County / FIPS 35025
Lea County
New Mexico
Lea County runs 38 public schools reporting to NCES. It also has 2 Medicare-certified hospitals reporting to CMS, of which 1 carry an overall star rating.
At a glance
Public schools
38
Hospitals
2
With a star rating
1
Land area
4,392
Federal money
Obligations recorded against a place of performance in Lea County. An obligation is a legal commitment to pay, not cash out the door — outlays follow later, sometimes by years.
Obligations, FY2025
$317.4M
Per resident
$4,263
Change since FY2021
−15%
Fiscal years covered
5
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| Period | Obligations |
|---|---|
| 2021 | $372M |
| 2022 | $286M |
| 2023 | $258M |
| 2024 | $287M |
| 2025 | $317M |
Figures are nominal — not adjusted for inflation — because USAspending publishes them that way and adjusting them here would mean this site had edited a government figure. The per-resident figure divides by the 2020 decennial count, which is the population USAspending carries; a 2020 denominator against 2025 spending overstates per-head figures wherever a place has grown since. Lea County ranks 1199th of 3,233 on this measure in FY2025.
Hospitals in Lea County
| Hospital | City | CMS rating |
|---|---|---|
| Covenant Health Hobbs Hospital | Hobbs | |
| Nor-Lea Hospital District | Lovington | Not rated |
Public schools in Lea County
Enrollment is the most recent year NCES published.
| School | District | City | Enrollment |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ben Alexander Elementary | Lovington Municipal Schools | Lovington | 251 |
| Booker T. Washington Elementary | Hobbs Municipal Schools | Hobbs | 156 |
| Broadmoor Elementary | Hobbs Municipal Schools | Hobbs | 333 |
| Caton Middle | Eunice Municipal Schools | Eunice | 161 |
| College Lane Elementary | Hobbs Municipal Schools | Hobbs | 519 |
| Coronado Elementary | Hobbs Municipal Schools | Hobbs | 368 |
| Edison Elementary | Hobbs Municipal Schools | Hobbs | 224 |
| Eunice High | Eunice Municipal Schools | Eunice | 219 |
| Heizer Middle School | Hobbs Municipal Schools | Hobbs | 606 |
| Highland Middle School | Hobbs Municipal Schools | Hobbs | 840 |
| Hobbs Freshman High | Hobbs Municipal Schools | Hobbs | 772 |
| Hobbs High | Hobbs Municipal Schools | Hobbs | 2,216 |
| Houston Middle School | Hobbs Municipal Schools | Hobbs | 843 |
| Jal Elementary | Jal Public Schools | Jal | 255 |
| Jal High | Jal Public Schools | Jal | 147 |
| Jal Jr High | Jal Public Schools | Jal | 125 |
| Jefferson Elementary | Hobbs Municipal Schools | Hobbs | 351 |
| Jefferson Elementary | Lovington Municipal Schools | Lovington | 220 |
| Lea Elementary | Lovington Municipal Schools | Lovington | 220 |
| Llano Elementary | Lovington Municipal Schools | Lovington | 325 |
| Lovington 6th Grade Academy | Lovington Municipal Schools | Lovington | 228 |
| Lovington Freshman Academy | Lovington Municipal Schools | Lovington | 307 |
| Lovington High | Lovington Municipal Schools | Lovington | 737 |
| Mettie Jordan Elementary | Eunice Municipal Schools | Eunice | 346 |
| Mills Elementary | Hobbs Municipal Schools | Hobbs | 401 |
| Murray Elementary | Hobbs Municipal Schools | Hobbs | 458 |
| New Hope Alternative High | Lovington Municipal Schools | Lovington | 124 |
| Sanger Elementary | Hobbs Municipal Schools | Hobbs | 393 |
| Southern Heights Elementary | Hobbs Municipal Schools | Hobbs | 371 |
| Stone Elementary | Hobbs Municipal Schools | Hobbs | 404 |
| Tatum Elementary | Tatum Municipal Schools | Tatum | 131 |
| Tatum High | Tatum Municipal Schools | Tatum | 116 |
| Tatum Jr High | Tatum Municipal Schools | Tatum | 51 |
| Taylor Elementary | Hobbs Municipal Schools | Hobbs | 421 |
| Taylor Middle | Lovington Municipal Schools | Lovington | 527 |
| Will Rogers Elementary | Hobbs Municipal Schools | Hobbs | 314 |
| Yarbro Elementary | Lovington Municipal Schools | Lovington | 443 |
| Lae County Corrections | Nm Corrections | Hobbs | 5 |