📍 701 West Ave K, Lovington, Lea County, 88260
Lovington High is a State/Public serving high age pupils, located in Lovington, Lea County. The school has 737 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Lovington Municipal Schools school district. It serves grades 10–12 in a small-town setting. The school employs 43.1 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 17.1:1. 55% of students are proficient in reading. 45% are proficient in maths. The four-year graduation rate is 92%. The school offers 1 AP courses, dual enrollment, a gifted and talented program. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Lovington High enrolls 737 students across grades 10–12. The student body is 47% male and 53% female. A teaching staff of 43.1 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 17.1:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 80% Hispanic or Latino, 18% White and 1.1% Black or African American.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 592 | 80% |
| White | 136 | 18% |
| Black or African American | 8 | 1.1% |
| Asian | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
734 of the school's 737 students (100%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 734 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.
Lovington High 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-30, state senate district 41, state house district 61.
Lovington High is one of 10 schools in LOVINGTON, based in LOVINGTON, New Mexico. The district serves 3,415 students district-wide and employs 203 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 737 students, Lovington High is larger than the district average of about 342 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Town - Remote