BEN ALEXANDER ELEMENTARY

BEN ALEXANDER ELEMENTARY operates as a compact K-5 school in LOVINGTON, New Mexico, part of LOVINGTON. Current enrollment sits at 238 students spanning grade 2.

LOVINGTON runs 10 schools in total, collectively educating 3,397 students. BEN ALEXANDER ELEMENTARY is one of those campuses.

Demographically, BEN ALEXANDER ELEMENTARY logs that nearly all students (84%) are Hispanic; the rest comes out to 13% White. By comparison, Lea County as a whole is about 63% Hispanic, so the school skews meaningfully more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, BEN ALEXANDER ELEMENTARY has 14 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 17.1:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 12.9:1, putting BEN ALEXANDER ELEMENTARY higher than the state norm the norm. About 100% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is noticeably above Lea County's rate of about 73%.

In the surrounding community, Lea County reports that median household earnings sit near $68,015, 16% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 15%. In all, Lea County runs 38 public schools (combined enrollment of about 15,126 students), of which BEN ALEXANDER ELEMENTARY is one.

Nearest neighbor: LOVINGTON FRESHMAN ACADEMY, around 0.2 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

Geographically, the school is in a town-based area.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at BEN ALEXANDER ELEMENTARY has shrank 20%, going from 297 students in 2018 to 238 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share ticked down from 36% to 13%. Class-load math has narrowed: from 19.4:1 in 2018 to 17.1:1 in 2025.

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