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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	Distance	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-ASR Science All Grades	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
Desert Ridge Middle	0.0mi	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
Eisenhower Middle	3.0mi	Public	6-8	11001 Camero Rd NE	Albuquerque	87111	Bernalillo County	Albuquerque	No	(n/a)	No	No	(505) 292-2530	740	56	13.2	100.0%	371 (50.1%)	8 (1.1%)	258 (34.9%)	32 (4.3%)	22 (3.0%)	2 (0.3%)	47 (6.4%)	94.8	10^th of 192 public middle schools	94.8%		97.5	1^st of 165 public middle schools	99.4%	9	64.1		70.3	76.1	76.5	74.5	67.6	63.2	50.2	59.9	$7,915
Cleveland Middle	3.7mi	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
Madison Middle	4.0mi	Public	6-8	3501 Moon St NE	Albuquerque	87111	Bernalillo County	Albuquerque	No	(n/a)	No	No	(505) 299-4735	532	40	13.4	99.6%	128 (24.1%)	22 (4.1%)	291 (54.7%)	20 (3.8%)	36 (6.8%)	2 (0.4%)	33 (6.2%)	47.4	81^st of 192 public middle schools	57.8%		51.5	44^th of 165 public middle schools	73.3%	37	41.9		46.3	49.7	47.2	47.7	37.5	23.3	16.1	25.0	$8,278
Renaissance Academy Charter School	4.5mi	Public, Charter	4-8	10301 Candelaria Rd NE	Albuquerque	87112	Bernalillo County	Renaissance Academy Charter School	Yes	(n/a)	No	Yes	(505) 296-7677	124	13	9.2	54.0%	36 (29.0%)	3 (2.4%)	56 (45.2%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (3.2%)	0 (0.0%)	25 (20.2%)	61.1	61^st of 192 public middle schools	68.2%		66	27^th of 165 public middle schools	83.6%	34	39.1	34.2	30.3	78.8	43.5	46.2		54.6		26.5	$9,538
McKinley Middle	4.7mi	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
Hoover Middle	4.7mi	Public	6-8	12015 Tivoli NE	Albuquerque	87111	Bernalillo County	Albuquerque	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(505) 298-6896	404	32	12.7	99.8%	119 (29.5%)	11 (2.7%)	198 (49.0%)	12 (3.0%)	22 (5.4%)	0 (0.0%)	42 (10.4%)	66.8	52^nd of 192 public middle schools	72.9%		62.5	29^th of 165 public middle schools	82.4%	23	51.7		53.9	59.3	53.4	55.6	36.2	37.8	32.2	35.5	$9,402
Taylor Middle	4.9mi	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	5.5mi	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
Jackson Middle	5.6mi	Public	6-8	10600 Indian School Rd NE	Albuquerque	87112	Bernalillo County	Albuquerque	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(505) 299-7377	380	27	13.9	99.7%	86 (22.6%)	17 (4.5%)	196 (51.6%)	16 (4.2%)	37 (9.7%)	0 (0.0%)	28 (7.4%)	37.3	107^th of 192 public middle schools	44.3%		42.4	67^th of 165 public middle schools	59.4%	40	29.4		40.5	42.6	54.0	45.8	21.4	29.6	8.7	19.6	$8,926

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