HAGERMAN HIGH

HAGERMAN HIGH is one of the rural-scale 9-12 campuss in HAGERMAN, New Mexico, overseen by HAGERMAN, with 121 students on its rolls from grades 9 through 12. Compared to the state average of about 450 students per school, that is 73% below typical.

Within HAGERMAN, which oversees 3 schools and 408 students, HAGERMAN HIGH is one campus in the system.

On demographics, HAGERMAN HIGH shows that 76% of the student body identifies as Hispanic. Beyond that, the school logs 21% White. The wider county runs roughly 58% Hispanic, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the resource side, The school lists 15 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 8.1:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 22.9:1 average. Around 100% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Chaves County) reports that median household earnings sit near $52,938, 18% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, 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 HIGH is one.

Nearest neighbor: HAGERMAN ELEMENTARY, around 0.1 miles off. 2 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

HAGERMAN HIGH operates from a low-density location.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at HAGERMAN HIGH has contracted 9%, going from 133 students in 2018 to 121 in 2025. The White share of enrollment shrank from 34% to 21% over that span. Class-load math has fell: from 13.6:1 in 2018 to 8.1:1 in 2025.

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