ARTESIA HIGH

ARTESIA HIGH is one of the high-enrollment 9-12 campuss in ARTESIA, New Mexico, run under ARTESIA, with 806 students on its rolls from grades 10 through 12. By comparison, New Mexico's public schools average about 450 students each, so ARTESIA HIGH sits 79% bigger than that benchmark.

ARTESIA HIGH is one of 10 schools operated by ARTESIA, a district that hosts 3,729 students overall.

Looking at the student body, ARTESIA HIGH logs that Hispanic students make up the majority at 59%; the rest comes out to 38% White.

Looking at school resources, The school reports having 54 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 14.9:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 22.9:1 average. An estimated 100% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is north of Eddy County's rate of about 46%.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Eddy County) logs that the typical household earns roughly $78,426 per year, 19% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 11%. Across Eddy County's 26 public schools (combined enrollment of about 11,661 students), ARTESIA HIGH is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: CENTRAL ELEMENTARY, around 0.4 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around ARTESIA HIGH.

The school occupies a town-based site.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count remained close to its prior level: 807 students in 2018 compared to 806 in 2025. Class-load math has pulled in: from 16.3:1 in 2018 to 14.9:1 in 2025.

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