Summary:
ZIP code 88260 covers Lovington, New Mexico, and its nine public schools — five elementary, two middle, and two high schools serving roughly 3,130 students — all belong to Lovington Municipal Schools. Nearly every student at every school qualifies for free or reduced lunch, around 100% across the board, so this is a high-poverty district with a wide spread of results. Note that the area summary lists no alternative schools, even though New Hope Alternative High appears among the high schools.
Lovington 6th Grade Academy has the strongest math results in the ZIP code: 48.06% proficient in 6th grade math versus a state rate of 31.89%. It also has the lowest student/teacher ratio (12.7) and a 4-star, 85th-percentile rank in 2023–2024. Llano Elementary reports the highest language arts proficiency at 61.47%, well above district and state, though it serves only PK–K, so that score is hard to compare directly. Taylor Middle has improved steadily, from the 27th to the 47th percentile, with above-state 7th-grade results but below-state 8th-grade results. Lovington High graduates 88.3% of students, above the district (83.8%) and state (80.6%), even though its 11th-grade proficiency trails the state in language arts, math, and science.
New Hope Alternative High graduates 49.1% of students, far below district and state, and has the highest student/teacher ratio at 24.4; its test scores are suppressed by the state, so proficiency is unknown from this data. Yarbro Elementary ranks in the 11th percentile, with 5th-grade math at 14.35% versus roughly 34% statewide, and Jefferson Elementary posted 10.86% in all-grades math. Because many schools serve only one or two grades, comparisons between schools should be made with caution.
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