ARTESIA PARK JUNIOR HIGH

ARTESIA PARK JUNIOR HIGH is a medium-sized high school in ARTESIA, New Mexico, one of the schools within ARTESIA. The school instructs 539 students in grades 8 through 9.

Within ARTESIA, which oversees 10 schools and 3,729 students, ARTESIA PARK JUNIOR HIGH is one campus in the system.

Demographically, ARTESIA PARK JUNIOR HIGH logs that 57% of the student body identifies as Hispanic; the rest consists of 40% White.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, ARTESIA PARK JUNIOR HIGH has 41 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 13.0:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 22.9:1 average. Around 100% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Eddy County runs at roughly 46%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, ARTESIA PARK JUNIOR HIGH performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 33.4%, the actual is 33.1%, a residual of -0.3 points.

Zooming out to the county, Eddy County reports that median household income runs about $78,426, roughly 19% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Eddy County's 26 public schools (combined enrollment of about 11,661 students), ARTESIA PARK JUNIOR HIGH is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: YUCCA ELEMENTARY, around 0.2 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around ARTESIA PARK JUNIOR HIGH. Among the 5 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), ARTESIA PARK JUNIOR HIGH ranks 5th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 50.8%.

The campus sits in a town-based setting.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count decreased 4%: 563 students in 2018 compared to 539 in 2025. Class-load math has fell: from 14.7:1 in 2018 to 13.0:1 in 2025.

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