Pojoaque Middle

Pojoaque Middle is a grades 7–8 school serving 263 students in the Pojoaque Valley Public Schools district, located on State Road 502 north of Santa Fe and operating as the district's only campus for those grades, with sixth graders housed nearby at Sixth Grade Academy.

In 2025-2026 the school ranked 118th of 191 New Mexico middle schools (38th percentile, 2 stars), a sharp rebound from 17th percentile the year before, though still short of its 2014-2015 peak of 52nd percentile. Language arts proficiency is 42.79%, essentially the state average of 43.34% and higher than nearby Milagro Middle, Edward Ortiz Middle, and Carlos F. Vigil Middle. Math is the clear weak spot: 7.94% proficient against 25.54% statewide, the lowest of any comparison school, and below even Carlos F. Vigil (8.12%), which ranks far lower overall. Los Alamos Middle, about 15 miles away, posts 74.50% in ELA and 62.67% in math. Eighth-grade science (27.73%) is a quiet strength, trailing only Los Alamos and beating the other nearby schools.

Results split sharply by grade. Eighth graders exceed the state in ELA (47.90% vs. 43.61%), while seventh graders fall well short (36.46% vs. 46.63%), and 7th-grade math is reported as under 10% against a state figure of 26.93%. The gains rest largely on the current 8th-grade class, and next year's 7th graders arrive from Sixth Grade Academy with just 18.18% ELA and 15.70% math. Low-income students have climbed from the 9th to the 48th percentile over three years, and Hispanic students rank at the 53rd. Smaller subgroup figures rest on thin comparison pools and are best read as directional. The school reports 100% free/reduced lunch and the highest student-teacher ratio (19) in the peer group, so staffing and intervention support are worth asking about directly.