HAGERMAN ELEMENTARY
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Test scores
NM-MSSA + NM-ASR 2024-25 . % ProficientWhat this means: On the NM-MSSA + NM-ASR, New Mexico's statewide test, about 41 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 32 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New Mexico schools, those numbers are about 44 and 27.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 38% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 34% 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%.
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SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About HAGERMAN ELEMENTARY
Located at 406 NORTH CAMBRIDGE AVE, in HAGERMAN, New Mexico, HAGERMAN ELEMENTARY is a modestly sized elementary-level community that enrolls 217 students (grades pre-K through 5), run under HAGERMAN. Enrollment runs roughly 24% smaller than the state mean of about 287.
HAGERMAN ELEMENTARY is one of 3 schools operated by HAGERMAN, a district that works with 408 students overall.
Demographically, HAGERMAN ELEMENTARY reports that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (83%). The remainder comes out to 14% White, 3% multiracial. That is visibly more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 58%.
Looking at the economic backdrop, HAGERMAN ELEMENTARY shows 19 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 11.4:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 12.9:1 average. About 99% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.
Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, HAGERMAN ELEMENTARY tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 33.7% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 37.7%.
Around the school, the surrounding county (Chaves County) shows that median household earnings sit near $52,938, roughly 18% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 20%. In all, Chaves County runs 33 public schools (combined enrollment of about 10,504 students), of which HAGERMAN ELEMENTARY is one.
HAGERMAN MIDDLE is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 2 other public schools cluster around HAGERMAN ELEMENTARY. On composite proficiency, HAGERMAN ELEMENTARY comes 2nd of 4 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 31.0%.
The school occupies an outlying site.
Trend over the last 7 years. HAGERMAN ELEMENTARY's enrollment has expanded 7% since 2018, when it stood at 202 (now 217). Over the same period, the White share edged down from 33% to 14%. Class-load math has pulled in: from 16.0:1 in 2018 to 11.4:1 in 2025.
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