Enrollment
155
Elementary
DISTRICT 369 · STATE 287
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HOBBS·NCES 350126000357
BOOKER T. WASHINGTON ELEMENTARY
1200 EAST HUMBLE, HOBBS, NM 88240 · (575) 433-2100 · Lea County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY33-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL155 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 63% of New Mexico public elementary schools
- B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded New Mexico public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
12.1:1
13 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.5:1 · STATE 12.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
66%
102 students
DISTRICT 64% · STATE 90%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 30 | 19% |
| Kindergarten | 27 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 26 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 21 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 22 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 18 | 12% |
| Grade 5 | 11 | 7% |
This year's kindergarten class (27) is 145% larger than its 5th grade class (11).
Student demographics
44%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 37% · STATE 55% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
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NM-MSSA + NM-ASR 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
50.0%
NM avg 44.2%
Math
24.0%
NM avg 27.2%
What this means: On the NM-MSSA + NM-ASR, New Mexico's statewide test, about 50 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 24 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New Mexico schools, those numbers are about 44 and 27.
Source: NM-MSSA + NM-ASR. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
43.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
41.6%
based on NM schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+1.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 43% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 42% typical for New Mexico schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among New Mexico's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like BOOKER T. WASHINGTON ELEMENTARY
BOOKER T. WASHINGTON ELEMENTARY's state test result (43.1% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| BOOKER T. WASHINGTON ELEMENTARY this school | 155 | 65.8% | 43.1% |
| ARTS ACADEMY AT BELLA VISTA CLOVIS | 444 | 76.8% | 24.4% |
| HIGHLAND ELEMENTARY CLOVIS | 268 | 79.9% | 27.1% |
| JAMES BICKLEY ELEMENTARY CLOVIS | 305 | 73.8% | 21.6% |
| ALBUQUERQUE COLLEGIATE CHARTER SCHOOL ALBUQUERQUE | 221 | 71.5% | 46.8% |
| CORONADO ELEMENTARY HOBBS | 422 | 60.0% | 40.4% |
Matched among New Mexico elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where BOOKER T. WASHINGTON ELEMENTARY ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New Mexico | In Lea County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 43.1% | #81 of 329 | #3 of 18 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 24.0% | #181 of 354 | #11 of 18 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 50.0% | #106 of 366 | #2 of 18 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 155 | #371 of 490 | #20 of 21 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 65.8% | #355 of 393 | #10 of 21 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -39.2% | #39 of 287 | #1 of 13 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
155
+24 (+18%) vs 2020
+142% since 1990-91, when it was 64
Student : Teacher
12.1:1
was 13.1:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 155 | 12.9 | 12.1:1 | 66% (102) |
| 2023-24 | 174 | 15.1 | 11.6:1 | 42% (73) |
| 2022-23 | 156 | 13.5 | 11.6:1 | 100% (156) |
| 2020-21 | 131 | 10 | 13.1:1 | 98% (128) |
| 2017-18 | 255 | 11.9 | 21.5:1 | 81% (207) |
| 2015-16 | 188 | 11 | 17.1:1 | 81% (153) |
| 2010-11 | 277 | 15 | 18.5:1 | 74% (204) |
| 2000-01 | 51 | 3 | 17.0:1 | 94% (48) |
| 1990-91 | 64 | 9 | 7.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for BOOKER T. WASHINGTON ELEMENTARY.
Since 2017-18: students down 39% (255 to 155); teachers up 8% (11.9 to 12.9).
About BOOKER T. WASHINGTON ELEMENTARY
BOOKER T. WASHINGTON ELEMENTARY is a low-enrollment elementary school in HOBBS, located in HOBBS, New Mexico. It enrolls 155 students in 2024-25. The grades offered are pre-K through 5. It has 46% fewer students than the average for elementary schools in New Mexico (about 287).
The district, HOBBS, has 10,097 students enrolled across 18 schools.
The share of Hispanic students at BOOKER T. WASHINGTON ELEMENTARY is 73%, a majority. Other students are 14% White, 10% Black, and 3% multiracial. That is higher than the 63% Hispanic share among all Lea County residents. A diversity index of 44% means there is a 44% chance two randomly chosen students at BOOKER T. WASHINGTON ELEMENTARY are from different groups.
BOOKER T. WASHINGTON ELEMENTARY reported 12.9 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25, a ratio of 12.1:1. Elementary schools in New Mexico average 12.9:1, 0.8 more students per teacher than here. There are 102 students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, 66% of enrollment.
On the allk12 Grade, BOOKER T. WASHINGTON ELEMENTARY lands at B, ahead of 63% of New Mexico public elementary schools.
Compared with New Mexico schools that have similar shares of low-income students, BOOKER T. WASHINGTON ELEMENTARY's results are 1.5 points above predicted: 43.1% against 41.6%.
Looking at the county, Lea County, median household income comes to about $68,015, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 16% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 15%. The county's public schools total 38, with about 15,126 students.
EDISON ELEMENTARY is the nearest public school to BOOKER T. WASHINGTON ELEMENTARY, about 0.5 miles away. Within five miles of BOOKER T. WASHINGTON ELEMENTARY, there are at least 8 other public schools. Its average proficiency rate of 43.1% is above the 26.7% average for nearby schools.
The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as Town: Remote, meaning it is in a town far from an urbanized area.
From 131 students in 2020-21, enrollment rose to 155 by 2024-25. Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio dropped to 12.1:1, from 13.1:1.
Parents, students, and staff can share information on pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback here. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
Lea County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
73,733
Census ACS
Median income
$68,015
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
16%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
15%
Below federal line
Schools in county
38
15,126 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in HOBBS
- HOBBS HIGHHigh · 2,312 students
- HOUSTON MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 822 students
- HIGHLAND MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 808 students
- HOBBS FRESHMAN HIGHHigh · 747 students
- HEIZER MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 606 students
- COLLEGE LANE ELEMENTARYElementary · 532 students
Other schools in HOBBS
- HOBBS HIGHHigh · 2,312 students
- HOUSTON MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 822 students
- HIGHLAND MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 808 students
- HOBBS FRESHMAN HIGHHigh · 747 students
- HEIZER MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 606 students
- COLLEGE LANE ELEMENTARYElementary · 532 students
Other Booker T. Washington Elementary schools
3 other US public schools in 4 states are named Booker T. Washington Elementary. BOOKER T. WASHINGTON ELEMENTARY is the 4th largest of the 4.
- Booker T. Washington ElementarySuffolk, VA · 362 students
- Booker T. Washington ElementaryEl Centro, CA · 351 students
- Booker T. Washington Elementary SchoolDover, DE · 314 students
Nearby schools
- EDISON ELEMENTARY0.5 mi · 225
- HOUSTON MIDDLE SCHOOL0.8 mi · 822
- MURRAY ELEMENTARY0.8 mi · 422
- SOUTHERN HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY0.9 mi · 472
- HOBBS HIGH1.0 mi · 2,312
- WILL ROGERS ELEMENTARY1.1 mi · 297
Frequently asked questions
About BOOKER T. WASHINGTON ELEMENTARYHow large is BOOKER T. WASHINGTON ELEMENTARY?
BOOKER T. WASHINGTON ELEMENTARY enrolls approximately 155 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does BOOKER T. WASHINGTON ELEMENTARY serve?
BOOKER T. WASHINGTON ELEMENTARY serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at BOOKER T. WASHINGTON ELEMENTARY?
The student-to-teacher ratio at BOOKER T. WASHINGTON ELEMENTARY is approximately 12.1:1 (13 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at BOOKER T. WASHINGTON ELEMENTARY?
At BOOKER T. WASHINGTON ELEMENTARY, the student body is approximately 14% White, 73% Hispanic, 10% Black, 3% Two or more.
Is BOOKER T. WASHINGTON ELEMENTARY public or private?
BOOKER T. WASHINGTON ELEMENTARY is a public K-12 school, overseen by HOBBS.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.