19.8%	12		24.6		2.4		22.0	$8,291
Early College High School	Public	9-12	52 University Blvd (Enmu R Ca	Roswell	88203	Chaves County	Roswell Independent Schools	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(575) 624-7020	151	10	15.2	100.0%	51 (33.8%)	1 (0.7%)	92 (60.9%)	4 (2.6%)	2 (1.3%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.7%)								(n/a)	74.1						$5,409

Cities Near Zip Code 88203

City	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Roswell	0.6 mi	23	46^th
Dexter	16.1 mi	3	79^th
Hagerman	17.78 mi	4	48^th
Lake Arthur	29.17 mi	4
Artesia	38.15 mi	9	26^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.

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