Best Middle Schools in New Mexico

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School															Students/Teachers											Per Pupil Expenditures (2019)							Ranking (2023 vs 2022)
ID	Rank (of 239)	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 (2023)	Average Standard Score (2022)	Rank (2022)	Rank Change from 2022	SchoolDigger Rating (2023)
350138000409	161	Coronado Middle	Public	6-8	1903 State Highway 96	Gallina	87017	Rio Arriba County	Jemez Mountain	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(575) 638-5419	36	6	5.7	100.0%	5 (13.9%)	0 (0.0%)	30 (83.3%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (2.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$16,659							29.4	46.9	99	62
350006000112	162	Taylor Middle	Public	6-8	8200 Guadalupe Tr NW	Los Ranchos De Albuquerque	87114	Bernalillo County	Albuquerque	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(505) 898-3666	315	32	9.7	100.0%	53 (16.8%)	5 (1.6%)	223 (70.8%)	4 (1.3%)	24 (7.6%)	1 (0.3%)	5 (1.6%)	$11,303							29.3	27.1	155	7
350039000180	163	Kirtland Middle	Public	7-8	538 Cr 6100	Kirtland	87417	San Juan County	Central	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(505) 598-6114	430	31	13.9	100.0%	35 (8.1%)	0 (0.0%)	27 (6.3%)	1 (0.2%)	352 (81.9%)	0 (0.0%)	15 (3.5%)	$10,560							29.1	21.4	177	14
350237001139	164	Milagro Middle	Public	7-8	351 W. Zia Road	Santa Fe	87505	Santa Fe County	Santa Fe	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(505) 467-3300	383	28	13.6	100.0%	38 (9.9%)	6 (1.6%)	326 (85.1%)	2 (0.5%)	11 (2.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$11,047							28.7	18	189	25
350225000518	165	Mountain View Middle	Public	6-8	312 East Mtn View Rd	Roswell	88203	Chaves County	Roswell	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(575) 627-2825	520	26	19.8	100.0%	71 (13.7%)	9 (1.7%)	434 (83.5%)	3 (0.6%)	3 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$8,327							28.6	29.7	147	18
350017901136	166	Hozho Academy	Public, Charter, Alternative	K-10	515 Park Ave	Gallup	87301	McKinley County	Hozho Academy	Yes	(n/a)	No	Yes	(505) 722-4463	616	40	15.3	100.0%	110 (17.9%)	3 (0.5%)	227 (36.9%)	6 (1.0%)	239 (38.8%)	0 (0.0%)	31 (5.0%)	$9,654							28.5	29.1	150	16
350010600873	167	North Valley Academy	Public, Charter	PK, KG-8	7939 4th Street NW	Los Ranchos De Albuquerque	87114	Bernalillo County	North Valley Academy	Yes	(n/a)	No	Yes	(505) 998-0501	380	32	11.9	57.6%	61 (16.1%)	1 (0.3%)	298 (78.4%)	1 (0.3%)	9 (2.4%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (2.6%)	$7,304							28	23	168	1
350150000388	168	Lynn Middle	Public	6-8	950 South Walnut St	Las Cruces	88001	Do�a Ana County	Las Cruces	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(575) 527-9445	534	39	13.6	100.0%	65 (12.2%)	20 (3.7%)	422 (79.0%)	7 (1.3%)	13 (2.4%)	3 (0.6%)	4 (0.7%)	$8,523							27.9	21.8	175	7
350129000360	169	Hondo High	Public	7-12	111 Don Pablo Lane	Hondo	88336	Lincoln County	Hondo Valley	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(575) 653-4411	62	7	9.2	100.0%	14 (22.6%)	0 (0.0%)	48 (77.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$20,313							27.7			(n/a)
350237000788	170	Desert Sage Academy	Public, Virtual, Alternative	K-12	2504 Camino Entrada	Santa Fe	87505	Santa Fe County	Santa Fe	No	(n/a)	Yes	Yes	(505) 467-0310	313	21	14.8	100.0%	24 (7.7%)	9 (2.9%)	259 (82.7%)	3 (1.0%)	17 (5.4%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	$7,359							25.7	45.2	103	67

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About our rankings:

Schooldigger calculates school rankings based on NM Combined Language Arts, NM Combined Mathematics, NM Combined Science test scores released by the New Mexico Public Education Department.
These rankings were last updated on December 6, 2023, 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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Educational resources:

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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.