📍 601 North 5th St, Lovington, Lea County, 88260
New Hope Alternative High is an Alternative/PRU serving high age pupils, located in Lovington, Lea County. The school has 124 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Lovington Municipal Schools school district. It serves grades 9–12 in a small-town setting. The school employs 7.2 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 17.2:1. The four-year graduation rate is 44%. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
New Hope Alternative High enrolls 124 students across grades 9–12. The student body is 67% male and 33% female. A teaching staff of 7.2 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 17.2:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 81% Hispanic or Latino, 18% White and <1% Asian.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 101 | 81% |
| White | 22 | 18% |
| Asian | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
121 of the school's 124 students (98%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 121 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.
New Hope Alternative 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.
New Hope Alternative 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 124 students, New Hope Alternative High is smaller than the district average of about 342 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Town - Remote
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