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)
350075000249	121	Dexter Middle	Public	6-8	100 North Lincoln	Dexter	88230	Chaves County	Dexter	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(575) 734-5420	196	14	14.1	100.0%	28 (14.3%)	0 (0.0%)	166 (84.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (1.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$10,020							42	44.8	104	17
350195000915	122	Mountainair Junior High	Public	6-8	901 West 3rd St	Mountainair	87036	Torrance County	Mountainair	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(505) 847-2333	43	4	9.9	100.0%	17 (39.5%)	3 (7.0%)	21 (48.8%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (4.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$16,018							41.8	47.3	96	26
350234000835	123	San Jon Middle School	Public	6-8	7th And Elm Streets	San Jon	88434	Quay County	San Jon	No	(n/a)	No	No	(575) 576-2466	31	3	9.7	100.0%	9 (29.0%)	0 (0.0%)	21 (67.7%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (3.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$20,302							41.7	83.8	26	97
350126000351	124	Houston Middle School	Public	6-9	300 North Houston	Hobbs	88240	Lea County	Hobbs	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(575) 433-1300	843	45	18.8	100.0%	186 (22.1%)	36 (4.3%)	601 (71.3%)	8 (0.9%)	5 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (0.8%)	$7,427							41.5	46.9	98	26
350006000068	125	Jackson Middle	Public	6-8	10600 Indian School Rd NE	Albuquerque	87112	Bernalillo County	Albuquerque	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(505) 299-7377	404	31	13	100.0%	106 (26.2%)	14 (3.5%)	210 (52.0%)	8 (2.0%)	47 (11.6%)	0 (0.0%)	19 (4.7%)	$8,926							41.4	33.3	133	8
350017000816	126	Monte Del Sol Charter	Public, Charter	7-12	4157 Walking Rain Rd	Santa Fe	87507	Santa Fe County	Monte Del Sol Charter	Yes	(n/a)	No	Yes	(505) 982-5225	369	25	14.7	60.7%	58 (15.7%)	1 (0.3%)	299 (81.0%)	7 (1.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (1.1%)	$11,040							41.4	36.2	129	3
350030000859	127	Jefferson Montessori	Public, Charter, Alternative	K-12	101 South Canal St	Carlsbad	88220	Eddy County	Carlsbad	Yes	(n/a)	No	No	(575) 234-3300	254	17	15.1	52.0%	128 (50.4%)	1 (0.4%)	122 (48.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (1.2%)	$8,598							41.1	39.4	118	9
350016001096	128	New Mexico Connections Academy	Public, Virtual, Charter, Alternative	4-12	130 Siringo Road	Santa Fe	87505	Santa Fe County	New Mexico Connections Academy	Yes	(n/a)	Yes	Yes	(505) 984-1133	1,401	65	21.5	50.4%	437 (31.2%)	36 (2.6%)	785 (56.0%)	9 (0.6%)	79 (5.6%)	1 (0.1%)	54 (3.9%)	$8,147							39.9	53.4	82	46
350108000631	129	Gadsden Middle	Public	7-8	1301 West Washington	Anthony	88021	Do�a Ana County	Gadsden	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(575) 882-6203	661	49	13.6	100.0%	9 (1.4%)	1 (0.2%)	648 (98.0%)	1 (0.2%)	2 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$9,186							39.7	35.4	130	1
350016600901	130	La Academia Dolores Huerta	Public, Charter	6-8	400 West Bell Ave	Las Cruces	88005	Do�a Ana County	La Academia Dolores Huerta	Yes	(n/a)	No	Yes	(575) 527-5800	66	11	5.9	100.0%	2 (3.0%)	0 (0.0%)	64 (97.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$10,699							39.7	30.2	145	15

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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.
For more information about our ranking process, please see our Ranking FAQ. Details about our methodology are here.

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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.