Best Middle Schools in New Mexico

School															Students/Teachers											Per Pupil Expenditures (2019)							Ranking (2019 vs 2018)
ID	Rank (of 199)	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 (2019)	Average Standard Score (2018)	Rank (2018)	Rank Change from 2018	SchoolDigger Rating (2019)
350150000399	141	Zia Middle	Public	6-8	1300 West University Ave	Las Cruces	88005	Do�a Ana County	Las Cruces Public Schools	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(575) 527-9475	730	43	17	66.6%	137 (18.8%)	13 (1.8%)	567 (77.7%)	3 (0.4%)	5 (0.7%)	3 (0.4%)	2 (0.3%)	$8,805							28.9	40.8	100	41	R1
350111000662	142	Ramah High	Public	6-12	27 Lewis St	Ramah	87321	McKinley County	Gallup-McKinley City Schools	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(505) 721-1051	162	14	11.8	100.0%	29 (17.9%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (3.7%)	0 (0.0%)	126 (77.8%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.6%)	$15,514							28.5	17.2	157	15	R1
350030001127	143	Pecos Connections Academy	Public, Virtual, Charter, Alternative	K-12	1503 West Pierce Street	Carlsbad	88220	Eddy County	Carlsbad Municipal Schools	Yes	(n/a)	Yes	No	(575) 236-4005	893	27	33	53.0%	351 (39.3%)	20 (2.2%)	445 (49.8%)	0 (0.0%)	31 (3.5%)	3 (0.3%)	43 (4.8%)	$6,849							28.2			(n/a)	R1
350186000784	144	Lazaro Larry Garcia Middle	Public	6-8	Hwy 518	Mora	87732	Mora County	Mora Independent Schools	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(575) 387-3127	70	8	8.5	100.0%	2 (2.9%)	0 (0.0%)	68 (97.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$14,344							27.6	20.6	147	3	R1
350018000141	145	Belen Middle	Public	7-8	314 South 4th St	Belen	87002	Valencia County	Belen Consolidated Schools	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(505) 966-1600	552	32	17.3	100.0%	129 (23.4%)	7 (1.3%)	403 (73.0%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (1.8%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.5%)	$9,375							27.1	29.8	128	17	R1
350006000068	146	Jackson Middle	Public	6-8	10600 Indian School Rd NE	Albuquerque	87112	Bernalillo County	Albuquerque Public Schools	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(505) 299-7377	534	34	15.9	98.7%	132 (24.7%)	15 (2.8%)	306 (57.3%)	21 (3.9%)	35 (6.6%)	0 (0.0%)	25 (4.7%)	$8,926							26.4	33.3	116	30	R1
350016001096	147	New Mexico Connections Academy	Public, Virtual, Charter, Alternative	4-12	4001 Office Ct Suite 201	Santa Fe	87507	Santa Fe County	New Mexico Connections Academy	Yes	(n/a)	Yes	Yes	(505) 984-1133	1,033	33	30.8	51.8%	356 (34.5%)	18 (1.7%)	553 (53.5%)	6 (0.6%)	53 (5.1%)	0 (0.0%)	47 (4.5%)	$8,147							26.3	25.6	135	12	R1
350016600901	148	La Academia Dolores Huerta	Public, Charter	6-8	1480 North Main	Las Cruces	88001	Do�a Ana County	La Academia Dolores Huerta	Yes	(n/a)	No	Yes	(575) 527-5800	127	11	11	100.0%	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.8%)	125 (98.4%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$10,699							25.6	12.2	177	29	R1
350216000687	149	Questa Junior High	Public	7-8	57 Sagebrush Ln	Questa	87556	Taos County	Questa Independent Schools	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(575) 586-1604	51	6	9	100.0%	10 (19.6%)	1 (2.0%)	39 (76.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (2.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$16,270							25.3	38.9	108	41	R1
350120000341	150	Hagerman Middle	Public	6-8	410 North Cambridge Ave	Hagerman	88232	Chaves County	Hagerman Municipal Schools	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(575) 752-3254	97	7	14.5	96.9%	26 (26.8%)	0 (0.0%)	71 (73.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$12,719							24.4	26.4	133	17	R1

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