📍 101 East Texas, Hobbs, Lea County, 88240
Southern Heights Elementary is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Hobbs, Lea County. The school has 371 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Hobbs Municipal Schools school district. It serves grades Pre-K–5 in a small-town setting. The school employs 24.8 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 15.0:1. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Southern Heights Elementary enrolls 371 students across grades Pre-K–5. The student body is 53% male and 47% female. A teaching staff of 24.8 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 15.0:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 90% Hispanic or Latino, 7.5% White and 1.6% Black or African American.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 335 | 90% |
| White | 28 | 7.5% |
| Black or African American | 6 | 1.6% |
| Two or more races | 2 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
371 of the school's 371 students (100%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 371 qualify for free lunch and 0 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Southern Heights Elementary is located in a small-town setting (NCES locale: Town, Remote). The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district NM-20, state senate district 41, state house district 61.
Southern Heights Elementary is one of 18 schools in HOBBS, based in HOBBS, New Mexico. The district serves 10,121 students district-wide and employs 592 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 371 students, Southern Heights Elementary is smaller than the district average of about 562 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Town - Remote
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