Roswell Independent School District

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Roswell Independent School District
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Address
300 North Kentucky Avenue
, New Mexico, 88201
United States
Coordinates 33°23′45″N104°31′41″W / 33.39583°N 104.52806°W / 33.39583; -104.52806 Coordinates: 33°23′45″N104°31′41″W / 33.39583°N 104.52806°W / 33.39583; -104.52806
District information
TypePublic school district
MottoExcellence in Education
Success in Society
Grades P12 [1]
SuperintendentBrian Luck [2]
Schools21
NCES District ID 3502250 [1]
Students and staff
Students9,801 (2020–2021) [1]
Teachers580.50 (on an FTE basis) [1]
Student–teacher ratio16.88 (on an FTE basis) [1]
Other information
Website www.risd.k12.nm.us

The Roswell Independent School District is a public school district based in Roswell, New Mexico, United States.

Contents

In addition to Roswell, the district includes Midway. [3]

History

In 2018 Ann Lynn McIlroy became superintendent. [4]

2014 school shooting

On January 14, 2014, at about 8:10 am, a student opened fire inside the gymnasium of Berrendo Middle School. The suspect then surrendered to a staff member and was taken into police custody. A 12-year-old [5] student and a 13-year-old student were both airlifted to a hospital in Lubbock, Texas, in critical condition. The suspected shooter was a seventh-grade 12-year-old student at the school named Mason Campbell, who used a shotgun that was smuggled into the school inside a duffle bag. [6] Campbell is facing three counts of aggravated battery with a firearm, and can be confined in a juvenile detention facility until he turns 21 years old. [7] [8] [9]

List of schools

The Roswell Independent School District has twenty-one schools, including twelve elementary schools, three middle schools, four high schools, a preschool. Early College High School and University High School are alternative schools. In addition, Sidney Gutierrez Middle Schools, a K–8 charter school, is chartered with the Roswell Independent School District.

School nameGradesEnrollment (2020–2021)Website
Berrendo Elementary SchoolP–5284
Berrendo Middle School6–8685
Del Norte Elementary SchoolK–5478
Early College High School9–12191
East Grand Plains Elementary SchoolP–5211
El Capitan Elementary SchoolP–5389
Goddard High School 9–121,145
Mesa Middle School6–8457
Military Heights Elementary SchoolP–5389
Missouri Avenue Elementary SchoolP–5308
Monterrey Elementary SchoolK–5434
Mountain View Middle School6–8568
Nancy Lopez Elementary SchoolP–5203
Parkview Early Literacy CenterPreschool197
Pecos Elementary SchoolP–5317
Roswell High School 9–121,427
Sidney Gutierrez Middle SchoolK–8196
Sierra Middle School6–8671
Sunset Elementary SchoolP–5279
University High School 9–12102
Valley View Elementary SchoolP–5500
Washington Avenue Elementary SchoolP–5370

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