title: Jal Public Schools
text: # Jal Public Schools
  
  Jal Public Schools is a school district headquartered in Jal, New Mexico.
  
  The district is entirely in Lea County and includes Jal.
  
  ## History
  
  In 2015 the school district voters approved a bond for $45,000,000 so the district could build new facilities.
  
  ## Schools
  
  It includes an elementary school (Jal Elementary School) and a combined junior-senior high school (Jal Junior-Senior High School).
  
  The current elementary school, which has an open concept, opened in 2017. It had a cost of $15,000,000.
  
  The former Burke Junior High School has 37,900 square feet (3,520 $m^2)$ of space. In 2019 Jal city authorities chose to turn it into a new city hall, with that function using 14,300 square feet (1,330 $m^2)$ of space in an eastern portion. This was under construction in 2021.
  
  