PORTALES HIGH

PORTALES HIGH is a well-populated four-year high school in PORTALES, New Mexico, run under PORTALES. The school instructs 754 students in grades 9 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 68% above the state mean of about 450.

PORTALES runs 6 schools in total, collectively educating 2,518 students. PORTALES HIGH is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, PORTALES HIGH shows that 68% of the student body identifies as Hispanic. The remainder looks like 26% White, 3% multiracial. By comparison, Roosevelt County as a whole is about 45% Hispanic, so the school skews considerably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, On paper, PORTALES HIGH has 48 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 15.6:1. The state averages around 22.9:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 100% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is north of Roosevelt County's rate of about 92%.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for Roosevelt County put the typical household earns roughly $52,685 per year, about 21% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 18%. In all, Roosevelt County runs 13 public schools (combined enrollment of about 3,108 students), of which PORTALES HIGH is one.

PORTALES JR HIGH is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.6 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 5 other public schools cluster around PORTALES HIGH.

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

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at PORTALES HIGH has remained close to its prior level, going from 745 students in 2018 to 754 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 34% to 26% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 17.7:1 in 2018 to 15.6:1 today.

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