County / FIPS 35027
Lincoln County
New Mexico
Lincoln County runs 14 public schools reporting to NCES. It also has 1 Medicare-certified hospital reporting to CMS, of which 1 carry an overall star rating.
At a glance
Public schools
14
Hospitals
1
With a star rating
1
Land area
4,831
Federal money
Obligations recorded against a place of performance in Lincoln County. An obligation is a legal commitment to pay, not cash out the door — outlays follow later, sometimes by years.
Obligations, FY2025
$278.0M
Per resident
$13,716
Change since FY2021
+52%
Fiscal years covered
5
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| Period | Obligations |
|---|---|
| 2021 | $183M |
| 2022 | $173M |
| 2023 | $187M |
| 2024 | $305M |
| 2025 | $278M |
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. Lincoln County ranks 1318th of 3,233 on this measure in FY2025.
Hospitals in Lincoln County
| Hospital | City | CMS rating |
|---|---|---|
| Lincoln County Medical Center | Ruidoso |
Public schools in Lincoln County
Enrollment is the most recent year NCES published.
| School | District | City | Enrollment |
|---|---|---|---|
| Capitan Elementary | Capitan Municipal Schools | Capitan | 202 |
| Capitan High | Capitan Municipal Schools | Capitan | 142 |
| Capitan Middle | Capitan Municipal Schools | Capitan | 127 |
| Carrizozo Elementary | Carrizozo Municipal Schools | Carrizozo | 72 |
| Carrizozo High | Carrizozo Municipal Schools | Carrizozo | 53 |
| Hondo Elementary | Hondo Valley Public Schools | Hondo | 62 |
| Hondo High | Hondo Valley Public Schools | Hondo | 62 |
| Ruidoso High | Ruidoso Municipal Schools | Ruidoso | 532 |
| Ruidoso Middle | Ruidoso Municipal Schools | Ruidoso | 394 |
| Sierra Vista Primary | Ruidoso Municipal Schools | Ruidoso | 497 |
| White Mountain Elementary | Ruidoso Municipal Schools | Ruidoso | 397 |
| Carrizozo Middle | Carrizozo Municipal Schools | Carrizozo | 32 |
| Corona Elementary | Corona Municipal Schools | Corona | 41 |
| Corona High | Corona Municipal Schools | Corona | 29 |