WHITE MOUNTAIN ELEMENTARY

Located at 203 WHITE MOUNTAIN DR, in RUIDOSO, New Mexico, WHITE MOUNTAIN ELEMENTARY is a medium-sized K-5 school that hosts 374 students (grades 3 through 5), part of RUIDOSO. That puts it 30% bigger than the typical public school in New Mexico, which averages around 287 students.

RUIDOSO runs 4 schools in total, collectively educating 1,788 students. WHITE MOUNTAIN ELEMENTARY is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, WHITE MOUNTAIN ELEMENTARY shows that Hispanic students make up the majority at 56%; the rest reads as 25% White, 14% Native American, 3% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 33% Hispanic, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Hispanic than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, WHITE MOUNTAIN ELEMENTARY has 27 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 13.9:1. The state averages around 12.9:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. About 100% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Lincoln County runs at roughly 85%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, WHITE MOUNTAIN ELEMENTARY performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 33.4%, the actual is 34.8%, a residual of +1.4 points.

In the area at large, census data for Lincoln County shows the typical household earns roughly $53,303 per year, 32% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 14%. Across Lincoln County's 14 public schools (combined enrollment of about 2,601 students), WHITE MOUNTAIN ELEMENTARY is one campus in the mix.

SIERRA VISTA PRIMARY is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 3 other public schools cluster around WHITE MOUNTAIN ELEMENTARY. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts WHITE MOUNTAIN ELEMENTARY at 4th of 4; the average score across the group is 43.1%.

The campus sits in a small-town setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at WHITE MOUNTAIN ELEMENTARY has decreased 25%, going from 496 students in 2018 to 374 in 2025. The White share of enrollment ticked down from 33% to 25% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 18.9:1 in 2018 to 13.9:1 today.

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