Basketball, track, and football each receive equal emphasis. Ruidoso Middle School is dedicated to the process of preparing students for the passage into the upper grades. The team concept is used at both grade levels. The school's instructional program is enhanced through exploratory or supplementary classes such as band, choir, drama, Spanish, physical education, and dance. Students have access to the most current technology and telecommunications.
Multimedia is incorporated into many classes.
Special programs, such as Chapter 1 in mathematics and language, bilingual studies, library, and enrichment programs address the special needs of students. White Mountain Elementary White Mountain Elementary School is the Ruidoso facility for the third and fourth grade children of the district. With its campus located next to Sierra Vista Primary, this school has regular classroom teachers delivering reading, math, language arts, spelling, social studies, and science curricula to the children. The faculty is assisted by Subject Area Assistants in music, art, science, physical education, computer lab, library, speech, physical therapy, occupational therapy, inclusion classes, instructional support, Chapter 1 reading, and bilingual education. Sierra Vista Primary Sierra Vista Primary School, Ruidoso's newest campus, opened in August 1994 after many months of planning by a group of teachers, parents, and administrators.