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Carlsbad Early College High, Carlsbad, NM

CEP schoolCarlsbad Early College High is a public high school in Carlsbad, part of Carlsbad School District. It enrolled 200 students in 2024-25, with 14.3 students per full-time teacher.Listed in NCES data as "CARLSBAD EARLY COLLEGE HIGH".

Enrollment and teachers

Students
200
Teachers (FTE)
14.0
Students per teacher
14.3
Grades
9 to 12

This school's ratio is 2.4 lower than the district figure of 16.7. The New Mexico average across schools is 13.2. Ratios count all teachers, including specialists, so they are lower than typical class sizes.

This school14.3
District16.7
New Mexico13.2
United States15.3

School details

Address
1500 University Dr, Carlsbad, NM 88220
Phone
(575)234-9415
District
Carlsbad School District
County
Eddy County
Level
High
Type
Regular
Status
Open
Charter
No
Virtual
No
Locale
Rural: Fringe
NCES school ID
350030001109
Location from NCES coordinates. Map data OpenStreetMap contributors. Open larger map

School meals

Counts of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, as reported to NCES.
Free lunch
20
Reduced-price lunch
0
Free or reduced-price lunch
2010.0% of enrollment.
Direct certification
20Students 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 high schools in Carlsbad School District

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.