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)
350006000615	201	McKinley Middle	Public	6-8	4500 Comanche Rd NE	Albuquerque	87110	Bernalillo County	Albuquerque	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(505) 881-9390	486	40	12.2	100.0%	47 (9.7%)	21 (4.3%)	291 (59.9%)	8 (1.6%)	95 (19.5%)	0 (0.0%)	24 (4.9%)	$10,829							18.2	21.1	195	6
350237000610	202	Edward Ortiz Middle	Public	6-8	4164 South Meadows	Santa Fe	87505	Santa Fe County	Santa Fe	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(505) 467-2300	441	41	10.8	100.0%	14 (3.2%)	2 (0.5%)	415 (94.1%)	4 (0.9%)	6 (1.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$9,051							18	19.6	204	2
350111000861	203	Navajo Middle School	Public	6-8	1 West Walnut Ave	Navajo	87328	McKinley County	Gallup	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(505) 721-5300	188	8	23.5	100.0%	22 (11.7%)	1 (0.5%)	27 (14.4%)	1 (0.5%)	134 (71.3%)	1 (0.5%)	2 (1.1%)	$12,555							17.7	17.1	216	13
350246000572	204	R. Sarracino Middle	Public	6-8	1425 El Camino Real	Socorro	87801	Socorro County	Socorro	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(575) 835-0283	254	23	11.2	97.2%	50 (19.7%)	3 (1.2%)	183 (72.0%)	2 (0.8%)	16 (6.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$10,187							17	24.3	178	26
350021000154	205	Santo Domingo Middle	Public	6-8	100 Hwy 22 West	Santo Domingo Pueblo	87052	Sandoval County	Bernalillo	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(505) 867-4441	94	7	14.2	98.9%	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	94 (100.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$11,511							16.7			(n/a)
350006000098	206	Polk Middle	Public	6-8	2220 Raymac Rd SW	Albuquerque	87105	Bernalillo County	Albuquerque	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(505) 877-6444	269	23	11.8	100.0%	11 (4.1%)	4 (1.5%)	245 (91.1%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (2.6%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.7%)	$12,926							16.6	14.8	224	18
350042000194	207	Escalante Middle/High School	Public	7-12	Stateroute 531 1158	Tierra Amarilla	87575	Rio Arriba County	Chama Valley	No	(n/a)	No	No	(575) 588-7285	147	14	10.3	98.0%	14 (9.5%)	1 (0.7%)	118 (80.3%)	0 (0.0%)	14 (9.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$14,189							16.6	15	223	16
350014201077	208	The Great Academy	Public, Charter	6-12	6001-A San Mateo Blvd NE	Albuquerque	87109	Bernalillo County	The Great Academy	Yes	(n/a)	No	Yes	(505) 792-0306	127	6	21.4	64.6%	14 (11.0%)	9 (7.1%)	93 (73.2%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (4.7%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (3.9%)	$11,383							16.3	18	210	2
350006000118	209	Washington Middle	Public	6-8	1101 Park SW	Albuquerque	87102	Bernalillo County	Albuquerque	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(505) 764-2000	275	23	11.8	100.0%	8 (2.9%)	9 (3.3%)	247 (89.8%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (2.2%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (1.8%)	$9,918							15.7	19.8	200	9
350237001059	210	Aspen Community School	Public, Alternative	PK, KG-12	450 La Madera	Santa Fe	87501	Santa Fe County	Santa Fe	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(505) 467-4500	367	28	13	100.0%	30 (8.2%)	5 (1.4%)	317 (86.4%)	5 (1.4%)	10 (2.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$12,641							15.6	16.6	220	10

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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.