NANCY LOPEZ ELEMENTARY

As an intimate elementary campus in ROSWELL, New Mexico, NANCY LOPEZ ELEMENTARY works with 190 students from grades pre-K through 5, part of ROSWELL. Enrollment runs roughly 34% below the state mean of about 287.

Across the 22 schools in ROSWELL (9,184 students total), NANCY LOPEZ ELEMENTARY accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On demographics, NANCY LOPEZ ELEMENTARY records that nearly all students (89%) are Hispanic. The remainder is composed of 9% White. That is visibly more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 58%.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 28 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 6.9:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 12.9:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 100% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), NANCY LOPEZ ELEMENTARY sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 33.4%; this one delivers 48.9%.

Across the wider county, Chaves County reports that median household earnings sit near $52,938, roughly 18% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 20% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Chaves County runs 33 public schools (combined enrollment of about 10,504 students), of which NANCY LOPEZ ELEMENTARY is one.

Nearest neighbor: MESA MIDDLE, around 0.3 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around NANCY LOPEZ ELEMENTARY. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), NANCY LOPEZ ELEMENTARY ranks 1st on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 31.0%.

Geographically, the school is in a town-center area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at NANCY LOPEZ ELEMENTARY has decreased 35%, going from 291 students in 2018 to 190 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share grew from 81% to 89%. Class-load math has fell: from 14.8:1 in 2018 to 6.9:1 in 2025.

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