Elementary · Regular · Grades 2
Ben Alexander Elementary, Lovington, NM
Enrollment and teachers
- Students
- 238
- Teachers (FTE)
- 13.0
- Students per teacher
- 18.3
- Grades
- 2
This school's ratio is 2.7 higher than the district figure of 15.6. The New Mexico average across schools is 13.2. Ratios count all teachers, including specialists, so they are lower than typical class sizes.
School details
- Address
- 1400 South Sixth, Lovington, NM 88260
- Phone
- (575)739-2580
- District
- Lovington School District
- County
- Lea County
- Level
- Elementary
- Type
- Regular
- Status
- Open
- Charter
- No
- Virtual
- No
- Locale
- Town: Remote
- NCES school ID
- 350174000449
School meals
- Free lunch
- 238
- Reduced-price lunch
- 0
- Free or reduced-price lunch
- 238100.0% of enrollment.
- Direct certification
- 83Students certified through programs such as SNAP, without an application.
- Community Eligibility Provision
- Yes (CEP school)
Schools in the Community Eligibility Provision (CEP) serve free meals to all students, so their free lunch counts often reflect direct certification or total enrollment. Free and reduced lunch shares are not comparable between CEP and non-CEP schools.
Related schools
Other elementary schools in Lovington School District
- Yarbro Elementary 474 students
- Llano Elementary 435 students
- Lea Elementary 231 students
- Jefferson Elementary 228 students
We publish official enrollment and staffing data, not ratings or test scores.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 and F-33 finance 2020, via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Last reviewed October 2026. Blank values are not available, not applicable or suppressed in the source. See the methodology.