JEFFERSON ELEMENTARY

Located at 300 WEST JEFFERSON AVE, in LOVINGTON, New Mexico, JEFFERSON ELEMENTARY is a cozy elementary school that caters to 228 students (grade 3), part of LOVINGTON. By comparison, New Mexico's public schools average about 287 students each, so JEFFERSON ELEMENTARY sits 21% leaner than that benchmark.

LOVINGTON comprises 10 schools with combined enrollment of 3,397 students; JEFFERSON ELEMENTARY is among them.

On the student-mix side, JEFFERSON ELEMENTARY shows that nearly all students (83%) are Hispanic. Other groups include 14% White. The wider county runs roughly 63% Hispanic, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, JEFFERSON ELEMENTARY has 14 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 16.5:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 12.9:1 average. Roughly 100% of students at JEFFERSON ELEMENTARY qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Lea County (around 73%), the school's rate is somewhat above typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), JEFFERSON ELEMENTARY sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 33.4%; this one delivers 23.4%.

Across the wider county, Lea County reports that median household income runs about $68,015, about 16% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 15%. In all, Lea County runs 38 public schools (combined enrollment of about 15,126 students), of which JEFFERSON ELEMENTARY is one.

The closest other public school is LOVINGTON 6TH GRADE ACADEMY, roughly 0.1 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 4 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), JEFFERSON ELEMENTARY ranks 4th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 33.4%.

The campus sits in a town-center setting.

Five-year trend. JEFFERSON ELEMENTARY's enrollment has shrank 8% since 2018, when it stood at 248 (now 228). Over the same period, the White share ticked down from 22% to 14%. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 18.0:1 in 2018 to 16.5:1 today.

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