Enrollment
297
Elementary
DISTRICT 369 · STATE 287
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HOBBS·NCES 350126000358
WILL ROGERS ELEMENTARY
300 EAST CLINTON, HOBBS, NM 88240 · (575) 433-2200 · Lea County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY33-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL297 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
14.4:1
21 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.5:1 · STATE 12.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
62%
183 students
DISTRICT 64% · STATE 90%
Community
0
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
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 23 | 8% |
| Kindergarten | 55 | 19% |
| Grade 1 | 39 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 41 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 47 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 37 | 12% |
| Grade 5 | 55 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (55) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (55).
Student demographics
27%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 37% · STATE 55% · US 70%
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
Test scores
NM-MSSA + NM-ASR 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
30.8%
NM avg 44.2%
Math
25.4%
NM avg 27.2%
What this means: On the NM-MSSA + NM-ASR, New Mexico's statewide test, about 31 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 25 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 · methodologyTier
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of NM schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
26.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
42.6%
based on NM schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-16.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 26% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 43% typical for New Mexico schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 WILL ROGERS ELEMENTARY
WILL ROGERS ELEMENTARY's state test result (26.1% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| WILL ROGERS ELEMENTARY this school | 297 | 61.6% | 26.1% |
| TAYLOR ELEMENTARY HOBBS | 426 | 66.2% | 34.2% |
| JEFFERSON ELEMENTARY HOBBS | 316 | 68.7% | 28.4% |
| MURRAY ELEMENTARY HOBBS | 422 | 65.4% | 25.3% |
| EDISON ELEMENTARY HOBBS | 225 | 65.3% | 23.8% |
| BROADMOOR ELEMENTARY HOBBS | 330 | 72.1% | 35.9% |
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 WILL ROGERS ELEMENTARY ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New Mexico | In Lea County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 26.1% | #245 of 329 | #14 of 18 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 25.4% | #172 of 354 | #9 of 18 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 30.8% | #276 of 366 | #15 of 18 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 297 | #239 of 490 | #14 of 21 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.4:1 | #218 of 318 | #4 of 19 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 27.0% | #241 of 334 | #14 of 19 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 61.6% | #359 of 393 | #13 of 21 |
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 2024-25Enrollment
297
-29 (-9%) vs 2020
-31% since 1990-91, when it was 430
Student : Teacher
14.4:1
was 17.2:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 297 | 20.7 | 14.4:1 | 62% (183) |
| 2023-24 | 316 | 20.8 | 15.2:1 | 49% (156) |
| 2022-23 | 314 | 21.7 | 14.5:1 | 100% (314) |
| 2020-21 | 326 | 19 | 17.2:1 | 99% (323) |
| 2017-18 | 297 | 21 | 14.1:1 | 85% (252) |
| 2015-16 | 300 | 22 | 13.6:1 | 88% (264) |
| 2010-11 | 409 | 25 | 16.4:1 | 85% (348) |
| 2000-01 | 325 | 21 | 15.5:1 | 91% (295) |
| 1990-91 | 430 | 19 | 22.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for WILL ROGERS ELEMENTARY.
Since 2017-18: students unchanged (297 to 297); teachers down 2% (21 to 20.7).
About WILL ROGERS ELEMENTARY
This page covers WILL ROGERS ELEMENTARY, a medium-sized elementary school in HOBBS, New Mexico. Classes run from pre-K through 5, and the school has 297 students.
HOBBS counts 10,097 students in its 18 schools, and WILL ROGERS ELEMENTARY is one of them.
Most students at WILL ROGERS ELEMENTARY are Hispanic: 85% of enrollment. The remaining students are 12% White and 3% Black. Census figures show Lea County is about 63% Hispanic. The chance that two students picked at random at WILL ROGERS ELEMENTARY belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 27%.
WILL ROGERS ELEMENTARY operates with 20.7 full-time-equivalent teachers, a ratio of about 14.4:1. That ratio is over the 12.9:1 average for elementary schools in New Mexico. WILL ROGERS ELEMENTARY reports 62% of students eligible for free or reduced-price meals. The gap from the 73% average for public schools in Lea County is 11 points.
On BeatsExpectations, which compares test results with what a school's student poverty level would predict, WILL ROGERS ELEMENTARY ranks in the bottom 10% in New Mexico. Its average proficiency rate on state tests is 26.1%, against a prediction of 42.6%.
Among Lea County residents, median household income is about $68,015, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 16%, and about 15% of people live in poverty. WILL ROGERS ELEMENTARY is one of 38 public schools in Lea County, which together enroll about 15,126 students.
HOUSTON MIDDLE SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles away. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. Local comparison: WILL ROGERS ELEMENTARY ranks 5th of 7 nearby schools, at 26.1% versus a 32.0% average.
By NCES locale, the school is Town: Remote, or in a town far from an urbanized area.
Enrollment was 326 in 2020-21 and 297 in 2024-25, a decrease of 29 students. Staffing shifted too: the ratio moved from 17.2:1 to 14.4:1.
Families, students, and staff can use this page to discuss sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week at WILL ROGERS ELEMENTARY. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
Lea County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
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
Related schools
Other schools in HOBBS
- HOBBS HIGHHigh · 2,312 students
- HOUSTON MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 822 students
- HIGHLAND MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 808 students
- HOBBS FRESHMAN HIGHHigh · 747 students
- HEIZER MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 606 students
- COLLEGE LANE ELEMENTARYElementary · 532 students
Other schools in HOBBS
- HOBBS HIGHHigh · 2,312 students
- HOUSTON MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 822 students
- HIGHLAND MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 808 students
- HOBBS FRESHMAN HIGHHigh · 747 students
- HEIZER MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 606 students
- COLLEGE LANE ELEMENTARYElementary · 532 students
Other Will Rogers Elementary schools
10 other US public schools in 3 states are named Will Rogers Elementary. WILL ROGERS ELEMENTARY is the 11th largest of the 11.
- Will Rogers Elementary SchoolEdmond, OK · 687 students
- Will Rogers ElementaryLynwood, CA · 684 students
- Will Rogers Elementary SchoolMcAlester, OK · 535 students
- Will Rogers ElementarySanta Monica, CA · 522 students
- Will Rogers Elementary SchoolStillwater, OK · 511 students
Nearby schools
- HOUSTON MIDDLE SCHOOL0.3 mi · 822
- MURRAY ELEMENTARY0.4 mi · 422
- BROADMOOR ELEMENTARY0.6 mi · 330
- HOBBS HIGH0.7 mi · 2,312
- HOBBS FRESHMAN HIGH0.8 mi · 747
- EDISON ELEMENTARY0.9 mi · 225
Frequently asked questions
About WILL ROGERS ELEMENTARYHow many students attend WILL ROGERS ELEMENTARY?
WILL ROGERS ELEMENTARY enrolls approximately 297 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does WILL ROGERS ELEMENTARY serve?
WILL ROGERS ELEMENTARY serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many teachers does WILL ROGERS ELEMENTARY have?
WILL ROGERS ELEMENTARY employs 21 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.4:1.
What is the student diversity at WILL ROGERS ELEMENTARY?
Student demographics at WILL ROGERS ELEMENTARY are roughly 12% White, 85% Hispanic, 3% Black, 0% Asian.
Is WILL ROGERS ELEMENTARY public or private?
WILL ROGERS ELEMENTARY is a public K-12 school, overseen by HOBBS.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.