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Camino Real Middle

Q: Is Camino Real Middle a good school?

Camino Real Middle ranks 32 nd of 191 New Mexico middle schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 4 stars out of 5.

Q: How many students attend Camino Real Middle?

In the 2024-25 school year, 933 students attended Camino Real Middle.

Q: What is the racial makeup of Camino Real Middle?

Students at Camino Real Middle are 70% Hispanic, 24% White, 2% African American, 2% Asian, 2% Two or more races.

Q: What high school do graduates of Camino Real Middle attend?

Students who attend Camino Real Middle usually go on to attend Arrowhead Park Early College High School

Public Grades 6-8

32^nd

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 191 New Mexico Middle Schools

Better than 83% of New Mexico middle schools

Summary

Camino Real Middle is a 6th–8th grade school serving 933 students on Roadrunner Parkway in Las Cruces, New Mexico, part of Las Cruces Public Schools. It is the largest middle school among its nearby peers, and its results stand out sharply from its surroundings: for 2025–2026 it ranked 32nd of 191 New Mexico middle schools — the 83rd percentile, with 4 stars — while its own district ranked 49th of 87 districts statewide, or the 44th percentile, with 2 stars.

Comparisons with neighboring schools show how wide that gap is. Language arts proficiency at Camino Real is 61.72%, math is 38.28%, and 8th grade science is 57.24% — roughly 17, 14, and 20 points above the district and 18, 13, and 23 points above the state. Against the next-best full-size neighborhood school, Vista Middle, that amounts to about +10 points in reading, +14 in math, and +25 in science. Zia Middle, Picacho Middle, Mesa Middle, and Lynn Middle all rank in the bottom quarter of the state, and Camino Real's weakest subject at its weakest grade — 8th grade math at 34.01% — still beats every figure those four schools report. Mesilla Valley Leadership Academy scores higher, but it enrolls only 94 students and is not a like-for-like comparison.

Nearly all Camino Real students come from low-income households — 100% qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, similar to every nearby school — so the school is producing these results with the same population its neighbors serve. Performance has risen for three straight years (language arts from 49% to 62.37%), and the student-teacher ratio improved from 17.6 to 11.1, with no meaningful gap between how well boys and girls perform. The clearest area to watch is math, especially 8th grade. Rankings for small groups such as special education and English learner students swing too widely from year to year to be reliable.

933

Students ?

11.1

Student/teacher ratio ?

$7,720

Per pupil spending ?

30.7%

Directly certified for free meals (2024-25) ?

All students receive free meals (Community Eligibility, 2024-25)

All students in New Mexico receive free school meals.

2961 Roadrunner Pkwy
Las Cruces, NM 88001

(575) 527-6030

District: Las Cruces Public Schools

Students who attend Camino Real Middle usually attend:

High:	Arrowhead Park Early College High School
	Organ Mountain High School

Feeder schools for Camino Real Middle:

Elementary:	Desert Hills Elementary
	Sonoma Elementary

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:

69.9%

White:

24.1%

African American:

1.8%

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At a glance

▲ Ranking trend: Improving — 74th percentile in 2015 → 83rd in 2026

Strengths

✓Test scores above the New Mexico average (52% vs 36% meeting standards)

✓Ranks in the top 17% of New Mexico middle schools

✓Ranking is trending up — up 9 percentile points since 2015

Worth a look

!Some student groups rank well below the school's overall statewide standing

Students meeting standards (2025-2026) ?

This school52%

District avg37%

New Mexico avg36%

32^nd of 191

New Mexico public middle schools ?

Top 17%▲ up 8 pts since 2016

From top 25% (2016) to top 17% (2026)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

2^nd of 8Middle Schools in the Las Cruces Public Schools

49^th of 87Las Cruces Public Schools 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
2026	77.4	32 of 191	83.2%	★★★★☆
2025	69.5	47 of 192	75.5%	★★★★☆
2024	69.3	23 of 165	86.1%	★★★★☆
2023	69.3	65 of 239	72.8%	★★★★☆
2022	52.6	84 of 232	63.8%	★★★☆☆
2019	62.6	59 of 200	70.5%	★★★★☆
2018	63.6	46 of 186	75.3%	★★★★☆
2017	65.3	41 of 176	76.7%	★★★★☆
2016	62.6	52 of 208	75.0%	★★★★☆
2015	61.8	53 of 207	74.4%	★★★★☆
2014	68.4	52 of 222	76.6%	★★★★☆
2013	60.4	62 of 193	67.9%	★★★☆☆
2012	66.6	53 of 178	70.2%	★★★★☆
2011	57.9	58 of 173	66.5%	★★★☆☆
2010	41.2	98 of 179	45.3%	★★☆☆☆
2009	54.8	64 of 178	64.0%	★★★☆☆
2008	50.1	76 of 172	55.8%	★★★☆☆
2007	54.3	67 of 171	60.8%	★★★☆☆
2006	56.4	59 of 156	62.2%	★★★☆☆
2005	48.8	77 of 157	51.0%	★★★☆☆

African American

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New Mexico percentile	Rating
2024	61.1	8 of 29	72.4%	★★★★☆
2022	42.0	36 of 55	34.5%	★★☆☆☆
2019	65.3	5 of 22	77.3%	★★★★☆
2018	55.2	4 of 8	50.0%	★★★☆☆

Asian

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New Mexico percentile	Rating
2024	64.6	6 of 22	72.7%	★★★★☆
2023	67.7	9 of 31	71.0%	★★★★☆
2022	62.8	9 of 37	75.7%	★★★★☆
2018	43.3	3 of 6	50.0%	★★★★☆

English Language Learner

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New Mexico percentile	Rating
2024	44.2	37 of 108	65.7%	★★★☆☆
2023	60.1	15 of 97	84.5%	★★★★☆
2022	30.1	43 of 69	37.7%	★★☆☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New Mexico percentile	Rating
2026	73.4	26 of 136	80.9%	★★★★☆
2024	68.0	21 of 162	87.0%	★★★★☆
2023	69.6	52 of 213	75.6%	★★★★☆
2022	50.3	71 of 220	67.7%	★★★☆☆
2019	65.9	38 of 160	76.3%	★★★★☆
2018	63.0	43 of 156	72.4%	★★★★☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New Mexico percentile	Rating
2026	77.3	26 of 143	81.8%	★★★★☆
2025	71.2	29 of 148	80.4%	★★★★☆
2024	66.9	24 of 154	84.4%	★★★★☆
2023	62.8	55 of 204	73.0%	★★★★☆
2022	43.7	86 of 214	59.8%	★★★☆☆
2019	54.4	53 of 150	64.7%	★★★☆☆
2018	55.3	55 of 149	63.1%	★★★☆☆

Homeless

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New Mexico percentile	Rating
2022	46.5	15 of 33	54.5%	★★★☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New Mexico percentile	Rating
2026	77.9	18 of 133	86.5%	★★★★☆
2025	74.1	35 of 173	79.8%	★★★★☆
2024	72.1	21 of 144	85.4%	★★★★☆
2023	80.5	35 of 227	84.6%	★★★★☆
2022	63.2	48 of 223	78.5%	★★★★☆
2019	45.2	85 of 175	51.4%	★★★☆☆
2018	52.5	65 of 168	61.3%	★★★☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New Mexico percentile	Rating
2026	78.6	28 of 145	80.7%	★★★★☆
2024	67.0	24 of 161	85.1%	★★★★☆
2023	63.9	62 of 221	71.9%	★★★★☆
2022	50.6	75 of 213	64.8%	★★★☆☆
2019	58.6	49 of 152	67.8%	★★★☆☆
2018	63.5	40 of 151	73.5%	★★★★☆

Multi-racial

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New Mexico percentile	Rating
2023	63.9	19 of 53	64.2%	★★★☆☆
2022	46.9	38 of 65	41.5%	★★☆☆☆

Pacific Islander

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New Mexico percentile	Rating
2022	59.1	1 of 6	83.3%	★★★★★

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New Mexico percentile	Rating
2026	60.7	2 of 10	80.0%	★★★★☆
2025	46.3	6 of 12	50.0%	★★★☆☆
2024	39.0	22 of 78	71.8%	★★★★☆
2023	14.9	92 of 100	8.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	28.3	41 of 58	29.3%	★★☆☆☆

White

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New Mexico percentile	Rating
2026	73.0	35 of 170	79.4%	★★★★☆
2025	66.6	48 of 178	73.0%	★★★★☆
2024	64.3	19 of 142	86.6%	★★★★☆
2023	64.5	70 of 229	69.4%	★★★☆☆
2022	56.2	71 of 187	62.0%	★★★☆☆
2019	71.2	21 of 121	82.6%	★★★★☆
2018	72.7	20 of 120	83.3%	★★★★☆

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)

Low Socio Economic Status (2026)86th percentile+3 vs school

Pacific Islander (2022)83rd percentile+20 vs school

Hispanic (2026)82nd percentile~ school

Female (2026)81st percentile~ school

Male (2026)81st percentile-3 vs school

Special Education (2026)80th percentile-3 vs school

White (2026)79th percentile-4 vs school

Asian (2024)73rd percentile-13 vs school

African American (2024)72nd percentile-14 vs school

English Language Learner (2024)66th percentile-20 vs school

Multi-racial (2023)64th percentile-9 vs school

Homeless (2022)55th percentile-9 vs school

By subject vs New Mexico (2025-2026) ?

English Language Arts62%+18 vs state

Science58%+24 vs state

Mathematics39%+11 vs state

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by a parent
Friday, August 25, 2017

School academics are great. My two oldest attended Camino and now my two youngest. My only concern is that students are not provided with lockers and students have to carry their heavy backpack all day. Close Quote

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2026)				Ranking (2025)				NM-ASR Science (2026)		NM-MSSA English Language Arts (2026)				NM-MSSA Mathematics (2026)				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	Directly certified (2024-25)	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2026)	Statewide Rank (2026)	State Percentile (2026)	SchoolDigger Rating (2026)	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	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
Camino Real Middle	Public	6-8	2961 Roadrunner Pkwy	Las Cruces	88001	Doña Ana County	Las Cruces Public Schools	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(575) 527-6030	933	84	11.1	30.7%	225 (24.1%)	17 (1.8%)	652 (69.9%)	16 (1.7%)	6 (0.6%)	2 (0.2%)	15 (1.6%)	77.4	32^nd of 191 public middle schools	83.2%		69.5	47^th of 192 public middle schools	75.5%	15	58.1		61.2	68.3	58.1	62.4	48.3	35.3	34.7	38.7	$7,720
Sierra Middle	Public	6-8	1700 E Spruce Ave	Las Cruces	88001	Doña Ana County	Las Cruces Public Schools	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(575) 527-9640	698	66	10.6	48.0%	96 (13.8%)	15 (2.1%)	574 (82.2%)	4 (0.6%)	3 (0.4%)	1 (0.1%)	5 (0.7%)	40.2	101^st of 191 public middle schools	47.1%		44.6	88^th of 192 public middle schools	54.2%	13	36.0		38.7	42.0	42.7	41.0	30.6	25.8	23.4	26.9	$8,018
Vista Middle	Public	6-8	4465 Elks Dr	Las Cruces	88001	Doña Ana County	Las Cruces Public Schools	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(575) 527-9465	574	56	10.2	44.4%	54 (9.4%)	7 (1.2%)	495 (86.2%)	1 (0.2%)	6 (1.0%)	0 (0.0%)	11 (1.9%)	47.9	86^th of 191 public middle schools	55.0%		39.7	101^st of 192 public middle schools	47.4%	15	31.1		47.5	56.9	51.6	52.0	33.7	28.2	12.5	24.7	$8,507
Mesilla Valley Leadership Academy	Public	6-8	950 South Walnut St	Las Cruces	88001	Doña Ana County	Las Cruces Public Schools	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(575) 527-6059	94	6	15.6	17.0%	42 (44.7%)	1 (1.1%)	48 (51.1%)	1 (1.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (2.1%)	91.8	16^th of 191 public middle schools	91.6%		83.7	27^th of 192 public middle schools	85.9%	11	84.4		80.7	80.6	84.4	81.8	50.0	50.0	43.8	48.0	$10,283
Lynn Middle	Public	6-8	950 South Walnut St	Las Cruces	88001	Doña Ana County	Las Cruces Public Schools	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(575) 527-9445	507	52	9.8	62.9%	75 (14.8%)	12 (2.4%)	399 (78.7%)	5 (1.0%)	4 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	12 (2.4%)	19.4	161^st of 191 public middle schools	15.7%		16.6	167^th of 192 public middle schools	13.0%	6	28.1		30.6	32.8	30.2	31.2	12.5	19.2	7.2	12.7	$8,523
Mesa Middle	Public	6-8	7225 Jornada Rd North	Las Cruces	88001	Doña Ana County	Las Cruces Public Schools	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(575) 527-9510	728	47	15.6	40.0%	90 (12.4%)	13 (1.8%)	595 (81.7%)	7 (1.0%)	7 (1.0%)	1 (0.1%)	15 (2.1%)	25.1	144^th of 191 public middle schools	24.6%		31.2	124^th of 192 public middle schools	35.4%	20	29.0		32.7	40.9	36.8	37.0	24.1	14.7	8.8	16.2	$8,992
Picacho Middle	Public	6-8	1040 North Motel Blvd	Las Cruces	88001	Doña Ana County	Las Cruces Public Schools	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(575) 527-9455	698	61	11.4	46.4%	102 (14.6%)	9 (1.3%)	577 (82.7%)	1 (0.1%)	3 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (0.9%)	20.3	157^th of 191 public middle schools	17.8%		28.1	135^th of 192 public middle schools	29.7%	22	25.3		21.6	31.9	42.8	32.7	18.0	13.2	9.8	13.4	$9,072
La Academia Dolores Huerta	Public, Charter	6-8	400 West Bell Ave	Las Cruces	88005	Doña Ana County	La Academia Dolores Huerta	Yes	(n/a)	No	Yes	(575) 527-5800	0	6	.0	—	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()								(n/a)				41.2		29.5		< 20%		< 10%	$10,699
Zia Middle	Public	6-8	1300 West University Ave	Las Cruces	88001	Doña Ana County	Las Cruces Public Schools	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(575) 527-9475	616	60	10.2	48.9%	98 (15.9%)	12 (1.9%)	494 (80.2%)	2 (0.3%)	4 (0.6%)	1 (0.2%)	5 (0.8%)	23.9	146^th of 191 public middle schools	23.6%		32.3	120^th of 192 public middle schools	37.5%	26	26.2		26.3	35.6	33.0	31.4	24.2	22.2	16.1	20.7	$8,805

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