Summary:
Navajo, New Mexico has just one middle school: Navajo Middle School, located at 1 West Walnut Ave. It serves grades 6 through 8 and enrolls 224 students. It belongs to the Gallup-McKinley City Schools district, which ranks 60th of 87 districts in New Mexico — the 31st percentile, with 2 stars. Because this is the only middle school in the city, there are no local peers to compare it against; the most useful benchmarks are the district average, the state average, and the school's own results from year to year.
English Language Arts is the school's clear strength. In 2025–2026, 48.05% of students across all grades were proficient in ELA, above the district's 36.49% and the state's 43.34%. Eighth grade ELA stands out even more, at 50% proficient, again above both the district (39.82%) and the state (43.61%). The school also made a dramatic jump in the state rankings, moving from 179th of 192 schools in 2024–2025 — the 7th percentile with 0 stars — up to 104th of 191 in 2025–2026, the 46th percentile with 2 stars. Across all grades, ELA proficiency rose 21.55 percentage points year over year.
Mathematics is the biggest concern. All-grades math proficiency is 17.11%, below the district (23.81%) and the state (25.54%), and 7th grade math sits at 16.67%. Eighth grade math is reported only as under 20%, so the exact figure is unknown, though it still trails the state's 20.29%. Eighth grade science, at 26.47%, also falls below district and state averages. Math did improve from 8.5% to 17.11%, and science from 23.17% to 26.47%. The school also serves a high-need population: 71.88% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, and the reported student-teacher ratio is 4.9.
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