Enrollment
316
Elementary
DISTRICT 369 · STATE 287
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HOBBS·NCES 350126000352
JEFFERSON ELEMENTARY
1200 WEST PARK, HOBBS, NM 88240 · (575) 433-1700 · Lea County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY33-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL316 STUDENTS
C-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 24% of New Mexico public elementary schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats 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
13.7:1
23 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.5:1 · STATE 12.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
69%
217 students
DISTRICT 64% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 19 | 6% |
| Kindergarten | 37 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 60 | 19% |
| Grade 2 | 50 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 45 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 51 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 54 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (37) is 31% smaller than its 5th grade class (54).
Student demographics
29%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 37% · 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
Test scores
NM-MSSA + NM-ASR 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
35.0%
NM avg 44.2%
Math
21.0%
NM avg 27.2%
What this means: On the NM-MSSA + NM-ASR, New Mexico's statewide test, about 35 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 21 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
28.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
40.9%
based on NM schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-12.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 28% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 41% 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%.
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 JEFFERSON ELEMENTARY
JEFFERSON ELEMENTARY's state test result (28.4% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| JEFFERSON ELEMENTARY this school | 316 | 68.7% | 28.4% |
| TAYLOR ELEMENTARY HOBBS | 426 | 66.2% | 34.2% |
| BROADMOOR ELEMENTARY HOBBS | 330 | 72.1% | 35.9% |
| EDISON ELEMENTARY HOBBS | 225 | 65.3% | 23.8% |
| WILL ROGERS ELEMENTARY HOBBS | 297 | 61.6% | 26.1% |
| MURRAY ELEMENTARY HOBBS | 422 | 65.4% | 25.3% |
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 JEFFERSON ELEMENTARY ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New Mexico | In Lea County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 28.4% | #209 of 329 | #11 of 18 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 21.0% | #217 of 354 | #14 of 18 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 35.0% | #237 of 366 | #13 of 18 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 316 | #214 of 490 | #13 of 21 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.7:1 | #189 of 318 | #2 of 19 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 28.6% | #229 of 334 | #11 of 19 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 68.7% | #352 of 393 | #8 of 21 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -16.4% | #182 of 287 | #6 of 13 |
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
316
-17 (-5%) vs 2020
-31% since 1990-91, when it was 456
Student : Teacher
13.7:1
was 13.3:1
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 | 316 | 23 | 13.7:1 | 69% (217) |
| 2023-24 | 354 | 27.7 | 12.8:1 | 53% (188) |
| 2022-23 | 351 | 25.7 | 13.7:1 | 100% (351) |
| 2020-21 | 333 | 25 | 13.3:1 | 99% (330) |
| 2017-18 | 378 | 23.9 | 15.8:1 | 83% (315) |
| 2015-16 | 419 | 24 | 17.5:1 | 79% (332) |
| 2010-11 | 421 | 25 | 16.8:1 | 87% (366) |
| 2000-01 | 409 | 30 | 13.6:1 | 88% (360) |
| 1990-91 | 456 | 22 | 20.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for JEFFERSON ELEMENTARY.
Since 2017-18: students down 16% (378 to 316); teachers down 4% (23.9 to 23).
About JEFFERSON ELEMENTARY
JEFFERSON ELEMENTARY is a mid-sized elementary school serving families in HOBBS, New Mexico. The school teaches pre-K through 5 and enrolls 316 students.
The 18 schools of HOBBS, including JEFFERSON ELEMENTARY, enroll 10,097 students.
Roughly 84% of students at JEFFERSON ELEMENTARY are Hispanic. Smaller groups are 12% White and 2% Black. County-wide, 63% of Lea County residents are Hispanic. A diversity index of 29% means there is a 29% chance two randomly chosen students at JEFFERSON ELEMENTARY are from different groups.
Classroom staffing at JEFFERSON ELEMENTARY totals 23 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 13.7:1. The average for elementary schools in New Mexico is 12.9:1, so this school has more students per teacher. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at JEFFERSON ELEMENTARY is about 69%.
On the allk12 Grade, JEFFERSON ELEMENTARY lands at C-, ahead of 24% of New Mexico public elementary schools.
The school's average proficiency rate across its state test results is 28.4%. For its free or reduced-price lunch share, the predicted value is 40.9%.
American Community Survey estimates for Lea County show that the median household earns about $68,015 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 16%, and about 15% of people live in poverty. Lea County has 38 public schools with about 15,126 students, including JEFFERSON ELEMENTARY.
A public school about 1.0 miles away, WILL ROGERS ELEMENTARY, is the closest to JEFFERSON ELEMENTARY. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. Among its closest neighbors with test data, JEFFERSON ELEMENTARY is 4th of 8 on proficiency.
Federal records code the school's setting as Town: Remote.
Enrollment in 2024-25 stood at 316, compared with 333 in 2020-21.
Use the discussion section to ask about homework, tutoring, and testing dates at JEFFERSON ELEMENTARY. You can also rate the school on this page.
Lea County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
73,733
Census ACS
Median income
$68,015
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
16%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
15%
Below federal line
Schools in county
38
15,126 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in HOBBS
- HOBBS HIGHHigh · 2,312 students
- HOUSTON MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 822 students
- HIGHLAND MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 808 students
- HOBBS FRESHMAN HIGHHigh · 747 students
- HEIZER MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 606 students
- COLLEGE LANE ELEMENTARYElementary · 532 students
Other schools in HOBBS
- HOBBS HIGHHigh · 2,312 students
- HOUSTON MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 822 students
- HIGHLAND MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 808 students
- HOBBS FRESHMAN HIGHHigh · 747 students
- HEIZER MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 606 students
- COLLEGE LANE ELEMENTARYElementary · 532 students
Other Jefferson Elementary schools
143 other US public schools in 31 states are named Jefferson Elementary. JEFFERSON ELEMENTARY is the 98th largest of the 144.
- JEFFERSON ELEMENTARYGALLUP, NM · 460 students
- JEFFERSON ELEMENTARYLOVINGTON, NM · 228 students
- Jefferson Elementary SchoolJefferson, GA · 1,011 students
- Jefferson ElementaryRiverside, CA · 886 students
- Jefferson ElementaryLennox, CA · 716 students
Nearby schools
- WILL ROGERS ELEMENTARY1.0 mi · 297
- HOUSTON MIDDLE SCHOOL1.2 mi · 822
- BROADMOOR ELEMENTARY1.3 mi · 330
- EDISON ELEMENTARY1.4 mi · 225
- MURRAY ELEMENTARY1.4 mi · 422
- SANGER ELEMENTARY1.4 mi · 365
Frequently asked questions
About JEFFERSON ELEMENTARYHow large is JEFFERSON ELEMENTARY?
JEFFERSON ELEMENTARY enrolls approximately 316 students in grades PK-05.
Is JEFFERSON ELEMENTARY an elementary, middle, or high school?
JEFFERSON ELEMENTARY is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does JEFFERSON ELEMENTARY have?
JEFFERSON ELEMENTARY employs 23 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.7:1.
How diverse is JEFFERSON ELEMENTARY?
JEFFERSON ELEMENTARY reports a student body of 12% White, 84% Hispanic, 2% Black, 1% Asian, 1% Two or more.
What district is JEFFERSON ELEMENTARY in?
JEFFERSON ELEMENTARY is part of HOBBS.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.