Enrollment
232
Middle
DISTRICT 337 · STATE 335
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LOVINGTON·NCES 350174000444
LOVINGTON 6TH GRADE ACADEMY
500 WEST JEFFERSON AVE, LOVINGTON, NM 88260 · (575) 739-2330 · Lea County
GRADES 06–06MIDDLE33-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL232 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 82% of New Mexico public middle 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 middle schools
Student : Teacher
12.7:1
18 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.1:1 · STATE 12.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
232 students
DISTRICT 100% · STATE 90%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 232 | 100% |
Student demographics
28%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
LOVINGTON 6TH GRADE ACADEMY→TAYLOR MIDDLE
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
42.5%
NM avg 44.2%
Math
43.4%
NM avg 27.2%
What this means: On the NM-MSSA + NM-ASR, New Mexico's statewide test, about 43 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 43 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
43.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
33.4%
based on NM schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+9.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 43% 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 LOVINGTON 6TH GRADE ACADEMY
LOVINGTON 6TH GRADE ACADEMY's state test result (43.0% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| LOVINGTON 6TH GRADE ACADEMY this school | 232 | 100.0% | 43.0% |
| GARFIELD MIDDLE ALBUQUERQUE | 282 | 99.3% | 24.6% |
| CENTRAL ELEMENTARY BELEN | 166 | 99.4% | 27.4% |
| WASHINGTON MIDDLE ALBUQUERQUE | 248 | 99.2% | 17.3% |
| MESA MIDDLE ROSWELL | 350 | 100.0% | 25.4% |
| SNELL MIDDLE BAYARD | 201 | 100.0% | 27.1% |
Matched among New Mexico middle 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 LOVINGTON 6TH GRADE ACADEMY ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In New Mexico | In Lea County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 43.0% | #16 of 113 | #1 of 7 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 43.4% | #9 of 120 | #1 of 7 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 42.5% | #51 of 122 | #6 of 7 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 232 | #97 of 160 | #5 of 8 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.7:1 | #47 of 101 | N/A |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 28.4% | #78 of 103 | N/A |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 100% | #34 of 116 | #2 of 7 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -10.8% | #67 of 89 | N/A |
Ranked against other public middle 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
232
-9 (-4%) vs 2020
-57% since 1990-91, when it was 534
Student : Teacher
12.7:1
was 14.2:1
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 | 232 | 18.3 | 12.7:1 | 100% (232) |
| 2023-24 | 208 | 17.6 | 11.8:1 | 100% (207) |
| 2022-23 | 228 | 17.6 | 13.0:1 | 99% (225) |
| 2020-21 | 241 | 17 | 14.2:1 | 99% (238) |
| 2017-18 | 260 | 17 | 15.3:1 | 70% (181) |
| 2015-16 | 277 | 19 | 14.6:1 | 61% (170) |
| 2010-11 | 263 | 17 | 15.5:1 | 72% (190) |
| 2000-01 | 437 | 25 | 17.5:1 | 34% (150) |
| 1990-91 | 534 | 26 | 20.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for LOVINGTON 6TH GRADE ACADEMY.
Since 2017-18: students down 11% (260 to 232); teachers up 7% (17 to 18.3).
About LOVINGTON 6TH GRADE ACADEMY
Families in LOVINGTON, New Mexico, are served by LOVINGTON 6TH GRADE ACADEMY, a small middle-grades school. The student body numbers 232 students, from grade 6. An average school in this group (middle schools in New Mexico) has about 335 students.
In LOVINGTON, 10 schools enroll a combined 3,397 students.
LOVINGTON 6TH GRADE ACADEMY's enrollment is 84% Hispanic. The next largest groups are 13% White. The school's Hispanic share is 21 points above the 63% share among Lea County residents. Pick two students at random and there is a 28% 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 12.7:1 at LOVINGTON 6TH GRADE ACADEMY, with 18.3 full-time-equivalent teachers. That matches the 12.5:1 average for middle schools in New Mexico fairly closely. The count of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch equals 100% of enrollment. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Lea County is 73%.
Measured against New Mexico public middle schools, LOVINGTON 6TH GRADE ACADEMY receives an A-. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
In New Mexico, LOVINGTON 6TH GRADE ACADEMY is in the middle band of BeatsExpectations: 43.0% actual against a predicted 33.4%.
Lea County has these Census figures: the median household income is $68,015, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 16%, and about 15% of people live in poverty. In all, Lea County has 38 public schools and roughly 15,126 students.
JEFFERSON ELEMENTARY is located less than a tenth of a mile from LOVINGTON 6TH GRADE ACADEMY. The five-mile area around LOVINGTON 6TH GRADE ACADEMY holds at least 8 other public schools. The school's 43.0% average proficiency ranks 1st among 4 nearby schools.
The school is in a town far from an urbanized area, according to its NCES locale (Town: Remote).
LOVINGTON 6TH GRADE ACADEMY's enrollment declined from 241 in 2020-21 to 232 in 2024-25. Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio fell to 12.7:1, from 14.2:1.
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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
Nearby schools
- JEFFERSON ELEMENTARY0.1 mi · 228
- YARBRO ELEMENTARY0.1 mi · 474
- NEW HOPE ALTERNATIVE HIGH0.1 mi · 104
- LEA ELEMENTARY0.8 mi · 231
- TAYLOR MIDDLE0.8 mi · 442
- LLANO ELEMENTARY0.9 mi · 435
Frequently asked questions
About LOVINGTON 6TH GRADE ACADEMYHow many students attend LOVINGTON 6TH GRADE ACADEMY?
LOVINGTON 6TH GRADE ACADEMY enrolls approximately 232 students in grades 06-06.
Is LOVINGTON 6TH GRADE ACADEMY an elementary, middle, or high school?
LOVINGTON 6TH GRADE ACADEMY is a middle school covering grades 06-06.
How many teachers does LOVINGTON 6TH GRADE ACADEMY have?
LOVINGTON 6TH GRADE ACADEMY employs 18 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.7:1.
What is the student diversity at LOVINGTON 6TH GRADE ACADEMY?
Student demographics at LOVINGTON 6TH GRADE ACADEMY are roughly 13% White, 84% Hispanic, 2% Black, 1% Two or more.
What district is LOVINGTON 6TH GRADE ACADEMY in?
LOVINGTON 6TH GRADE ACADEMY is part of LOVINGTON.
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