Enrollment
311
Elementary
DISTRICT 262 · STATE 287
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ARTESIA·NCES 350012000129
HERMOSA ELEMENTARY
601 HERMOSA DR, ARTESIA, NM 88210 · (575) 746-3585 · Eddy County
GRADES 01–05ELEMENTARY33-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL311 STUDENTS
A
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Scored higher than 85% of New Mexico public elementary schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats 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
16.1:1
19 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.8:1 · STATE 12.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
311 students
DISTRICT 100% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 1 | 61 | 20% |
| Grade 2 | 59 | 19% |
| Grade 3 | 64 | 21% |
| Grade 4 | 60 | 19% |
| Grade 5 | 67 | 22% |
This year's 1st grade class (61) is 9% smaller than its 5th grade class (67).
Student demographics
48%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 49% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Based on grade levels within ARTESIA. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
NM-MSSA + NM-ASR 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
62.4%
NM avg 44.2%
Math
38.7%
NM avg 27.2%
What this means: On the NM-MSSA + NM-ASR, New Mexico's statewide test, about 62 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 39 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of NM schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
49.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
33.4%
based on NM schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+16.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 50% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 33% typical for New Mexico schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 16 points, placing it in New Mexico's top 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 HERMOSA ELEMENTARY
HERMOSA ELEMENTARY's state test result (49.9% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| HERMOSA ELEMENTARY this school | 311 | 100.0% | 49.9% |
| YUCCA ELEMENTARY ARTESIA | 354 | 100.0% | 42.2% |
| CORRALES ELEMENTARY CORRALES | 378 | 99.7% | 55.5% |
| A. MONTOYA ELEMENTARY TIJERAS | 370 | 99.2% | 38.0% |
| WHITE MOUNTAIN ELEMENTARY RUIDOSO | 374 | 100.0% | 34.8% |
| TAOS MUNICIPAL CHARTER TAOS | 216 | 100.0% | 51.5% |
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 HERMOSA ELEMENTARY ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New Mexico | In Eddy County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 49.9% | #42 of 329 | #2 of 10 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 38.7% | #76 of 354 | #5 of 11 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 62.4% | #48 of 366 | #2 of 11 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 311 | #217 of 490 | #10 of 13 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.1:1 | #273 of 318 | #5 of 11 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 47.6% | #138 of 334 | #4 of 11 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 100% | #57 of 393 | #2 of 11 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -1.0% | #278 of 287 | N/A |
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
311
+30 (+11%) vs 2020
-29% since 1990-91, when it was 440
Student : Teacher
16.1:1
was 16.5:1
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 | 311 | 19.4 | 16.1:1 | 100% (311) |
| 2023-24 | 282 | 19.1 | 14.7:1 | 46% (131) |
| 2022-23 | 293 | 19.2 | 15.3:1 | 50% (146) |
| 2020-21 | 281 | 17 | 16.5:1 | 33% (92) |
| 2017-18 | 314 | 22.2 | 14.2:1 | 55% (174) |
| 2015-16 | 363 | 21 | 17.3:1 | 62% (225) |
| 2010-11 | 325 | 24 | 13.5:1 | 63% (204) |
| 2000-01 | 373 | 25 | 14.9:1 | 59% (220) |
| 1990-91 | 440 | 21 | 20.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for HERMOSA ELEMENTARY.
Since 2017-18: students down 1% (314 to 311); teachers down 13% (22.2 to 19.4).
About HERMOSA ELEMENTARY
HERMOSA ELEMENTARY is a medium-sized elementary school located in ARTESIA, New Mexico. The school serves 311 students in grades 1 through 5 in 2024-25.
HERMOSA ELEMENTARY is run by ARTESIA, whose 10 schools enroll 3,729 students.
At HERMOSA ELEMENTARY, Hispanic students make up 64% of the student body. After that, the student body is 33% White. Census figures show Eddy County is about 52% Hispanic. Pick two students at random and there is a 48% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Federal records show a student-to-teacher ratio of 16.1:1 at HERMOSA ELEMENTARY, with 19.4 full-time-equivalent teachers. This ratio sits 3.2 above the 12.9:1 average for elementary schools in New Mexico. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility, a common measure of family income, is 100%. Compared with the 46% average for public schools in Eddy County, the school's rate is higher.
allk12 grades HERMOSA ELEMENTARY an A. The grade compares the school only with New Mexico public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
When test results are adjusted for free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, HERMOSA ELEMENTARY ranks in the top 10% of New Mexico schools. It scores 49.9%; the prediction is 33.4%.
Federal survey data for Eddy County show that the median household income is $78,426, roughly 19% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. There are 26 public schools in Eddy County, enrolling about 11,661 students in all.
ARTESIA ZIA INTERMEDIATE is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.6 miles away. The five-mile area around HERMOSA ELEMENTARY holds at least 8 other public schools. Local comparison: HERMOSA ELEMENTARY ranks 2nd of 5 nearby schools, at 49.9% versus a 46.6% average.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is Town: Remote: in a town far from an urbanized area.
Federal data show an 11% enrollment rise, from 281 in 2020-21 to 311 in 2024-25.
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Eddy County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
61,105
Census ACS
Median income
$78,426
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
19%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
26
11,661 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in ARTESIA
- ARTESIA HIGHHigh · 806 students
- ARTESIA ZIA INTERMEDIATEMiddle · 550 students
- ARTESIA PARK JUNIOR HIGHHigh · 539 students
- YESO ELEMENTARYElementary · 482 students
- YUCCA ELEMENTARYElementary · 354 students
- GRAND HEIGHTS EARLY CHILDHOODElementary · 348 students
Other schools in ARTESIA
- ARTESIA HIGHHigh · 806 students
- ARTESIA ZIA INTERMEDIATEMiddle · 550 students
- ARTESIA PARK JUNIOR HIGHHigh · 539 students
- YESO ELEMENTARYElementary · 482 students
- YUCCA ELEMENTARYElementary · 354 students
- GRAND HEIGHTS EARLY CHILDHOODElementary · 348 students
Other Hermosa Elementary schools
2 other US public schools in 3 states are named Hermosa Elementary. HERMOSA ELEMENTARY is the 2nd largest of the 3.
- Hermosa ElementaryAlta Loma, CA · 442 students
- Hermosa Elementary - 04Hermosa, SD · 181 students
Nearby schools
- ARTESIA ZIA INTERMEDIATE0.6 mi · 550
- CENTRAL ELEMENTARY0.7 mi · 149
- ARTESIA HIGH0.9 mi · 806
- YESO ELEMENTARY1.0 mi · 482
- ROSELAWN ELEMENTARY1.4 mi · 171
- GRAND HEIGHTS EARLY CHILDHOOD1.6 mi · 348
Frequently asked questions
About HERMOSA ELEMENTARYHow many students attend HERMOSA ELEMENTARY?
HERMOSA ELEMENTARY enrolls approximately 311 students in grades 01-05.
What grades does HERMOSA ELEMENTARY serve?
HERMOSA ELEMENTARY serves grades 01-05.
How many students per teacher at HERMOSA ELEMENTARY?
Approximately 16.1:1 students per teacher at HERMOSA ELEMENTARY.
How diverse is HERMOSA ELEMENTARY?
HERMOSA ELEMENTARY reports a student body of 33% White, 64% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Asian.
Is HERMOSA ELEMENTARY public or private?
HERMOSA ELEMENTARY is a public K-12 school, overseen by ARTESIA.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.