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What's something MURRAY ELEMENTARY does better than most schools?
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Enrollment
422
Elementary
DISTRICT 369 · STATE 287
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HOBBS·NCES 350126001111
MURRAY ELEMENTARY
510 N DAL PASO ST, HOBBS, NM 88240 · (575) 433-2700 · Lea County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY33-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL422 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
13.8:1
31 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.5:1 · STATE 12.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
65%
276 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
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. 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
24.6%
NM avg 44.2%
Math
21.6%
NM avg 27.2%
What this means: On the NM-MSSA + NM-ASR, New Mexico's statewide test, about 25 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 22 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of NM schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
25.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
41.7%
based on NM schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-16.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 25% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 42% typical for New Mexico schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
422
-106 (-20%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
13.8:1
was 18.2:1
% White
13%
was 15%
% Hispanic
82%
was 80%
% Black
4%
was 5%
% Asian
0%
was 0%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About MURRAY ELEMENTARY
MURRAY ELEMENTARY is an elementary school of average-sized scale in HOBBS, New Mexico, one of the schools within HOBBS, enrolling 422 students in grades pre-K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 47% above the state mean of about 287.
Within HOBBS, which oversees 18 schools and 10,097 students, MURRAY ELEMENTARY is one campus in the system.
On the student-mix side, MURRAY ELEMENTARY lists that nearly all students (82%) are Hispanic. The remainder comes out to 13% White, 4% Black. The wider county runs roughly 63% Hispanic, putting the school's mix noticeably more Hispanic than the area baseline.
Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, MURRAY ELEMENTARY has 31 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 13.8:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 12.9:1, putting MURRAY ELEMENTARY higher than the state norm the norm. An estimated 65% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.
On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), MURRAY ELEMENTARY is in the bottom 10% of New Mexico public schools. The BeatsExpectations model predicts schools with this FRL share to land around 41.7%; MURRAY ELEMENTARY posts 25.3%, -16.4 points below that line.
Around the school, the surrounding county (Lea County) logs that median household earnings sit near $68,015, 16% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 15%. Across Lea County's 38 public schools (combined enrollment of about 15,126 students), MURRAY ELEMENTARY is one campus in the mix.
Nearest neighbor: HOUSTON MIDDLE SCHOOL, around 0.3 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts MURRAY ELEMENTARY at 6th of 7; the average score across the group is 33.1%.
Geographically, the school is in a town-based area.
Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at MURRAY ELEMENTARY has edged down 20%, going from 528 students in 2018 to 422 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 18.2:1 in 2018 to 13.8:1 today.
On allk12, posts here usually surface around fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
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
Nearby schools
- HOUSTON MIDDLE SCHOOL0.3 mi · 822
- WILL ROGERS ELEMENTARY0.4 mi · 297
- HOBBS HIGH0.4 mi · 2,312
- HOBBS FRESHMAN HIGH0.6 mi · 747
- EDISON ELEMENTARY0.7 mi · 225
- BROADMOOR ELEMENTARY0.8 mi · 330
Frequently asked questions
About MURRAY ELEMENTARYWhat is the total enrollment at MURRAY ELEMENTARY?
MURRAY ELEMENTARY enrolls approximately 422 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does MURRAY ELEMENTARY serve?
MURRAY ELEMENTARY serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at MURRAY ELEMENTARY?
Approximately 13.8:1 students per teacher at MURRAY ELEMENTARY.
What is the student diversity at MURRAY ELEMENTARY?
Student demographics at MURRAY ELEMENTARY are roughly 13% White, 82% Hispanic, 4% Black, 1% Two or more.
What district is MURRAY ELEMENTARY in?
MURRAY ELEMENTARY is part of HOBBS.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.