Summary
Wilson Middle is a 359-student middle school serving grades 6–8 on Cardenas Drive SE in Albuquerque, part of Albuquerque Public Schools, where essentially all students come from economically disadvantaged households (97.49% free/reduced-lunch eligibility in 2024-2025). Academically it is one of the lowest-ranked middle schools in New Mexico: 189th of 191 schools in 2025-2026 (1st percentile), and 192nd of 192 the year before. Over ten years of rankings, Wilson Middle has never exceeded the 24th percentile, and its last three years are its weakest stretch yet.
Proficiency numbers are far below district and state levels. Reading/language arts: 18.25%, about 42% of the state rate; math: 7.31%, roughly 29% of the state rate; 8th-grade science: under 10%, against 33.63% district-wide. Nearby schools show what is possible: Madison Middle, 4.66 miles away, reaches 48.36% in reading, and Jefferson Middle, 2.65 miles away, posts 50.47% reading, 34.38% math and 47.74% science. All serve similarly high low-income populations. Only Van Buren Middle, 0.71 miles away, ranks lower. Wilson's math proficiency is only about 40% of its own reading proficiency, versus about 59% district- and state-wide.
Wilson's small classes (student-teacher ratio of 11, better than most peers) are not translating into results. Bottom-quartile rankings appear across every student group the school reports, including low-income students and English learners, with no group served markedly better than another. The gap to the district widens as students move up: in reading, roughly 22 points behind in 6th grade versus about 28 points in 8th. Scores have been flat and low for three years, and while nearby schools such as Cleveland Middle have moved both up and down, Wilson has stayed near the bottom. Note that several results are reported only as "under 10%," meaning the true figures may be lower.
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