Summary:
Taos, New Mexico is home to a single middle school, Taos Middle School, which serves students in grades 6-8. The school's academic performance, as measured by proficiency rates in English Language Arts (ELA), Mathematics, and Science, is consistently below the averages for the Taos district and the state of New Mexico.
Taos Middle School has a statewide ranking that has fluctuated in recent years, ranging from 107th out of 165 New Mexico middle schools in 2023-2024 to 150th out of 239 in 2022-2023. The school's ELA proficiency rates range from 34.78% for 8th grade to 42.57% for 6th grade, compared to the Taos district averages of 48.1% for 8th grade and 49.66% for 6th grade. In Mathematics, the school's proficiency rates are even lower, ranging from 11.3% for 8th grade to 26.73% for 6th grade, compared to the Taos district averages of 20.25% for 8th grade and 33.33% for 6th grade. The school's 8th grade Science proficiency rate is 26.09%, compared to the Taos district average of 37.97%.
Despite the school's academic challenges, it has a relatively low student-to-teacher ratio of 10.1 for the 2023-2024 school year. However, the school also has a high percentage of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, with 100.29% of students receiving this benefit in the 2023-2024 school year, indicating a high level of economic disadvantage among the student population.
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