Can I use Roosevelt County's school score to choose a house?

No. Use the Roosevelt County school score as a first-pass county screen, then verify the exact district, attendance boundary, transfer rules, and grade pathway for any address you are considering.

Does SchoolsByCounty confirm school attendance boundaries in Roosevelt County?

No. SchoolsByCounty publishes NCES and Census-backed public-school records. Attendance zones, magnet eligibility, charter lotteries, transportation, and transfer rules must be confirmed with local districts.

How should parents compare public schools in Roosevelt County?

Start with the 13 listed public schools and 4 district entries, then compare similar grade bands and confirm the address-level rules locally.

Roosevelt County Schools & Education

Name: Roosevelt County, New Mexico Education Data
Creator: National Center for Education Statistics (NCES)
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/

Roosevelt County, New Mexico

NCES 2022-23 public school data and FY 2022 school-finance data

School Score

37/100

Percentile-style score

Score Band

Lower Signal

Graduation Rate

79.6%

National avg 87.5%

Education Statistics

Graduation Rate

79.6%

National avg 87.5%

State avg 79.0%

Per-Pupil Spending

$7,998

National avg $13,239

State avg $7,957

School Score

37/100

Percentile-style score

State avg 33/100

State Score Position

#11

of 33 counties by score

Education Data Brief: Roosevelt County

Measured School Summary

Roosevelt County faces educational challenges with a school score of 37/100 and a graduation rate of 79.6%, falling below typical benchmarks.

Funding Context

At $7,998 per pupil, Roosevelt County operates with limited funding, which may constrain staffing, materials, and extracurricular offerings.

Neighbor Context

Its school score is 11% above the New Mexico average, and its graduation rate exceeds the state average by 0.6 percentage points, while per-pupil spending is 1% higher than the state norm.

School Data Brief

How to read Roosevelt County before comparing districts

County-level education data is best used as a screening layer. It summarizes the local school environment, then points you toward the district and school records that matter for local review.

Local context that changes the interpretation

13 public schools and 4 districts are represented below. Use those school and district records to confirm whether the county-level context fits the neighborhoods you are actually considering.

Overall screen

37/100

Lower measured signal. Ranks #11 of 33 New Mexico counties with school score data.

Completion

79.6%

0.6 pts above the state average

Funding context

$7,998

roughly matches the state average

School coverage

4 districts represented in the county school list.

Start with measured county context

The county-level signal is lower, so review individual schools and local records before interpreting the score. Compare the score, graduation rate, and spending together rather than treating any single metric as final.

Check the local school mix

Roosevelt County has 13 public schools across 4 districts, so school-level fit can vary inside the county.

Verify local rules

Use this page as county-level context, then confirm attendance zones, transportation, special programs, and current school boundaries with local districts.

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Parent decision brief

What Roosevelt County school data means before you move

County averages are useful for screening, but parents choose addresses, grade pathways, and district rules. This brief turns the public data into the checks that matter before you sign a lease or mortgage.

Review-carefully county

Roosevelt County has a lower measured county-level school signal. Use the school table to look for specific districts or grade bands that may differ from the county average.

State position

#11

of 33 New Mexico counties with school score data. The county score is 4 points above the state average.

Data confidence

Usable

3 of 5 county signals are present, and 100% of listed schools report enrollment. Compare schools, then verify missing fields locally.

K-12 continuity check

These are the largest visible district slices in the county data. They show whether elementary, middle, and high school records appear together or whether a family needs to investigate transition points.

PORTALES MUNICIPAL SCHOOLS

Elementary to high school visible

2,610 students

Elementary 3Middle 2High 1Other 0

6 listed schools in this county slice.

FLOYD MUNICIPAL SCHOOLS

Elementary to high school visible

228 students

Elementary 1Middle 1High 1Other 0

3 listed schools in this county slice.

DORA MUNICIPAL SCHOOLS

Elementary and high visible

219 students

Elementary 1Middle 0High 1Other 0

2 listed schools in this county slice.

ELIDA MUNICIPAL SCHOOLS

Elementary and high visible

178 students

Elementary 1Middle 0High 1Other 0

2 listed schools in this county slice.

District reality check

PORTALES MUNICIPAL SCHOOLS is the largest listed district slice, with 6 schools. County pages do not prove address assignment, so verify boundaries with local district tools.

What the data cannot tell you

NCES records do not confirm current attendance zones, private-school options, transfer approvals, program capacity, transportation, or whether a listed school is available to a specific address.

Questions to ask before choosing an address

Which district actually serves the addresses we are considering in Roosevelt County?

Do the neighborhoods we like fall inside the same district, or are we comparing different Roosevelt County district systems?

What changes at the elementary-to-middle and middle-to-high transitions in the district pathway we would likely use?

If we need a program not visible in the NCES flags, which district office can confirm current offerings?

Are the largest listed schools the ones our address can actually attend, or are they only county-level context?

Data Story

Portales Municipal Schools Oversee 80 Percent of County Students

Education data brief for Roosevelt County, New Mexico.

By Evan Brooks, Data EditorPublished Jul 7, 2026Reviewed by Evan Brooks, Data Editor

Lead metric:District structure

Roosevelt County is distinguished by a consolidated district structure where the Portales Municipal Schools district manages 2,610 of the county's 3,235 public school students. This single district accounts for over 80% of total enrollment across six of the county's 13 schools. The county's graduation rate of 79.6% closely aligns with the state average of 79.0% but is lower than the national average of 87.0%. Roosevelt County’s composite school score is 36.5, which is slightly above the state average of 33.4 but trails the national median of 50.0. Per-pupil expenditure is $7,998, which is nearly identical to the state average of $7,957 but well below the national average of $13,000. Portales High is the largest school with 807 students. There are no charter schools in the county, and the school mix is divided between seven rural and six town-based locations. See the NCES Common Core of Data for school-level enrollment and demographic records.

Sources

NCES Common Core of Data
U.S. Census Bureau ACS

School Overview

Total Schools

in Roosevelt County

Reported Enrollment

3,235

13 schools reporting

School Districts

districts

Charter Schools

0% of total

School Level Breakdown

Elementary6

Middle3

High4

Other0

4 School Districts in Roosevelt County

PORTALES MUNICIPAL SCHOOLS

6 schools

2,610 students

FLOYD MUNICIPAL SCHOOLS

3 schools

228 students

DORA MUNICIPAL SCHOOLS

2 schools

219 students

ELIDA MUNICIPAL SCHOOLS

2 schools

178 students

13 Public Schools in Roosevelt County

Sorted by reported enrollment. Every NCES public school remains listed here; no school-level profile pages are included in the current generated coverage for this county.

NCES 2022-23 public school data and FY 2022 school-finance data

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Public schools in Roosevelt County, including district, location, profile availability, grades, type, and enrollment.
School Name	Profile	District	Location	Grades	Type / Flags	Reported Enrollment
PORTALES HIGH	Record	PORTALES MUNICIPAL SCHOOLS	PORTALES, 88130Town: Remote	9–12	High	807
PORTALES JR HIGH	Record	PORTALES MUNICIPAL SCHOOLS	PORTALES, 88130Town: Remote	7–8	Middle	408
VALENCIA ELEMENTARY	Record	PORTALES MUNICIPAL SCHOOLS	PORTALES, 88130Town: Remote	3–4	Primary	389
JAMES ELEMENTARY	Record	PORTALES MUNICIPAL SCHOOLS	PORTALES, 88130Town: Remote	1–2	Primary	379
LINDSEY-STEINER ELEMENTARY	Record	PORTALES MUNICIPAL SCHOOLS	PORTALES, 88130Town: Remote	5–6	Middle	316
BROWN EARLY CHILDHOOD CENTER	Record	PORTALES MUNICIPAL SCHOOLS	PORTALES, 88130Town: Remote	PK–KG	Primary	311
DORA ELEMENTARY	Record	DORA MUNICIPAL SCHOOLS	DORA, 88115Rural: Remote	PK–6	Primary	121
FLOYD ELEMENTARY	Record	FLOYD MUNICIPAL SCHOOLS	FLOYD, 88118Rural: Remote	PK–4	Primary	101
DORA HIGH	Record	DORA MUNICIPAL SCHOOLS	DORA, 88115Rural: Remote	7–12	High	98
ELIDA ELEMENTARY	Record	ELIDA MUNICIPAL SCHOOLS	ELIDA, 88116Rural: Remote	PK–6	Primary	91
ELIDA HIGH	Record	ELIDA MUNICIPAL SCHOOLS	ELIDA, 88116Rural: Remote	7–12	High	87
FLOYD MIDDLE	Record	FLOYD MUNICIPAL SCHOOLS	FLOYD, 88118Rural: Remote	5–8	Middle	78
FLOYD HIGH	Record	FLOYD MUNICIPAL SCHOOLS	FLOYD, 88118Rural: Remote	9–12	High	49

PORTALES HIGH

PORTALES MUNICIPAL SCHOOLS