BROADMOOR ELEMENTARY

BROADMOOR ELEMENTARY is a K-5 school of mid-sized scale in HOBBS, New Mexico, operated by HOBBS, works with 330 students in grades pre-K through 5.

HOBBS runs 18 schools in total, collectively educating 10,097 students. BROADMOOR ELEMENTARY is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, BROADMOOR ELEMENTARY logs that 77% of the student body identifies as Hispanic. Other groups include 17% White, 3% Black, 3% multiracial. By comparison, Lea County as a whole is about 63% Hispanic, so the school skews considerably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 22 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 15.1:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 12.9:1 average. Roughly 72% of students at BROADMOOR ELEMENTARY qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), BROADMOOR ELEMENTARY sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 40.1%; this one delivers 35.9%.

Around the school, Lea County reports that the typical household earns roughly $68,015 per year, about 16% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 15%. Across Lea County's 38 public schools (combined enrollment of about 15,126 students), BROADMOOR ELEMENTARY is one campus in the mix.

WILL ROGERS ELEMENTARY is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.6 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), BROADMOOR ELEMENTARY ranks 1st on composite proficiency, above the local average of 30.6%.

The campus sits in a town-center setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at BROADMOOR ELEMENTARY has ticked down 13%, going from 378 students in 2018 to 330 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 27% to 17% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 17.2:1 in 2018 to 15.1:1 today.

In the discussion threads here, recent activity here tends to focus on school events, parent volunteer needs, and clubs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.