Summary
Hatch Valley Middle is a 253-student school serving grades 6–8 in Hatch, New Mexico, part of Hatch Valley Public Schools. It is the only school within 20 miles, and because the district's grade-level results for grades 6, 7, and 8 match this school's exactly, Hatch Valley Middle effectively is the district's middle-grades performance. Nearly all of its students — 93.68% in 2024–25 — qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, and the district as a whole ranks near the bottom of the state (76th of 87 districts, 13th percentile, 1 star).
The school's own results are meaningfully stronger than that district picture. The long view is a recovery: a peak in 2015–16 (75th percentile, 4 stars), a trough in 2022–23 (21st percentile, 1 star), then four straight years of gains to 95th of 191 ranked middle schools — 50th percentile, 3 stars — in 2025–26. Staffing tightened over the same stretch, from 15.9 students per teacher to 13.2. In English language arts, 45.7% of students scored proficient in 2025–26, slightly above the state's 44.66%. Math has more than tripled, from 7% in 2023–24 to 25.34% in 2025–26, though that still trails the state's 27.85%.
Performance splits sharply by grade. In 2025–26, eighth graders exceeded state proficiency in both ELA (52.94% vs. 43.85%) and math (28.24% vs. 20.50%), while sixth graders trailed in both, especially math (20.34% vs. 32.13%). Eighth-grade science is the one eighth-grade subject below state (31.33% vs. 34.33%). Groups often underserved elsewhere are relative strengths here: low-income students rank at the 73rd percentile (4 stars), and English language learners at the 71st percentile (4 stars) in 2024–25, though that comparison pool is small. A gender gap persists but has narrowed, with female students at the 61st percentile and male students at the 48th.
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