YARBRO ELEMENTARY

YARBRO ELEMENTARY is a big elementary school in LOVINGTON, New Mexico, operated by LOVINGTON. The school educates 474 students in grades 4 through 5. That puts it 65% above the typical public school in New Mexico, which averages around 287 students.

Within LOVINGTON, which oversees 10 schools and 3,397 students, YARBRO ELEMENTARY is one campus in the system.

In terms of who attends, YARBRO ELEMENTARY shows that 84% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority; the rest reads as 14% White. By comparison, Lea County as a whole is about 63% Hispanic, so the school skews noticeably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 31 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 15.2:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 12.9:1 average. An estimated 100% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Lea County (around 73%), the school's rate is north of typical.

After controlling for student poverty, YARBRO ELEMENTARY sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 33.4%; this one delivers 25.2%.

Around the school, ACS estimates for Lea County put median household earnings sit near $68,015, about 16% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 15%. YARBRO ELEMENTARY is one of 38 public schools in Lea County (combined enrollment of about 15,126 students).

Nearest neighbor: LOVINGTON 6TH GRADE ACADEMY, around 0.1 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around YARBRO ELEMENTARY. On composite proficiency, YARBRO ELEMENTARY comes 3rd of 4 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 32.8%.

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

Five-year trend. YARBRO ELEMENTARY's enrollment has fell 23% since 2018, when it stood at 619 (now 474). White enrollment moved from 19% to 14% across the same window. Class-load math has fell: from 20.4:1 in 2018 to 15.2:1 in 2025.

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