NCES CCD 2024-25 9 schools NM

Best-Resourced Schools in Artesia, NM

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9 public K-12 schools in Artesia from NCES Common Core of Data: enrollment, grade span, demographics, and Civil Rights Data Collection statistics for every active campus.

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9
Schools
3,710
Students
35.7/100
Avg Resource Index
15:1
Avg Student-Teacher Ratio

National city placement

Lean reported-resource profile

According to NCES CCD 2024-25, Artesia has more public-school enrollment than 40% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. Artesia's average Resource Investment Index falls in the lower portion of the 4,487-city comparison set. The index is a resource snapshot, not an academic grade: it reflects the federal staffing, counselor, gifted-program, and attendance fields available for local campuses. The most useful next step is to open the individual schools below and identify which component is pulling each score down, because the same city average can hide very different campus-level constraints.

The school portfolio is elementary-weighted

5 of Artesia's 9 listed schools are elementary campuses. That composition means citywide enrollment and staffing averages are influenced more by early-grade operating patterns than by the city's 1 middle and 1 high-school records. Families comparing later grades should rely on those individual rows rather than the all-school mean.

Campus spread matters more than the city mean

The 37-point gap between Central Elementary and Artesia Park Junior High shows the range hidden by Artesia's average Resource Investment Index. The city figure is useful for national placement, but families ultimately choose among campuses with different grade spans, enrollment, district affiliations, and reported support fields. Start with schools serving the relevant grade level, then compare the index components rather than assuming the city average describes any one classroom.

City enrollment
Top 60%
School count
Top 46%
Resource Index average
28th percentile
Teacher staffing
54th percentile

Artesia High accounts for 21.7% of all Artesia public-school enrollment

That concentration means Artesia-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade level: High. The share measures enrollment concentration only; it does not establish how districts allocate programs, capital, or staff. Enrollment-weighted aggregates give this entity more weight than any smaller peer, while an unweighted entity average treats every record equally.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Artesia school enrollment varies 5.4× across entities

Artesia school enrollment ranges from 149 students (lowest) to 806 students (highest), a spread of 657 students. That relatively narrow ratio reflects an unusually homogeneous school portfolio for a city this size. Per-school staffing and program breadth can differ sharply at opposite ends of that enrollment range, so the city average should not be treated as a typical campus.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Artesia operates one school district — a single-district system

Artesia's listed schools share one district boundary, budget authority, and reporting chain. That makes citywide and districtwide governance easier to compare, but it does not make individual campuses uniform: grade configuration, staffing, programs, and student need can still vary materially within the same school district.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Artesia student-teacher ratio is 15.0:1 — near the typical range (US average ~15.7) — citywide staffing is neither unusually lean nor unusually crowded by this measure

student-teacher ratio is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: the ratio counts FTE classroom teachers against total enrollment, push-in specialists, English-language aides, special-education co-teachers, and counselors are not included in most reporting Variation between sub-units within Artesia is typically wider than the Artesia-aggregate figure suggests.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data, Public School Universe

# School Score
1. Central Elementary 55
2. Hermosa Elementary 49
3. Roselawn Elementary 44
4. Yucca Elementary 42
5. Yeso Elementary 38
6. Artesia High 28
7. Grand Heights Early Childhood 25
8. Artesia Zia Intermediate 22
9. Artesia Park Junior High 18

Most racially and ethnically mixed schools in Artesia

Ranked by the Simpson student-body diversity index (0-100) from NCES race and ethnicity data, where higher means a more evenly mixed student body. It measures mix, not quality.

  1. 1 Artesia Park Junior High 51.5/100
  2. 2 Artesia High 51.3/100
  3. 3 Yeso Elementary 51.1/100
  4. 4 Yucca Elementary 50.1/100
  5. 5 Artesia Zia Intermediate 47.7/100

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Which Artesia school has the highest Resource Investment Index? ▼

Central Elementary has the highest Resource Investment Index among the Artesia schools in this federal-data comparison at 55/100. The index summarizes reported staffing, counseling, gifted-program, and attendance inputs; it is not an academic rating.

How many schools are in Artesia, NM? ▼

Artesia has 9 public schools with a total enrollment of 3,710 students. Average student-teacher ratio: 15:1.

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Data from NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 and Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC) 2021-22. The Resource Investment Index uses reported student-teacher ratio, counselor access, gifted programs, and attendance; it is not an academic rating. Cities must include at least five schools to be listed. This public-data comparison is for informational purposes: verify current enrollment, attendance boundaries, and programs with the school district before acting. See the guide to understanding NCES data.