Summary:
Clovis Municipal Schools operates three middle schools serving grades 6 through 8 — W D Gattis Middle School (a comprehensive 6–8 campus), Marshall 6th Grade Academy (grade 6 only), and Yucca Middle (grades 7–8) — enrolling about 1,518 students combined, with poverty rates clustered tightly between 83.76% and 88.24%. This district runs an unusual split model, where Marshall feeds into Yucca, while Gattis serves all three grades in one building. Clovis Municipal Schools ranks 57th of 87 districts statewide, yet its middle schools generally perform at or above state averages, suggesting the district ranking is being pulled down by other levels or measures.
W D Gattis Middle School is the most consistent performer: it posts the group's highest English/language arts proficiency (51.02%), beats district and state in all three 8th-grade subjects, improved in ELA, math, and science year over year, and holds the best current rank (77 of 191, 60th percentile, 3 stars). Yucca Middle is the improver, with statewide percentile rising 45th to 49th to 52nd, and real strength in 7th grade — its 7th-grade math (31.31%) actually edges Gattis (30.24%). But Yucca's 8th grade lags in every subject, and it carries the highest student-to-teacher ratio (17.2:1). On the shared 8th grade, Gattis leads Yucca by 3.1 points in ELA, 5.3 in math, and 4.6 in science — despite nearly identical poverty rates.
Marshall 6th Grade Academy is the biggest story. It ranked 32nd of 165 (81st percentile, 4 stars) in 2023–24 and its 2024–25 math proficiency (43.44%) was about 16.6 points above the state. In 2025–26, however, its 6th-grade ELA fell 7.4 points and math 6.5 points, leaving it roughly level with the district's 6th-grade average. Gattis's 6th-grade results are suppressed by the state, so the two 6th-grade providers can't be compared directly. Across the district, math proficiency drops sharply from 6th grade to 8th grade, mirroring the state pattern.
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