📍 700 West Jefferson Ave, Lovington, Lea County, 88260
Yarbro Elementary is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Lovington, Lea County. The school has 443 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Lovington Municipal Schools school district. It serves grades 4–5 in a small-town setting. The school employs 26.8 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 16.5:1. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi.
Yarbro Elementary enrolls 443 students across grades 4–5. The student body is 50% male and 50% female. A teaching staff of 26.8 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 16.5:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 83% Hispanic or Latino, 14% White and 1.8% Black or African American.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 369 | 83% |
| White | 63 | 14% |
| Black or African American | 8 | 1.8% |
| Asian | 1 | <1% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 1 | <1% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
440 of the school's 443 students (99%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 440 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.
Yarbro 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-30, state senate district 41, state house district 61.
Yarbro Elementary 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 443 students, Yarbro Elementary 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