MIMBRES VALLEY HIGH SCHOOL

MIMBRES VALLEY HIGH SCHOOL is a rural-scale high school in DEMING, New Mexico, one of the schools within DEMING. The school caters to 66 students in grades 9 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 85% below the state mean of about 450.

DEMING comprises 13 schools with combined enrollment of 5,116 students; MIMBRES VALLEY HIGH SCHOOL is among them.

In terms of who attends, MIMBRES VALLEY HIGH SCHOOL logs that 95% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority. Other groups include 5% White. That is considerably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 67%.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, MIMBRES VALLEY HIGH SCHOOL has 5 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 12.7:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 22.9:1 average. About 98% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (Luna County) records that the typical household earns roughly $36,419 per year, about 15% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 24% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Luna County runs 13 public schools (combined enrollment of about 5,116 students), of which MIMBRES VALLEY HIGH SCHOOL is one.

Nearest neighbor: DEMING HIGH, around 0.1 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The campus sits in a small-town setting.

Five-year trend. MIMBRES VALLEY HIGH SCHOOL's enrollment has edged down 31% since 2018, when it stood at 96 (now 66). The White share of enrollment edged down from 11% to 5% over that span. Class-load math has narrowed: from 27.4:1 in 2018 to 12.7:1 in 2025.

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