Summary
Gadsden Middle is a grade 7–8 school in Anthony, NM — a small community in southern New Mexico near the Texas border — enrolling 650 students, which makes it larger than the two other same-district middle schools in this comparison. It is part of Gadsden Independent Schools, a district that ranks 54th of 87 in New Mexico, at the 38th percentile with 2 stars.
In 2025-2026, Gadsden Middle ranks 147th of 191 middle schools statewide, at the 23rd percentile with 1 star. That is a sharp change from its earlier history: in 2018-2019 the school ranked 44th of 200, at the 78th percentile with 4 stars, and the trend since then has been mostly downward (44th, 46th, 48th, and 41st percentiles in the years just before this one). The school serves a nearly entirely economically disadvantaged population — free/reduced lunch was 99.85% in 2024-2025 — and its student-teacher ratio has been steady, at about 13.5.
Compared with nearby schools, the biggest difference is academic outcomes, not poverty or class size. ELA proficiency is 36.46%, nearly identical to Chaparral Middle's 36.52%, but well below Santa Teresa Middle's 56.33%, the district's 40%, and the state's 43.34%. Math is the weakest area at 15.8%, below Chaparral (19.57%), Santa Teresa (28.9%), the district (28.89%), and the state (25.54%). Eighth-grade science is 22.73%, also below all of those. Overall, Chaparral has 2 stars and Santa Teresa 3 stars, versus Gadsden's 1 star. Subgroup rankings are generally low: low-income students rank at the 39th percentile with 2 stars, better than the school overall but still below the midpoint, while rankings for male students, English language learners, and special education students are lower. The clearest priorities are math, science, and the recent ELA decline.
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