School district · New Mexico
Lovington
Lovington in New Mexico: 10 public schools with 3,397 students and 15.5 students per teacher in the 2024–25 school year. It spent $16,443 per student in FY2024.
- Schools
- 10
- Students
- 3,397
- Students per teacher
- 15.5
- NM 12.9 · US 15.1
- Spending per student
- $16,443
- NM $17.7K · US $17.6K
Staff
Full-time equivalents reported by the district. Ratios are students per staff member: lower means more staff for each student, not better results.
- Teachers (FTE)
- 219
- Counselors (FTE)
- 3.1
- Students per counselor
- 1,103
- NM 382 · US 357
- Psychologists (FTE)
- 1.9
- Librarians (FTE): —
State test results
Share of students scoring proficient or above on New Mexico's tests, grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year.
Reading and writing
New Mexico: 44%39%proficient
+8.9 points from 2023–24 school year
A lower share proficient than 69% of school districts in New Mexico
Median 44% · 137 school districts compared
1,340 students tested, grades 3–8 · NM-MSSA; proficient means Levels 3-4
Math
New Mexico: 27%20%proficient
+2.7 points from 2023–24 school year
A lower share proficient than 59% of school districts in New Mexico
Median 25% · 135 school districts compared
1,340 students tested, grades 3–8 · NM-MSSA; proficient means Levels 3-4
Each state sets its own test and its own bar for “proficient”, so results compare only within a state. Results also follow family income closely: a school's share reflects its students' circumstances as much as its teaching.
Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.
Money
Current spending pays for staff, services and supplies; buildings and debt are counted apart. It follows local costs and needs (special education, long bus routes), so it is a comparison, not a grade.
- Federal
- 11% · $7.8M
- State
- 72% · $49.5M
- Local
- 17% · $11.7M
Per student (FY2024)
- Instruction
- $8,955
- Support services
- $6,729
- Buildings and equipment (capital outlay)
- $6.5M
- Long-term debt
- $26.3M
Schools
Open public schools of the district in the 2024–25 school year.
| School | Grades | Students | Students / teacher | Reading | Math |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ben Alexander ElementaryFree meals for all | 2 | 238 | 17.1 | — | — |
Jefferson ElementaryFree meals for all | 3 | 228 | 16.5 | 35% | 11% |
LEA ElementaryFree meals for all | 1 | 231 | 14.5 | — | — |
Llano ElementaryFree meals for all | Pre-K–K | 435 | 20.0 | — | — |
Yarbro ElementaryFree meals for all | 4–5 | 474 | 15.2 | 35% | 14% |
Lovington 6TH Grade AcademyFree meals for all | 6 | 232 | 12.7 | 43% | 44% |
Taylor MiddleFree meals for all | 7–8 | 442 | 13.5 | 44% | 19% |
| 9 | 267 | 14.8 | — | — | |
Lovington HighFree meals for all | 10–12 | 746 | 16.0 | — | — |
New Hope Alternative HighAlternativeFree meals for all | 9–12 | 104 | 24.5 | — | — |
Reading and Math: share of tested students proficient or above on the state's own tests (grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year). Compare only within a state.
Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.
Sources
- Address
- 18 West Washington, Lovington, NM 88260
- Phone
- (575)739-2200
- Public schools and school districts (National Center for Education Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau), 2024–25 school year. NCES Common Core of Data and EDGE public school geocodes; U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances and cartographic boundary files (places).
- Annual Survey of School System Finances (U.S. Census Bureau), FY2024. U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances (F-33).
- State Assessment Data Repository (Education Data Center), 2024–25 school year. Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository v3.1.