Hobbs Municipal Schools

[2] In early 2019, when the 2018-2019 school year ended, the student count was 10,341.

This increased to 10,615 five days after the beginning of the subsequent school year, in fall 2019.

[3] In 2020, because schools in New Mexico ended in-person learning because of the COVID-19 pandemic and because Texas schools in general had better academic reputations than New Mexican schools, several New Mexico students moved to Texas.

[4] By 2022 the school district's enrollment was on an upward trajectory.

[5] During the COVID-19 pandemic in New Mexico, in 2020, about 70% of the students at the secondary level failed at least one class due to the pandemic-related difficulties of education.