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Hayes Middle

Public Grades 6-8
191st
SchoolDigger Rank ?
of 192 New Mexico Middle Schools
Better than 1% of New Mexico middle schools
Summary

Hayes Middle is a public middle school located in Albuquerque, New Mexico, serving grades 6-8 with a total enrollment of 363 students. The school is part of the Albuquerque school district, which is ranked 54 out of 82 districts in the state and has a 2-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Hayes Middle consistently ranks in the bottom 20% of New Mexico middle schools, with significantly below-average academic performance in both English Language Arts (ELA) and Mathematics compared to the state and district. In the 2024-2025 school year, only 23.89% of students were proficient or better in ELA, and a mere 5.9% were proficient or better in Mathematics. The school's performance is particularly low in Mathematics, with proficiency rates ranging from 3% to 8% in recent years, compared to 24-26% statewide and in the district. While the nearby Cleveland, Jackson, and Grant middle schools generally perform better, they too struggle to meet state and district averages, indicating broader educational challenges in the Albuquerque area.

The school's extremely high percentage of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, ranging from 100% to 100.32% in recent years, suggests that Hayes Middle faces significant socioeconomic challenges that may be impacting academic achievement. Interestingly, the school's multi-racial and homeless student subgroups perform relatively well, ranking in the top 20% and top 15% of New Mexico middle schools, respectively, providing a potential avenue for further investigation and the development of targeted interventions to support the school's other student populations.

372
Students ?
9.5
Student/teacher ratio ?
$12,050
Per pupil spending ?
99.7%
Free/discounted lunch ?
 1100 Texas St NE
       Albuquerque, NM  87110

(505) 265-7741

District: Albuquerque


Students who attend Hayes Middle usually attend:

High:    Highland High

Feeder schools for Hayes Middle:

Elementary:    Hawthorne Elementary
    La Mesa Elementary
    Mark Twain Elementary
Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:
79.6%
White:
8.6%
American Indian:
5.1%
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At a glance
Ranking trend: Declining — 9th percentile in 2014 → 1st in 2025
Strengths
Small classes — about 10 students per teacher
Worth a look
!Test scores below the New Mexico average (14% vs 35% meeting standards)
!In the lower quartile statewide (1st percentile)
!Ranking has slipped — down 8 percentile points since 2014
Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?
This school14%
District avg35%
New Mexico avg35%
191st of 192
New Mexico public middle schools ?
Bottom 1%▼ down 5 pts since 2015
From bottom 5% (2015) to bottom 1% (2025)
See the entire ranking list of New Mexico Middle Schools →
SchoolDigger rating ?
26th of 27Middle Schools in the Albuquerque
54th of 82Albuquerque among New Mexico districts
Statewide rank percentile over time (100 = the top-ranked school in the state; click a legend item to add a student group)
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All Students

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew Mexico percentileRating
20258.0191 of 1920.5%☆☆☆☆☆
202411.3156 of 1655.5%☆☆☆☆☆
202313.2229 of 2394.2%☆☆☆☆☆
202215.4195 of 23215.9%★☆☆☆☆
201911.2194 of 2003.0%☆☆☆☆☆
201811.4183 of 1861.6%☆☆☆☆☆
20177.6176 of 1760.0%☆☆☆☆☆
201614.4204 of 2081.9%☆☆☆☆☆
201515.8196 of 2075.3%☆☆☆☆☆
201417.3202 of 2229.0%☆☆☆☆☆
201314.3179 of 1937.3%☆☆☆☆☆
201218.0155 of 17812.9%★☆☆☆☆
201115.3157 of 1739.2%☆☆☆☆☆
201015.8159 of 17911.2%★☆☆☆☆
200919.3149 of 17816.3%★☆☆☆☆
200820.1147 of 17214.5%★☆☆☆☆
200722.3142 of 17117.0%★☆☆☆☆
200620.4133 of 15614.7%★☆☆☆☆
200526.1121 of 15722.9%★☆☆☆☆

Disabled

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew Mexico percentileRating
201835.933 of 5236.5%★★☆☆☆

English Language Learner

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew Mexico percentileRating
202421.177 of 10828.7%★★☆☆☆
202322.464 of 9734.0%★★☆☆☆
202216.264 of 697.2%☆☆☆☆☆

Female

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew Mexico percentileRating
202412.2150 of 1627.4%☆☆☆☆☆
202312.6205 of 2133.8%☆☆☆☆☆
202216.7170 of 22022.7%★☆☆☆☆
201910.4154 of 1603.8%☆☆☆☆☆
20189.2154 of 1561.3%☆☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew Mexico percentileRating
20259.4146 of 1481.4%☆☆☆☆☆
202411.7144 of 1546.5%☆☆☆☆☆
202313.7196 of 2043.9%☆☆☆☆☆
202212.6177 of 21417.3%★☆☆☆☆
20199.6149 of 1500.7%☆☆☆☆☆
201810.3147 of 1491.3%☆☆☆☆☆

Homeless

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew Mexico percentileRating
202471.13 of 1984.2%★★★★☆

Low Socio Economic Status

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew Mexico percentileRating
20258.4171 of 1731.2%☆☆☆☆☆
202414.1134 of 1446.9%☆☆☆☆☆
202313.6216 of 2274.8%☆☆☆☆☆
202218.8170 of 22323.8%★☆☆☆☆
201912.8168 of 1754.0%☆☆☆☆☆
201813.1164 of 1682.4%☆☆☆☆☆

Male

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew Mexico percentileRating
202412.3145 of 1619.9%★☆☆☆☆
202311.7213 of 2213.6%☆☆☆☆☆
202212.3180 of 21315.5%★☆☆☆☆
201910.6150 of 1521.3%☆☆☆☆☆
201813.5143 of 1515.3%☆☆☆☆☆

Multi-racial

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew Mexico percentileRating
202266.913 of 6580.0%★★★★☆

Native American

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew Mexico percentileRating
202436.433 of 5944.1%★★☆☆☆
202237.336 of 6746.3%★★☆☆☆

Special Education

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew Mexico percentileRating
202415.465 of 7816.7%★☆☆☆☆
202316.190 of 10010.0%★☆☆☆☆

White

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew Mexico percentileRating
20256.6176 of 1781.1%☆☆☆☆☆
20248.0134 of 1425.6%☆☆☆☆☆
202310.0224 of 2292.2%☆☆☆☆☆
202239.9114 of 18739.0%★★☆☆☆
201826.197 of 12019.2%★☆☆☆☆
How student groups rank statewide ? (each group's percentile vs the same group at other schools — higher is better; the +/- beside each compares the group with this school's overall percentile)
Homeless (2024)84th percentile+79 vs school
Multi-racial (2022)80th percentile+64 vs school
Native American (2024)44th percentile+39 vs school
Disabled (2018)37th percentile+35 vs school
English Language Learner (2024)29th percentile+23 vs school
Special Education (2024)17th percentile+11 vs school
Male (2024)10th percentile+4 vs school
Female (2024)7th percentile~ school
Hispanic (2025)1st percentile~ school
Low Socio Economic Status (2025)1st percentile~ school
White (2025)1st percentile~ school
By subject vs New Mexico (2024-2025) ?
English Language Arts24%-20 vs state
Science12%-23 vs state
Mathematics6%-21 vs state

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Hayes Middle ranks in the bottom 0.5% of New Mexico middle schools.

Students who attend Hayes Middle usually go on to attend Highland High

Students at Hayes Middle are 80% Hispanic, 9% White, 5% American Indian, 3% Two or more races, 2% African American, 2% Asian.

In the 2024-25 school year, 372 students attended Hayes Middle.


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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the New Mexico Public Education Department.

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