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Taylor Middle

Public Grades 6-8

149^th

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 192 New Mexico Middle Schools

Better than 22% of New Mexico middle schools

Summary

Taylor Middle is a public middle school located in Los Ranchos De Albuquerque, New Mexico, serving grades 6-8 with a total enrollment of 298 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. Unfortunately, Taylor Middle has consistently been ranked in the bottom half of New Mexico middle schools over the past several years, with a ranking between 84 and 162 out of 165-239 schools, and a 1-3 star rating from SchoolDigger.

The data reveals that Taylor Middle consistently underperforms compared to the Albuquerque and New Mexico state averages in proficiency rates for English Language Arts (ELA) and Mathematics across all grade levels. In the 2024-2025 school year, Taylor Middle's ELA proficiency rate for all grades was 32.41%, compared to 43.65% for Albuquerque and 44.19% for the state. In Mathematics, Taylor Middle's proficiency rate for all grades was 18.52%, compared to 26.48% for Albuquerque and 26.81% for the state. The school's performance in Science for 8th grade was also lower, with a 25.32% proficiency rate compared to 33.17% for Albuquerque and 34.46% for the state.

Interestingly, the nearby schools in the Albuquerque district, such as Tony Hillerman Middle School, Jefferson Middle, and James Monroe Middle, generally outperform Taylor Middle in academic metrics and statewide rankings. For example, in the 2024-2025 school year, Tony Hillerman Middle School had an ELA proficiency rate of 58.07% and a Mathematics proficiency rate of 41.22%, significantly higher than Taylor Middle. The higher-performing nearby schools also tend to have lower percentages of students from low socioeconomic backgrounds, which may contribute to their stronger academic outcomes.

245

Students ?

9.0

Student/teacher ratio ?

$11,303

Per pupil spending ?

99.2%

Free/discounted lunch ?

8200 Guadalupe Tr NW
Los Ranchos De Albuquerque, NM 87114

(505) 898-3666

District: Albuquerque

Students who attend Taylor Middle usually attend:

High:

Cibola High

Feeder schools for Taylor Middle:

Elementary:	Alameda Elementary
	Corrales Elementary

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:

72.2%

White:

13.9%

American Indian:

6.5%

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At a glance

▼ Ranking trend: Declining — 62nd percentile in 2014 → 22nd in 2025

Strengths

✓Small classes — about 9 students per teacher

Worth a look

!Test scores below the New Mexico average (25% vs 35% meeting standards)

!In the lower quartile statewide (22nd percentile)

!Ranking has slipped — down 40 percentile points since 2014

Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?

This school25%

District avg35%

New Mexico avg35%

149^th of 192

New Mexico public middle schools ?

Bottom 22%▼ down 28 pts since 2015

From top 50% (2015) to bottom 22% (2025)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

13^th of 27Middle Schools in the Albuquerque

54^th 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

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New Mexico percentile	Rating
2025	23.0	149 of 192	22.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	36.0	84 of 165	49.1%	★★★☆☆
2023	29.3	162 of 239	32.2%	★★☆☆☆
2022	27.1	155 of 232	33.2%	★★☆☆☆
2019	37.4	117 of 200	41.5%	★★☆☆☆
2018	39.5	104 of 186	44.1%	★★☆☆☆
2017	37.8	106 of 176	39.8%	★★☆☆☆
2016	39.4	116 of 208	44.2%	★★☆☆☆
2015	42.0	103 of 207	50.2%	★★★☆☆
2014	55.9	84 of 222	62.2%	★★★☆☆
2013	56.3	69 of 193	64.2%	★★★☆☆
2012	55.3	70 of 178	60.7%	★★★☆☆
2011	57.3	62 of 173	64.2%	★★★☆☆
2010	58.5	59 of 179	67.0%	★★★☆☆
2009	67.4	45 of 178	74.7%	★★★★☆
2008	72.9	37 of 172	78.5%	★★★★☆
2007	71.4	37 of 171	78.4%	★★★★☆
2006	65.0	45 of 156	71.2%	★★★★☆
2005	75.3	31 of 157	80.3%	★★★★☆

English Language Learner

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New Mexico percentile	Rating
2024	31.7	54 of 108	50.0%	★★★☆☆
2023	27.8	50 of 97	48.5%	★★★☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New Mexico percentile	Rating
2024	25.5	115 of 162	29.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	27.9	155 of 213	27.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	23.2	144 of 220	34.5%	★★☆☆☆
2019	42.3	83 of 160	48.1%	★★☆☆☆
2018	43.4	83 of 156	46.8%	★★☆☆☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New Mexico percentile	Rating
2025	26.6	112 of 148	24.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	34.2	93 of 154	39.6%	★★☆☆☆
2023	21.8	162 of 204	20.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	22.5	148 of 214	30.8%	★★☆☆☆
2019	37.8	86 of 150	42.7%	★★☆☆☆
2018	33.2	100 of 149	32.9%	★★☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New Mexico percentile	Rating
2025	25.3	129 of 173	25.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	43.1	68 of 144	52.8%	★★★☆☆
2023	33.6	147 of 227	35.2%	★★☆☆☆
2022	33.4	124 of 223	44.4%	★★☆☆☆
2019	48.8	74 of 175	57.7%	★★★☆☆
2018	27.8	125 of 168	25.6%	★☆☆☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New Mexico percentile	Rating
2024	45.1	60 of 161	62.7%	★★★☆☆
2023	25.4	164 of 221	25.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	28.3	126 of 213	40.8%	★★☆☆☆
2019	39.9	83 of 152	45.4%	★★☆☆☆
2018	34.7	94 of 151	37.7%	★★☆☆☆

Multi-racial

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New Mexico percentile	Rating
2022	53.2	29 of 65	55.4%	★★★☆☆

Native American

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New Mexico percentile	Rating
2024	72.4	10 of 59	83.1%	★★★★☆
2022	51.4	20 of 67	70.1%	★★★★☆

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New Mexico percentile	Rating
2024	25.2	41 of 78	47.4%	★★☆☆☆
2023	25.2	66 of 100	34.0%	★★☆☆☆

White

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New Mexico percentile	Rating
2025	24.2	138 of 178	22.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	30.9	83 of 142	41.5%	★★☆☆☆
2023	26.0	164 of 229	28.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	54.7	77 of 187	58.8%	★★★☆☆
2019	40.3	68 of 121	43.8%	★★☆☆☆
2018	50.1	58 of 120	51.7%	★★★☆☆

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)

Native American (2024)83rd percentile+34 vs school

Male (2024)63rd percentile+14 vs school

Multi-racial (2022)55th percentile+22 vs school

English Language Learner (2024)50th percentile~ school

Special Education (2024)47th percentile~ school

Female (2024)29th percentile-20 vs school

Low Socio Economic Status (2025)25th percentile+3 vs school

Hispanic (2025)24th percentile~ school

White (2025)22nd percentile~ school

By subject vs New Mexico (2024-2025) ?

English Language Arts32%-12 vs state

Science25%-9 vs state

Mathematics19%-8 vs state

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What people are saying

by a parent
Saturday, February 18, 2017

Lots of wannabe gang kids and drug use at this school. Kids are regularly bullied in instances like this that happened less than a year ago. http://krqe.com/2016/03/04/dad-wants-answers-after-daughter-punched-unconscious-at-school/. They do not protect students and their overall school grades are going down....... Close Quote

by a parent
Saturday, January 28, 2017

The stats on this website speak for themselves. This school is on a steady decline and not much is going to stop it. The school is rundown and has not been kept up the past few years. The front office staff is rude and if they think you don't speak Spanish they talk about you right in front of you. The security officer acts like a gang member and interacts inappropriately with students. The Gifted Teacher/Program is dumbed-down and of poor quality. The Administration is out of touch and so hyper concerned with things like dress code and ordering donuts for students without misconduct referrals that there isn't much focus on education. Close Quote

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				NM-ASR Science (2025)	NM-MSSA English Language Arts (2025)				NM-MSSA Mathematics (2025)				Per Pupil Expenditures (2019)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	Rank Change from Previous Year	NM-ASR Science 8th Grade	NM-MSSA English Language Arts 6th Grade	NM-MSSA English Language Arts 7th Grade	NM-MSSA English Language Arts 8th Grade	NM-MSSA English Language Arts All Grades	NM-MSSA Mathematics 6th Grade	NM-MSSA Mathematics 7th Grade	NM-MSSA Mathematics 8th Grade	NM-MSSA Mathematics All Grades	Total
Taylor Middle	Public	6-8	8200 Guadalupe Tr NW	Los Ranchos De Albuquerque	87114	Bernalillo County	Albuquerque	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(505) 898-3666	245	27	9.0	99.2%	34 (13.9%)	6 (2.4%)	177 (72.2%)	5 (2.0%)	16 (6.5%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (2.9%)	23	149^th of 192 public middle schools	22.4%		36	84^th of 165 public middle schools	49.1%	65	25.3	41.5	25.7	30.9	32.4	26.2	18.6	12.4	18.5	$11,303
Taft Middle	Public	6-8	620 Schulte Rd NW	Albuquerque	87107	Bernalillo County	Albuquerque	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(505) 344-4389	243	21	11.6	99.6%	12 (4.9%)	3 (1.2%)	215 (88.5%)	4 (1.6%)	5 (2.1%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (1.6%)	16.7	166^th of 192 public middle schools	13.5%		24.8	116^th of 165 public middle schools	29.7%	50	22.1	27.4	25.4	37.1	30.2	19.4	13.4		12.1	$11,809
L.B. Johnson Middle	Public	6-8	6811 Taylor Ranch Dr NW	Albuquerque	87120	Bernalillo County	Albuquerque	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(505) 898-1492	491	48	10.2	99.2%	62 (12.6%)	10 (2.0%)	371 (75.6%)	13 (2.6%)	14 (2.9%)	0 (0.0%)	21 (4.3%)	49.9	77^th of 192 public middle schools	59.9%		48.9	52^nd of 165 public middle schools	68.5%	25	35.2	45.8	55.6	56.3	52.7	25.7	26.3	20.8	24.4	$10,238
Garfield Middle	Public	6-8	3501 Sixth St NW	Albuquerque	87107	Bernalillo County	Albuquerque	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(505) 344-1647	282	25	11.4	99.3%	28 (9.9%)	3 (1.1%)	240 (85.1%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (1.8%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (2.1%)	18.6	164^th of 192 public middle schools	14.6%		13.3	151^st of 165 public middle schools	8.5%	13	22.3	40.2	29.2	30.3	32.9	17.1	14.6		12.3	$11,531
McKinley Middle	Public	6-8	4500 Comanche Rd NE	Albuquerque	87110	Bernalillo County	Albuquerque	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(505) 881-9390	434	42	10.3	99.5%	34 (7.8%)	18 (4.1%)	281 (64.7%)	7 (1.6%)	70 (16.1%)	0 (0.0%)	24 (5.5%)	9.4	187^th of 192 public middle schools	2.6%		16.7	137^th of 165 public middle schools	17.0%	50	15.0	24.1	21.7	30.5	25.5	11.6	7.0		7.1	$10,829
James Monroe Middle	Public	6-8	6100 Paradise Blvd NW	Albuquerque	87114	Bernalillo County	Albuquerque	No	(n/a)	No	No	(505) 897-0101	630	51	12.4	99.4%	100 (15.9%)	16 (2.5%)	436 (69.2%)	15 (2.4%)	31 (4.9%)	1 (0.2%)	31 (4.9%)	46.7	83^rd of 192 public middle schools	56.8%		47.5	56^th of 165 public middle schools	66.1%	27	28.7	53.7	50.8	44.6	49.4	33.9	30.2	19.6	27.4	$7,555
Desert Ridge Middle	Public	6-8	8400 Barstow NE	Albuquerque	87122	Bernalillo County	Albuquerque	No	(n/a)	No	No	(505) 857-9282	801	63	12.6	99.1%	316 (39.5%)	14 (1.7%)	295 (36.8%)	82 (10.2%)	24 (3.0%)	2 (0.2%)	68 (8.5%)	93.4	14^th of 192 public middle schools	92.7%		94	5^th of 165 public middle schools	97.0%	9	66.2	71.4	68.9	68.0	69.5	67.9	59.6	51.2	59.8	$8,804
Cleveland Middle	Public	6-8	6910 Natalie St NE	Albuquerque	87110	Bernalillo County	Albuquerque	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(505) 881-9227	474	39	12.2	98.7%	79 (16.7%)	23 (4.9%)	256 (54.0%)	17 (3.6%)	67 (14.1%)	0 (0.0%)	32 (6.8%)	51.8	70^th of 192 public middle schools	63.5%		46.2	59^th of 165 public middle schools	64.2%	11	38.0	54.2	44.8	56.3	52.1	29.6	26.9	22.5	26.2	$9,993
Tony Hillerman Middle School	Public	6-8	8101 Rainbow Blvd NW	Albuquerque	87114	Bernalillo County	Albuquerque	No	(n/a)	No	No	(505) 792-0698	860	61	13.9	99.4%	183 (21.3%)	20 (2.3%)	544 (63.3%)	15 (1.7%)	41 (4.8%)	1 (0.1%)	56 (6.5%)	72.2	44^th of 192 public middle schools	77.1%		70.8	20^th of 165 public middle schools	87.9%	24	42.9	62.3	56.5	56.0	58.1	47.7	43.2	33.8	41.2	$7,205
Lincoln Middle	Public	6-8	2287 Lema Rd SE	Rio Rancho	87124	Sandoval County	Rio Rancho	No	(n/a)	No	No	(505) 892-1100	805	37	21.5		221 (27.5%)	9 (1.1%)	469 (58.3%)	14 (1.7%)	13 (1.6%)	0 (0.0%)	79 (9.8%)	68.6	48^th of 192 public middle schools	75.0%		70	22^nd of 165 public middle schools	86.7%	26	49.8	56.1	58.7	57.4	57.4	37.2	39.4	30.3	35.7	$7,577

Frequently Asked Questions about Taylor Middle

How many students attend Taylor Middle?

In the 2024-25 school year, 245 students attended Taylor Middle.

What high school do graduates of Taylor Middle attend?

Students who attend Taylor Middle usually go on to attend Cibola High

What district is Taylor Middle in?

Albuquerque

What is the racial makeup of Taylor Middle?

Students at Taylor Middle are 72% Hispanic, 14% White, 7% American Indian, 3% Two or more races, 2% African American, 2% Asian.

Is Taylor Middle a good school?

Taylor Middle ranks in the bottom 22.4% of New Mexico middle schools.

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