Best Middle Schools in New Mexico

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School															Students/Teachers											Per Pupil Expenditures (2019)							Ranking (2024 vs 2023)
ID	Rank (of 235)	School	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Disc Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Per Pupil Expenditures: Total	Personnel from Federal Funds	Non-Personnel from Federal Funds	Total from Federal Funds	Personnel from State and Local Funds	Non-Personnel from State and Local Funds	Total from State and Local Funds	Average Standard Score (2024)	Average Standard Score (2023)	Rank (2023)	Rank Change from 2023	SchoolDigger Rating (2024)
350258000590	11	Texico Middle	Public	6-8	520 North Griffin	Texico	88135	Curry County	Texico	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(575) 482-3801	122	9	13.6	36.1%	78 (63.9%)	2 (1.6%)	41 (33.6%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$9,989							97.7	91.3	20	9
350165000430	12	Los Alamos Middle	Public	7-8	2101 Hawk Dr	Los Alamos	87544	Los Alamos County	Los Alamos	No	(n/a)	No	No	(505) 663-2375	613	50	12.2	13.4%	325 (53.0%)	3 (0.5%)	233 (38.0%)	17 (2.8%)	11 (1.8%)	0 (0.0%)	24 (3.9%)	$12,059							97.3	97.4	13	1
350003000007	13	Holloman Middle	Public	6-8	381 1st St	Alamogordo	88330	Otero County	Alamogordo	No	(n/a)	No	No	(575) 812-6200	172	14	12.2	19.2%	79 (45.9%)	17 (9.9%)	48 (27.9%)	2 (1.2%)	1 (0.6%)	2 (1.2%)	23 (13.4%)	$7,933							97.1	97.8	11	2
350006000764	14	Desert Ridge Middle	Public	6-8	8400 Barstow NE	Albuquerque	87122	Bernalillo County	Albuquerque	No	(n/a)	No	No	(505) 857-9282	816	60	13.6	16.5%	329 (40.3%)	12 (1.5%)	326 (40.0%)	71 (8.7%)	25 (3.1%)	4 (0.5%)	49 (6.0%)	$8,804							96.3	97.8	9	5
350237001106	15	Mandela International Magnet (Mims)	Public	7-12	1604 Agua Fria	Santa Fe	87505	Santa Fe County	Santa Fe	No	(n/a)	No	No	(505) 467-1901	293	26	11.1	29.0%	137 (46.8%)	6 (2.0%)	129 (44.0%)	13 (4.4%)	4 (1.4%)	2 (0.7%)	2 (0.7%)	$13,565							95.4	98.2	8	7
350012201071	16	Abq School Of Excellence	Public, Charter, Alternative	K-12	13201 Lomas Blvd NE	Albuquerque	87112	Bernalillo County	Abq School Of Excellence	Yes	(n/a)	No	Yes	(505) 312-7711	910	51	17.9	54.8%	385 (42.3%)	43 (4.7%)	380 (41.8%)	41 (4.5%)	17 (1.9%)	7 (0.8%)	37 (4.1%)	$6,044							93.9	91.1	21	5
350114000899	17	Grady Middle School	Public	6-8	100 Franklin St	Grady	88120	Curry County	Grady	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(575) 357-2192	45	4	10.5	93.3%	32 (71.1%)	2 (4.4%)	11 (24.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$25,231							93.5	95.2	18	1
350012601070	18	The Ask Academy	Public, Charter	6-12	4550 Sundt Rd NE	Rio Rancho	87124	Sandoval County	The Ask Academy	Yes	(n/a)	No	Yes	(505) 891-0757	625	40	15.6	16.8%	288 (46.1%)	19 (3.0%)	274 (43.8%)	12 (1.9%)	14 (2.2%)	0 (0.0%)	18 (2.9%)	$7,130							93.3	97.1	14	4
350084000256	19	Elida High	Public	7-12	101 North Church	Elida	88116	Roosevelt County	Elida	No	(n/a)	No	No	(575) 274-6211	87	9	9.6	65.5%	72 (82.8%)	0 (0.0%)	11 (12.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (1.1%)	3 (3.4%)	$15,241							92.9	49.6	103	84
350001000739	20	Mountain View Middle	Public	6-8	4101 Montreal Loop NE	Rio Rancho	87144	Sandoval County	Rio Rancho	No	(n/a)	No	No	(505) 867-0711	937	54	17.4	13.8%	254 (27.1%)	15 (1.6%)	552 (58.9%)	7 (0.7%)	65 (6.9%)	1 (0.1%)	43 (4.6%)	$7,185							92.4	88.9	26	6

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Schooldigger calculates school rankings based on NM-MSSA English Language Arts, NM-MSSA Mathematics, NM-ASR Science test scores released by the New Mexico Public Education Department.
These rankings were last updated on November 10, 2024, and are based on the most recent test scores available. We update rankings as we receive new test scores from the New Mexico Public Education Department, usually on a yearly basis.
Our sources of data include the National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education and the New Mexico Public Education Department.
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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the New Mexico Public Education Department.