YESO ELEMENTARY

YESO ELEMENTARY is one of the high-enrollment elementary schools in ARTESIA, New Mexico, overseen by ARTESIA, with 482 students on its rolls from grades 1 through 5. That puts it 68% bigger than the typical public school in New Mexico, which averages around 287 students.

ARTESIA comprises 10 schools with combined enrollment of 3,729 students; YESO ELEMENTARY is among them.

Demographically, YESO ELEMENTARY records that 62% of the student body identifies as Hispanic. Other groups include 33% White. The wider county runs roughly 52% Hispanic, putting the school's mix considerably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the resource side, YESO ELEMENTARY records 27 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 17.9:1. The state averages around 12.9:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Eddy County) shows that the typical household earns roughly $78,426 per year, 19% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. YESO ELEMENTARY is one of 26 public schools in Eddy County (combined enrollment of about 11,661 students).

The closest other public school is ARTESIA ZIA INTERMEDIATE, roughly 0.5 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

The school occupies a town-center site.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at YESO ELEMENTARY has edged down 9%, going from 531 students in 2018 to 482 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share contracted from 49% to 33%.

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