Enrollment
228
Elementary
DISTRICT 321 · STATE 287
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LOVINGTON·NCES 350174000445
JEFFERSON ELEMENTARY
300 WEST JEFFERSON AVE, LOVINGTON, NM 88260 · (575) 739-2540 · Lea County
GRADES 03–03ELEMENTARY33-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL228 STUDENTS
C-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 17% of New Mexico public elementary schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-Beats 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
16.5:1
14 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.7:1 · STATE 12.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
228 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 3 | 228 | 100% |
Student demographics
29%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 28% · 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
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within LOVINGTON. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
NM-MSSA + NM-ASR 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
35.8%
NM avg 44.2%
Math
10.9%
NM avg 27.2%
What this means: On the NM-MSSA + NM-ASR, New Mexico's statewide test, about 36 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 11 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
23.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
33.4%
based on NM schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-10.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 23% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 33% 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 (23.4% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| JEFFERSON ELEMENTARY this school | 228 | 100.0% | 23.4% |
| PERALTA ELEMENTARY LOS LUNAS | 227 | 100.0% | 40.3% |
| HAGERMAN ELEMENTARY HAGERMAN | 217 | 98.6% | 37.7% |
| LA PROMESA ELEMENTARY BELEN | 230 | 100.0% | 31.2% |
| LOS RANCHOS ELEMENTARY ALBUQUERQUE | 194 | 100.0% | 30.6% |
| JAL ELEMENTARY JAL | 290 | 99.7% | 29.7% |
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 | 23.4% | #281 of 329 | #18 of 18 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 10.9% | #325 of 354 | #18 of 18 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 35.8% | #231 of 366 | #12 of 18 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 228 | #296 of 490 | #18 of 21 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.5:1 | #281 of 318 | #11 of 19 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 29.3% | #228 of 334 | #10 of 19 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 100% | #156 of 393 | #1 of 21 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -8.1% | #234 of 287 | #10 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
228
+22 (+11%) vs 2020
-11% since 1990-91, when it was 256
Student : Teacher
16.5:1
was 15.8:1
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 | 228 | 13.8 | 16.5:1 | 100% (228) |
| 2023-24 | 264 | 14.4 | 18.3:1 | 100% (263) |
| 2022-23 | 220 | 13.4 | 16.4:1 | 99% (217) |
| 2020-21 | 206 | 13 | 15.8:1 | 99% (203) |
| 2017-18 | 248 | 13.8 | 18.0:1 | 72% (179) |
| 2015-16 | 331 | 19 | 17.4:1 | 69% (228) |
| 2010-11 | 255 | 14 | 18.2:1 | 78% (198) |
| 2000-01 | 208 | 16 | 13.0:1 | 78% (162) |
| 1990-91 | 256 | 12 | 21.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for JEFFERSON ELEMENTARY.
Since 2017-18: students down 8% (248 to 228); teachers unchanged (13.8 to 13.8).
About JEFFERSON ELEMENTARY
JEFFERSON ELEMENTARY is an elementary school in LOVINGTON, New Mexico, reachable at (575) 739-2540. The school offers grade 3 and enrolls 228 students. Across elementary schools in New Mexico, the average enrollment is about 287.
Besides JEFFERSON ELEMENTARY, LOVINGTON runs 9 other schools. The district enrolls 3,397 students.
By race and ethnicity, JEFFERSON ELEMENTARY is 83% Hispanic. Other groups include 14% White. The county population is about 63% Hispanic. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 29, compared with 70 nationally.
JEFFERSON ELEMENTARY has a student-to-teacher ratio of 16.5:1, with 13.8 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average for elementary schools in New Mexico, 12.9:1, is lower. A common income measure, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, is 100% at JEFFERSON ELEMENTARY. Across public schools in Lea County, the average is 73%.
JEFFERSON ELEMENTARY holds a C- allk12 Grade, placing it above 17% of New Mexico public elementary schools.
Schools in New Mexico with a similar free or reduced-price lunch share are predicted to score about 33.4%. JEFFERSON ELEMENTARY scores 23.4%.
Census data for Lea County show the median household earns about $68,015 a year, 16% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 15% of people live in poverty. Counting JEFFERSON ELEMENTARY, Lea County has 38 public schools.
JEFFERSON ELEMENTARY's nearest public school is LOVINGTON 6TH GRADE ACADEMY (less than a tenth of a mile). There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. Among the 4 closest schools with test data, this one included, JEFFERSON ELEMENTARY ranks 4th on average proficiency.
Federal records code the school's setting as Town: Remote.
Enrollment increased by 11% across 4 years, from 206 in 2020-21 to 228 in 2024-25.
Parents, students, and staff can share information on special education services, counseling, and support programs here. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
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 LOVINGTON
- LOVINGTON HIGHHigh · 746 students
- YARBRO ELEMENTARYElementary · 474 students
- TAYLOR MIDDLEMiddle · 442 students
- LLANO ELEMENTARYElementary · 435 students
- LOVINGTON FRESHMAN ACADEMYHigh · 267 students
- BEN ALEXANDER ELEMENTARYElementary · 238 students
Other schools in LOVINGTON
- LOVINGTON HIGHHigh · 746 students
- YARBRO ELEMENTARYElementary · 474 students
- TAYLOR MIDDLEMiddle · 442 students
- LLANO ELEMENTARYElementary · 435 students
- LOVINGTON FRESHMAN ACADEMYHigh · 267 students
- BEN ALEXANDER ELEMENTARYElementary · 238 students
Other Jefferson Elementary schools
143 other US public schools in 31 states are named Jefferson Elementary. JEFFERSON ELEMENTARY is the 128th largest of the 144.
- JEFFERSON ELEMENTARYGALLUP, NM · 460 students
- JEFFERSON ELEMENTARYHOBBS, NM · 316 students
- Jefferson Elementary SchoolJefferson, GA · 1,011 students
- Jefferson ElementaryRiverside, CA · 886 students
- Jefferson ElementaryLennox, CA · 716 students
Nearby schools
- LOVINGTON 6TH GRADE ACADEMY0.1 mi · 232
- NEW HOPE ALTERNATIVE HIGH0.2 mi · 104
- YARBRO ELEMENTARY0.2 mi · 474
- LEA ELEMENTARY0.8 mi · 231
- TAYLOR MIDDLE0.9 mi · 442
- LLANO ELEMENTARY0.9 mi · 435
Frequently asked questions
About JEFFERSON ELEMENTARYWhat is the total enrollment at JEFFERSON ELEMENTARY?
JEFFERSON ELEMENTARY enrolls approximately 228 students in grades 03-03.
What grades does JEFFERSON ELEMENTARY serve?
JEFFERSON ELEMENTARY serves grades 03-03.
How many teachers does JEFFERSON ELEMENTARY have?
JEFFERSON ELEMENTARY employs 14 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 16.5:1.
What is the student diversity at JEFFERSON ELEMENTARY?
Student demographics at JEFFERSON ELEMENTARY are roughly 14% White, 83% Hispanic, 0% Asian, 1% Two or more.
What district is JEFFERSON ELEMENTARY in?
JEFFERSON ELEMENTARY is part of LOVINGTON.
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