RATON HIGH

RATON HIGH operates as a tight-knit senior high in RATON, New Mexico, overseen by RATON. Current enrollment sits at 350 students spanning grades 7 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 22% leaner than the state mean of about 450.

Across the 3 schools in RATON (831 students total), RATON HIGH accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On the student-mix side, RATON HIGH logs that 71% of the student body identifies as Hispanic; the rest looks like 28% White. The wider county runs roughly 48% Hispanic, putting the school's mix visibly more Hispanic than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, RATON HIGH has 24 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 14.9:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 22.9:1 average. Around 99% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

After controlling for student poverty, RATON HIGH sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 33.7%; this one delivers 30.6%.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Colfax County indicate median household income runs about $53,554, roughly 25% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 13%. Across Colfax County's 16 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,378 students), RATON HIGH is one campus in the mix.

RATON INTERMEDIATE is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.9 miles from this campus. 2 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts RATON HIGH at 2nd of 5; the average score across the group is 24.6%.

The campus sits in an outlying setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 10%: 390 students in 2018 compared to 350 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 67% to 71% across the same window.

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