Hobbs
From 69% to 86%: How Hobbs Became One of New Mexico's Graduation Success Stories
In 2009, Hobbs Municipal Schools graduated 69.4% of its students on time, three points above the state average but nowhere near the top of the rankings. By 2017, the district was at 86.1%, fifteen poi...
Albuquerque's 2017 Graduation Rate Held at 67.9% While the State Reached 71.1%
Albuquerque Public Schools educates more than a quarter of New Mexico's students -- about 27% of the statewide total. In 2017, the district graduated 67.9% of them on time.
New Mexico's 71% Graduation Rate Leaves It 16 Points Behind the Nation
New Mexico's four-year graduation rate reached 71.1% for the Class of 2017. The national average was roughly 87%.
59 New Mexico Districts at Record-Low Enrollment
New Mexico's public schools enrolled 298,353 students in 2025-26, falling below 300,000 for the first time in the state's dataset. That 2.7% single-year drop, a loss of 8,333 students, is the largest ...
One in Six New Mexico Students Is an English Learner
New Mexico lost 36,778 students between 2019 and 2026, an 11% decline that touched nearly every district in the state. English learner enrollment moved in the opposite direction. The state counted 53,...
Carlsbad Gained 2,156 Students in Five Years, Then Lost 1,719 in Two
In a state where 87 of 132 districts lost enrollment over the past decade, Carlsbad stands alone among large traditional school districts. It gained 836 students between 2016 and 2026, a 12.5% increas...
Albuquerque Has Lost Students for 10 Straight Years
No district in New Mexico has gained students and lost them in the same breath quite like Albuquerque has avoided gaining them at all. Since 2016, APS enrollment has fallen every single year. Not once...