Editing Ruidoso, New Mexico (section)

==Education==
===K-12 education===
[[Ruidoso Municipal School District]]<!-- --> covers the majority of the municipality. Small pieces extend into [[Capitan Municipal Schools]]<!--UNI 00270-->.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st35_nm/schooldistrict_maps/c35027_lincoln/DC20SD_C35027.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220905154520/https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st35_nm/schooldistrict_maps/c35027_lincoln/DC20SD_C35027.pdf |archive-date=September 5, 2022 |url-status=live|title=2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Lincoln County, NM|publisher=[[U.S. Census Bureau]]|accessdate=2024-12-28}} - [https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st35_nm/schooldistrict_maps/c35027_lincoln/DC20SD_C35027_SD2MS.txt Text list]</ref>

Public schools of the Ruidoso school district:<ref name="RuidosoSchools">{{cite web|
url= http://www.ruidoso.k12.nm.us/schools.asp |title=Ruidoso Municipal Schools}}</ref>
* Sierra Vista Primary School: Pre K, Kindergarten, 1st and 2nd Grade
* White Mountain Elementary School: 3rd-5th Grade
* Ruidoso Middle School: 6th-8th Grade
* [[Ruidoso High School, New Mexico|Ruidoso High School]]: 9th-12th Grade

===Colleges===
* [[ENMU]]-Ruidoso Branch Community College. The ENMU Ruidoso Campus is a two-year college, or community college, (one of 18 New Mexico branches) and an official Branch of ENMU (this status was granted in July 2005).<ref name="ENMURuidoso">{{cite web|
url= http://www.ruidoso.enmu.edu/ |title=ENMU Ruidoso Branch Community College}}</ref>

===Public library===
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Ruidoso Public Library is the library serving Ruidoso, [[Ruidoso Downs, New Mexico|Ruidoso Downs]], [[Alto, New Mexico|Alto]], and greater [[Lincoln County, New Mexico|Lincoln County]].

Starting in 1954, the library developed from the [[Women's club|Woman's Club]], Beta Sigma Phi with only a small collection of books. In 1960 the Library Advisory Board was created, and Jane Parks served as the first President of the Advisory Board. Shortly after, the library was moved into a building that was once a school and Old City Hall. The library was only two rooms which the librarian Pat Ward oversaw its maintenance. In 1966, under the director Ruth McGuire Spiegel the library was moved to an old airport terminal and now had the bonus of local and state funding. The first library building was built in 1975 at 501 Sudderth Dr. and the library remained in this location for around twenty years.

In 1997 the current library was designed and built by ASA Architectures, the two-story building with vaulted windows is 14,600 square feet. The library has a garden, the Friends’ Book Shoppe, an outdoor reading patio and available window seats. In addition, the library also includes an archive room, conference room, children’s, and teen's library, two self-checkout machines and twenty-nine computers for public use. The collection consists of books, CDs, DVDs, and an e-branch with access to e-books, audio books and magazines.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://ruidosolibrary.org/about-1|title = About the Library — Ruidoso Public Library &#124; Ruidoso, NM}}</ref> Some of the programs offered at the Ruidoso Public Library are children’s section, adult game night, teen scene, Ruidoso writers publishing group and a bereavement support group. Also, the library offers the New Mexico FamilyPass which provides free admission to fifteen museums and historical sites across the state.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://ruidosolibrary.org/programs-services|title = Services — Ruidoso Public Library &#124; Ruidoso, NM| date=September 7, 2023 }}</ref> The library is open Monday-Saturday.<ref>[http://www.youseemore.com/ruidosopl/about_legacy.asp Ruidoso Public Library], About Us</ref>