Summary:
ZIP code 88232 covers Hagerman, a small community in Chaves County, New Mexico, and it is home to exactly one public high school: Hagerman High, which serves grades 9–12 with 121 students and is the only high school in the Hagerman Municipal Schools district.
For parents, the most important story here is improvement. Hagerman High ranked in the bottom fifth of New Mexico high schools in both 2021‑22 and 2022‑23, then jumped to 78 of 172 schools — 55th percentile, 3 stars — in 2023‑24, moving above the state median. The district carries a matching 3‑star rating at the 48th percentile. The school's graduation rate is 78.1%, about 2.5 points below the state's 80.6%, and reported 11th‑grade English proficiency is 33.33% versus roughly 36.8%–37.1% statewide. Two other features stand out: 100% of students qualify for free or reduced‑price lunch, and the student‑teacher ratio is just 8:1, meaning notably small classes. One caution: the state suppressed 8 of the 10 school‑level test rows, including all mathematics and science results, so performance in those subjects is simply unknown from this data and should not be read as a weakness. The most plausible reason is the small cohort size of roughly 30 students per grade.
Because Hagerman High is the district's only high school, school and district figures are identical for graduation and English proficiency — a useful consistency check rather than two separate signals. Taken together, the data describes a very small, high‑poverty school that has recently posted a pronounced gain in state ranking while keeping graduation and English results within a few points of state averages. The clearest next step for parents would be asking the school for multi‑year math and science results to confirm whether those 2023‑24 gains have held.
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