CAPITAN HIGH

CAPITAN HIGH operates as a minimally staffed secondary school in CAPITAN, New Mexico, one of the schools within CAPITAN. Current enrollment sits at 134 students spanning grades 9 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 70% smaller than the state mean of about 450.

CAPITAN comprises 3 schools with combined enrollment of 443 students; CAPITAN HIGH is among them.

Demographically, CAPITAN HIGH records that White students make up the majority at 65%; the rest comes out to 29% Hispanic, 5% multiracial.

Looking at school resources, CAPITAN HIGH records 16 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 8.3:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 22.9:1 average. An estimated 28% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is noticeably below Lincoln County's rate of about 85%.

Across the wider county, Lincoln County reports that median household earnings sit near $53,303, roughly 32% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 14%. In all, Lincoln County runs 14 public schools (combined enrollment of about 2,601 students), of which CAPITAN HIGH is one.

The closest other public school is CAPITAN MIDDLE, roughly 0.0 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 2 other public schools cluster around CAPITAN HIGH.

The school occupies a rural site.

Trend over the last 7 years. CAPITAN HIGH's enrollment has decreased 16% since 2018, when it stood at 159 (now 134). The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 14.7:1 in 2018 to 8.3:1 today.

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