HIGHLAND ELEMENTARY

As a middle-of-the-pack primary school in CLOVIS, New Mexico, HIGHLAND ELEMENTARY caters to 268 students from grades pre-K through 5, overseen by CLOVIS.

Across the 18 schools in CLOVIS (7,780 students total), HIGHLAND ELEMENTARY accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Looking at the student body, HIGHLAND ELEMENTARY reports that Hispanic students make up the majority at 69%; the rest breaks down as 20% White, 7% Black, 3% multiracial. By comparison, Curry County as a whole is about 46% Hispanic, so the school skews visibly more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the resource side, The school currently runs with 19 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 14.0:1. The state averages around 12.9:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Around 80% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, HIGHLAND ELEMENTARY performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 38.3%, the actual is 27.1%, a residual of -11.1 points.

In the area at large, census data for Curry County shows median household earnings sit near $57,309, about 23% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 17% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Curry County's 28 public schools (combined enrollment of about 8,777 students), HIGHLAND ELEMENTARY is one campus in the mix.

LOS NINOS is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.6 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, HIGHLAND ELEMENTARY comes 5th of 6 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 35.9%.

Geographically, the school is in a town-center area.

Trend over the last 7 years. HIGHLAND ELEMENTARY's enrollment has showed little movement since 2018, when it stood at 270 (now 268). White enrollment moved from 37% to 20% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 16.9:1 in 2018 to 14.0:1 today.

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