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SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HOBBS·NCES 350126000356

TAYLOR ELEMENTARY

1520 N. BRECKON, HOBBS, NM 88240 · (575) 433-2000 · Lea County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY33-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL426 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 40% of New Mexico public elementary schools
  • B-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
  • CBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
  • ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.

Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded New Mexico public elementary schools

Enrollment
426
Elementary
DISTRICT 369 · STATE 287
Student : Teacher
15.9:1
27 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.5:1 · STATE 12.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
66%
282 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, 2024-25

GradeStudentsShare
Pre-K102%
Kindergarten6014%
Grade 16215%
Grade 26415%
Grade 38219%
Grade 46716%
Grade 58119%

This year's kindergarten class (60) is 26% smaller than its 5th grade class (81).

Student demographics
34%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 37% · STATE 55% · US 70%
White
7117%
DISTRICT 18% · STATE 19% · US 43%
Hispanic
33980%
DISTRICT 77% · STATE 63% · US 30%
Black
123%
DISTRICT 3% · STATE 2% · US 15%
Asian
10%
DISTRICT 1% · STATE 1% · US 6%
Two+
31%
DISTRICT 1% · STATE 4% · US 5%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Male
23455%
Female
19245%

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Test scores

NM-MSSA + NM-ASR 2024-25 . % Proficient
English Language Arts
45.9%
NM avg 44.2%
Math
30.5%
NM avg 27.2%

What this means: On the NM-MSSA + NM-ASR, New Mexico's statewide test, about 46 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 31 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 · methodology
Tier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
34.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
41.5%
based on NM schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-7.3pp
below demographic expectation

What this means: About 34% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 42% typical for New Mexico schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among New Mexico's top nor bottom 10%.

BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →

Schools most like TAYLOR ELEMENTARY

TAYLOR ELEMENTARY's state test result (34.2% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.

SchoolStudentsLow-incomeProficient
TAYLOR ELEMENTARY this school42666.2%34.2%
MURRAY ELEMENTARY
HOBBS
42265.4%25.3%
JEFFERSON ELEMENTARY
HOBBS
31668.7%28.4%
BROADMOOR ELEMENTARY
HOBBS
33072.1%35.9%
WILL ROGERS ELEMENTARY
HOBBS
29761.6%26.1%
MILLS ELEMENTARY
HOBBS
41158.6%46.3%
Matched among New Mexico elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.

Where TAYLOR ELEMENTARY ranks

Among elementary schools
MeasureThis schoolIn New MexicoIn Lea County
State test proficiency
ranked highest first
34.2%#161 of 329#8 of 18
Math proficiency
ranked highest first
30.5%#133 of 354#8 of 18
Reading proficiency
ranked highest first
45.9%#141 of 366#6 of 18
Enrollment
ranked largest first
426#99 of 490#6 of 21
Students per teacher
ranked fewest first
15.9:1#266 of 318#10 of 19
Diversity index
ranked most diverse first
33.8%#209 of 334#8 of 19
Free and reduced lunch
ranked highest share first
66.2%#353 of 393#9 of 21
Enrollment change since 2017-18
ranked steepest decline first
-2.3%#269 of 287#12 of 13
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.

4-year change

SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25
Enrollment
426
+17 (+4%) vs 2020
-11% since 1990-91, when it was 480
Student : Teacher
15.9:1
was 17.8:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Enrollment and staffing by year

School yearStudentsTeachers (FTE)Students per teacherFree and reduced lunch
2024-2542626.815.9:166% (282)
2023-2439327.814.1:152% (206)
2022-2342124.417.3:1100% (421)
2020-214092317.8:199% (406)
2017-1843624.118.1:172% (312)
2015-164152218.9:171% (294)
2010-114672419.5:175% (351)
2000-014212715.6:177% (325)
1990-914802122.9:1N/A
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for TAYLOR ELEMENTARY.

Since 2017-18: students down 2% (436 to 426); teachers up 11% (24.1 to 26.8).

About TAYLOR ELEMENTARY

TAYLOR ELEMENTARY is a mid-sized elementary school in New Mexico, located in HOBBS. The school teaches pre-K through 5 and enrolls 426 students. The school is 48% above the average for elementary schools in New Mexico.

HOBBS includes 18 schools. Together they enroll 10,097 students.

More than half of the students at TAYLOR ELEMENTARY are Hispanic (80%). Next come 17% White and 3% Black. That compares with about 63% Hispanic among all Lea County residents. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 34%.

The student-to-teacher ratio at TAYLOR ELEMENTARY is 15.9:1, based on 26.8 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average for elementary schools in New Mexico is 12.9:1, so this school has more students per teacher. TAYLOR ELEMENTARY counts 66% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch.

TAYLOR ELEMENTARY earns a C+ on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 40% of New Mexico public elementary schools.

Schools in New Mexico with a similar free or reduced-price lunch share are predicted to score about 41.5%. TAYLOR ELEMENTARY scores 34.2%.

American Community Survey estimates for Lea County show that the median household earns about $68,015 a year, about 16% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 15% of residents are in poverty. Lea County has 38 public schools with about 15,126 students, including TAYLOR ELEMENTARY.

HOBBS FRESHMAN HIGH is about 0.5 miles from TAYLOR ELEMENTARY, the shortest distance to any other public school. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. Of the 7 nearby schools with scores, including this one, TAYLOR ELEMENTARY is 4th on average proficiency.

TAYLOR ELEMENTARY is in a town far from an urbanized area, a location NCES labels Town: Remote.

The school's student count rose 4% between the 2020-21 and 2024-25 school years. Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio dropped to 15.9:1, from 17.8:1.

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Lea County at a glance

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Population
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

School name
TAYLOR ELEMENTARY
District
HOBBS
Address
1520 N. BRECKON, HOBBS, NM 88240
Phone
(575) 433-2000
County
Lea County
Level
Elementary
Grade range
PK–05
Total enrollment
426
Teachers (FTE)
27
Student–teacher ratio
15.9:1
Free and reduced lunch
282 (66%)
Locale
33-Town: Remote
NCES ID
350126000356
Charter school
No
Virtual school
No

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Frequently asked questions

About TAYLOR ELEMENTARY
How many students attend TAYLOR ELEMENTARY?
TAYLOR ELEMENTARY enrolls approximately 426 students in grades PK-05.
Is TAYLOR ELEMENTARY an elementary, middle, or high school?
TAYLOR ELEMENTARY is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at TAYLOR ELEMENTARY?
The student-to-teacher ratio at TAYLOR ELEMENTARY is approximately 15.9:1 (27 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at TAYLOR ELEMENTARY?
At TAYLOR ELEMENTARY, the student body is approximately 17% White, 80% Hispanic, 3% Black, 0% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Who oversees TAYLOR ELEMENTARY?
TAYLOR ELEMENTARY is overseen by HOBBS in Lea County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.
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