County / FIPS 35035
Otero County
New Mexico
Otero County runs 26 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
26
Hospitals
1
With a star rating
1
Land area
6,613
Federal money
Obligations recorded against a place of performance in Otero County. An obligation is a legal commitment to pay, not cash out the door — outlays follow later, sometimes by years.
Obligations, FY2025
$651.8M
Per resident
$9,607
Change since FY2021
−20%
Fiscal years covered
5
▸ View as table
| Period | Obligations |
|---|---|
| 2021 | $816M |
| 2022 | $898M |
| 2023 | $549M |
| 2024 | $766M |
| 2025 | $652M |
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. Otero County ranks 733rd of 3,233 on this measure in FY2025.
Hospitals in Otero County
| Hospital | City | CMS rating |
|---|---|---|
| Christus Southern New Mexico | Alamogordo |
Public schools in Otero County
Enrollment is the most recent year NCES published.
| School | District | City | Enrollment |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alamogordo High | Alamogordo Public Schools | Alamogordo | 1,579 |
| Buena Vista Elementary | Alamogordo Public Schools | Alamogordo | 204 |
| Chaparral Middle | Alamogordo Public Schools | Alamogordo | 627 |
| Cloudcroft Elementary | Cloudcroft Municipal Schools | Cloudcroft | 165 |
| Cloudcroft High | Cloudcroft Municipal Schools | Cloudcroft | 113 |
| Cloudcroft Middle | Cloudcroft Municipal Schools | Cloudcroft | 101 |
| Desert Star Elementary | Alamogordo Public Schools | Alamogordo | 464 |
| Holloman Elementary | Alamogordo Public Schools | Holloman Afb | 490 |
| Holloman Middle | Alamogordo Public Schools | Holloman Afb | 172 |
| La Luz Elementary | Alamogordo Public Schools | La Luz | 215 |
| Mescalero Apache School | Mescalero Apache School | Mescalero | 621 |
| North Elementary | Alamogordo Public Schools | Alamogordo | 182 |
| Sierra Elementary | Alamogordo Public Schools | Alamogordo | 301 |
| Stepping Stones Preschool | Alamogordo Public Schools | Alamogordo | 109 |
| Sunset Hills Elementary | Alamogordo Public Schools | Alamogordo | 466 |
| Tularosa Elementary | Tularosa Municipal Schools | Tularosa | 206 |
| Tularosa High | Tularosa Municipal Schools | Tularosa | 272 |
| Tularosa Intermediate | Tularosa Municipal Schools | Tularosa | 268 |
| Tularosa Middle | Tularosa Municipal Schools | Tularosa | 144 |
| Yucca Elementary | Alamogordo Public Schools | Alamogordo | 245 |
| Yucca Heights Elementary | Gadsden Independent Schools | Chaparral | 473 |
| Mountain View Middle | Alamogordo Public Schools | Alamogordo | 502 |
| High Rolls Mountain Park Elementary | Alamogordo Public Schools | High Rolls | 19 |
| Nm School for the Blind and Visually Impaired | Nm School for the Blind and Visually Impaired | Alamogordo | 36 |
| Academy Del Sol Alt. | Alamogordo Public Schools | Alamogordo | — |
| Otero County Prison | Nm Corrections | Chaparral | — |