OTERO COUNTY PRISON

As a tiny senior high in CHAPARRAL, New Mexico, OTERO COUNTY PRISON serves 2 students from grades 8 through 12, operated by NM CORRECTIONS. Enrollment runs roughly 100% below the state mean of about 450.

NM CORRECTIONS runs 9 schools in total, collectively educating 25 students. OTERO COUNTY PRISON is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, OTERO COUNTY PRISON lists that the largest single group is White at 50%, but no single group is in the majority; the rest reads as 50% Black. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

On the resource side, OTERO COUNTY PRISON logs 1 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 2.0:1. The state averages around 22.9:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical.

Zooming out to the county, Otero County reports that median household income runs about $55,876, about 23% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 15%. In all, Otero County runs 26 public schools (combined enrollment of about 7,639 students), of which OTERO COUNTY PRISON is one.

YUCCA HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY is the nearest neighboring public school, about 4.2 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint.

The school occupies a small-town site.

On allk12, the feed for OTERO COUNTY PRISON typically covers school events, parent volunteer needs, and clubs. Members of the school community can share what they know.