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)
350252000817	21	Taos Municipal Charter	Public, Charter	K-8	1303 Paseo Del Canon East	Taos	87571	Taos County	Taos	Yes	(n/a)	No	No	(575) 751-7222	218	17	12.5	52.8%	81 (37.2%)	3 (1.4%)	129 (59.2%)	2 (0.9%)	2 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.5%)	$8,687							91	90.9	22	1
350006000102	22	Roosevelt Middle	Public	6-8	11799 State Highway 14s	Tijeras	87059	Bernalillo County	Albuquerque	No	(n/a)	No	No	(505) 281-3316	381	29	13	34.4%	180 (47.2%)	4 (1.0%)	169 (44.4%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (1.8%)	0 (0.0%)	21 (5.5%)	$11,172							89.7	88.9	27	5
350072000246	23	Des Moines High	Public	7-12	500 Des Moines Avenue	Des Moines	88418	Union County	Des Moines	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(575) 278-2611	51	6	7.9	37.3%	38 (74.5%)	1 (2.0%)	12 (23.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$21,539							88.6	96.5	15	8
350013500929	24	Montessori Elementary School	Public, Charter	K-8	1730 Montano Rd NW	Albuquerque	87107	Bernalillo County	Montessori Elementary School	Yes	(n/a)	No	Yes	(505) 796-0149	439	25	17.5	0.7%	166 (37.8%)	3 (0.7%)	225 (51.3%)	8 (1.8%)	9 (2.1%)	0 (0.0%)	28 (6.4%)	$7,123							87.2	85.3	37	13
350213000493	25	Quemado High	Public	7-12	Hwy 60	Quemado	87829	Catron County	Quemado	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(575) 773-4700	71	7	9.9	64.8%	48 (67.6%)	0 (0.0%)	18 (25.4%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (2.8%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (4.2%)	$20,462							86.9	63.9	69	44
350246000843	26	Cottonwood Valley Charter	Public, Charter	K-8	201 Neel St	Socorro	87801	Socorro County	Socorro	Yes	(n/a)	No	Yes	(575) 838-2026	170	14	12.1	92.9%	56 (32.9%)	2 (1.2%)	104 (61.2%)	3 (1.8%)	3 (1.8%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (1.2%)	$9,174							86.5	88.7	29	3
350016701103	27	Explore Academy	Public, Charter, Alternative	K-12	5100 Masthead St NE	Albuquerque	87109	Bernalillo County	Explore Academy	Yes	(n/a)	No	Yes	(505) 305-5300	1,204	93	12.9	21.8%	541 (44.9%)	47 (3.9%)	542 (45.0%)	41 (3.4%)	23 (1.9%)	5 (0.4%)	5 (0.4%)	$8,648							86.3	90.9	23	4
350014101057	28	J Paul Taylor Academy	Public, Charter	K-8	402 W. Court Ave Bldg 2	Las Cruces	88005	Do�a Ana County	J Paul Taylor Academy	Yes	(n/a)	No	Yes	(575) 652-4006	198	15	12.9	27.8%	52 (26.3%)	1 (0.5%)	135 (68.2%)	5 (2.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (2.5%)	$7,963							86.1	88.7	28
350237000841	29	Academy For Technology & Classics	Public, Charter	7-12	74 A Van Nu PO Rd	Santa Fe	87508	Santa Fe County	Santa Fe	Yes	(n/a)	No	No	(505) 473-4282	392	31	12.7	28.3%	102 (26.0%)	1 (0.3%)	262 (66.8%)	19 (4.8%)	6 (1.5%)	1 (0.3%)	1 (0.3%)	$7,301							85.7	87.9	32	3
350013800938	30	Aldo Leopold Charter	Public, Charter	6-12	410 W 10th St	Silver City	88061	Grant County	Aldo Leopold Charter	Yes	(n/a)	No	Yes	(575) 538-2547	182	17	10.9	57.1%	102 (56.0%)	0 (0.0%)	73 (40.1%)	3 (1.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (2.2%)	$24,523							85.5	76.7	51	21

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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.