Summary:
Middle Schools located in Taos Municipal Schools include one school, Taos Middle, which serves grades 6–8, enrolls 337 students, and is located at 235 Paseo Del Canon in Taos, New Mexico.
In 2025–2026, Taos Middle is ranked 143 of 191 schools, at the 25th percentile with 1 star, while Taos Municipal Schools is ranked 42 of 87, at the 52nd percentile with 3 stars. The school’s strongest result is 7th grade ELA: 49.54% proficient on NM-MSSA and 49.09% on NM Combined, above the state (46.99% and 46.63%) but below the district (56.21% and 55.84%). Elsewhere, results are below both district and state: all-grade ELA is 35.76% vs district 44.95% and state 44.66%; all-grade math is 16.14% vs district 23.20% and state 27.85%; 8th grade science is 25.00% vs district 33.97% and state 34.33%. Math is a systemic weakness across every grade, and 6th grade is especially low: ELA 21.21% and math 15.15%, far below district and state. 8th grade math is relatively less weak at 14.81%, but still below both benchmarks.
Taos Middle has declined over time. It moved from 107 of 165, 35th percentile, 2 stars in 2023–2024 to 141 of 192, 27th percentile, 1 star in 2024–2025, then 143 of 191, 25th percentile, 1 star in 2025–2026. Its all-grade scores also slipped from 2024–2025 to 2025–2026: ELA -1.63 pp, math -2.40 pp, and 8th grade science -1.09 pp, while state ELA and math rose. The school reports 100% free/reduced lunch and a 10.2 student-teacher ratio in 2024–2025, indicating very high economic need and relatively low class size, yet proficiency gaps remain large. The main exception is 7th grade ELA above the state average, but even that is below the district, so math and 6th grade are the most urgent areas for parents to watch.
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