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Enrollment
411
Elementary
DISTRICT 369 · STATE 287
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HOBBS·NCES 350126000353
MILLS ELEMENTARY
200 WEST COPPER, HOBBS, NM 88240 · (575) 433-2400 · Lea County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY33-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL411 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
18.1:1
23 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.5:1 · STATE 12.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
59%
241 students
DISTRICT 64% · STATE 90%
Community
1
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 | 5% |
| Kindergarten | 57 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 67 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 64 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 72 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 69 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 63 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (57) is 10% smaller than its 5th grade class (63).
Student demographics
40%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
53.7%
NM avg 44.2%
Math
49.0%
NM avg 27.2%
What this means: On the NM-MSSA + NM-ASR, New Mexico's statewide test, about 54 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 49 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
46.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
43.4%
based on NM schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+2.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 46% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 43% 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 MILLS ELEMENTARY
MILLS ELEMENTARY's state test result (46.3% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| MILLS ELEMENTARY this school | 411 | 58.6% | 46.3% |
| SANGER ELEMENTARY HOBBS | 365 | 55.9% | 32.3% |
| COLLEGE LANE ELEMENTARY HOBBS | 532 | 55.6% | 37.9% |
| METTIE JORDAN ELEMENTARY EUNICE | 357 | 55.7% | 26.4% |
| SOUTHERN HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY HOBBS | 472 | 59.3% | 27.8% |
| STONE ELEMENTARY HOBBS | 429 | 50.3% | 36.0% |
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 MILLS ELEMENTARY ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New Mexico | In Lea County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 46.3% | #63 of 329 | #2 of 18 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 49.0% | #37 of 354 | #2 of 18 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 53.7% | #88 of 366 | #1 of 18 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 411 | #112 of 490 | #9 of 21 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.1:1 | #303 of 318 | #16 of 19 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 39.6% | #177 of 334 | #6 of 19 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 58.6% | #363 of 393 | #16 of 21 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +19.5% | #15 of 57 | #1 of 6 |
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
411
+23 (+6%) vs 2020
-18% since 1990-91, when it was 499
Student : Teacher
18.1:1
was 16.9:1
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 | 411 | 22.7 | 18.1:1 | 59% (241) |
| 2023-24 | 406 | 23.7 | 17.2:1 | 43% (175) |
| 2022-23 | 401 | 23.6 | 17.0:1 | 100% (401) |
| 2020-21 | 388 | 23 | 16.9:1 | 99% (385) |
| 2017-18 | 344 | 19 | 18.1:1 | 54% (185) |
| 2015-16 | 396 | 22 | 18.0:1 | 56% (222) |
| 2010-11 | 483 | 25 | 19.3:1 | 52% (251) |
| 2000-01 | 355 | 21 | 16.9:1 | 46% (163) |
| 1990-91 | 499 | 20 | 24.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for MILLS ELEMENTARY.
Since 2017-18: students up 19% (344 to 411); teachers up 20% (19 to 22.7).
About MILLS ELEMENTARY
MILLS ELEMENTARY is a public elementary school in HOBBS, New Mexico. The grade span is pre-K through 5, and enrollment is 411 students. An average school in this group (elementary schools in New Mexico) has about 287 students.
HOBBS counts 10,097 students in its 18 schools, and MILLS ELEMENTARY is one of them.
MILLS ELEMENTARY is 75% Hispanic by enrollment. The remaining students are 21% White. Among people living in Lea County, the Hispanic share is about 63%. Pick two students at random and there is a 40% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
The school's student-to-teacher ratio is about 18.1:1, with 22.7 full-time-equivalent teachers. That is higher than the 12.9:1 average for elementary schools in New Mexico. Lunch subsidy eligibility at MILLS ELEMENTARY is 59%. For comparison, public schools in Lea County average 73%.
MILLS ELEMENTARY is 2.9 points above its predicted average proficiency rate on state tests (46.3% versus 43.4%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in New Mexico.
Census estimates describe Lea County this way: the median household income is $68,015, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 16% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 15%. In all, Lea County has 38 public schools and roughly 15,126 students.
The school nearest to MILLS ELEMENTARY is SANGER ELEMENTARY, at a distance of about 0.8 miles. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. MILLS ELEMENTARY is 1st of 8 nearby schools by average proficiency rate.
NCES assigns MILLS ELEMENTARY the locale Town: Remote, meaning in a town far from an urbanized area.
MILLS ELEMENTARY's enrollment climbed from 388 in 2020-21 to 411 in 2024-25. From 2020-21 to 2024-25, the ratio rose from 16.9:1 to 18.1:1.
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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 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 Mills Elementary schools
3 other US public schools in 4 states are named Mills Elementary. MILLS ELEMENTARY is the 3rd largest of the 4.
- Mills Elementary SchoolAUSTIN, TX · 703 students
- Mills Elementary SchoolOwasso, OK · 467 students
- Mills Elementary SchoolKlamath Falls, OR · 299 students
Nearby schools
- SANGER ELEMENTARY0.8 mi · 365
- STONE ELEMENTARY0.9 mi · 429
- HIGHLAND MIDDLE SCHOOL1.0 mi · 808
- CORONADO ELEMENTARY1.1 mi · 422
- BROADMOOR ELEMENTARY1.3 mi · 330
- TAYLOR ELEMENTARY1.8 mi · 426
Frequently asked questions
About MILLS ELEMENTARYHow large is MILLS ELEMENTARY?
MILLS ELEMENTARY enrolls approximately 411 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does MILLS ELEMENTARY serve?
MILLS ELEMENTARY serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at MILLS ELEMENTARY?
The student-to-teacher ratio at MILLS ELEMENTARY is approximately 18.1:1 (23 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at MILLS ELEMENTARY?
At MILLS ELEMENTARY, the student body is approximately 21% White, 75% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Is MILLS ELEMENTARY public or private?
MILLS ELEMENTARY is a public K-12 school, overseen by HOBBS.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.