Hobbs High School is located in Hobbs, New Mexico, United States. It had a student population of about 1500 students as of 2009.Ralph Tasker coached basketball at HHS for 49 years, from 1949 to 1998.CampusThe school has a fairly standard indoor campus with several classrooms that can be entered from the outside. It also has a new auditorium and athletic center.Until May 2002, Hobbs freshmen went to one of three junior high schools: Highland, Houston, or Heizer. All three housed 7th through 9th grade. The decision was made to convert Heizer Junior High School into a freshman high school to help transition 9th grade students into high school curriculum and behavioral expectations. Heizer was chosen because of its ability to expand, being surrounded by an open field. Both Highland and Houston were surrounded by housing and other problems that would have prevented expansions.Until the summer of 2011, the freshmen were either bussed or otherwise transported to the campus, which angered many parents because of its location in the extreme southern location of Hobbs. After a few years of discussion, the Hobbs Municipal Schools Board of Education decided that the best way to transition the freshmen to high school would be to build what would be known as the Hobbs Freshman High School (HFHS) next to the existing high school. The first freshman class at the new school entered in August 2011. Heizer, meanwhile, returned to being a junior high school.School songIn the west mid oil derricks Friendly flares to view Stands the best of noble high schools Hobbs High here's to you Watch the night flares send a radiance And a grand Hello Golden land of all that's worthwhile Hobbs, New Mexico!!!!Mascot and colorsHobbs High School's mascot is the Eagle, and the colors are primarily black and gold, with white being a secondary color. One of the more prominent features of the campus is the eagle on a globe statue outside the front of the campus, facing Jefferson Street. Over the years, students from rival high schools have repeatedly painted this statue in their own colors as a prank.
