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Taos Middle

Public Grades 6-8
143rd
SchoolDigger Rank ?
of 191 New Mexico Middle Schools
Better than 25% of New Mexico middle schools
Summary

Taos Middle is a grades 6–8 school in Taos, New Mexico, serving 337 students in Taos Municipal Schools, in a high-need community where free/reduced lunch is reported at 100%. For 2025–2026, the school is ranked 143rd of 191 New Mexico middle schools (25th percentile, 1 star), while its district is ranked 42nd of 87 (52nd percentile, 3 stars). That means Taos Middle is below its own district’s overall standing and in the lower quartile statewide. Its recent rank history has generally stayed in the lower third of the state, with percentile ranks ranging from 14 to 37 over the past decade; after reaching 37th in 2022–2023, the school was at 25th in 2025–2026.

On 2025–2026 assessments, Taos Middle trails both its district and New Mexico in the core subjects. ELA proficiency is 35.76% on NM-MSSA, compared with 44.95% in the district and 44.66% statewide. Math is 16.14%, versus 23.20% in the district and 27.85% statewide, and 8th-grade science is 25%, versus 33.97% in the district and 34.33% statewide. Math has improved from a severe low in 2023–2024, when all-grade proficiency was 7% against 25% statewide, rising to 18.54% in 2024–2025 before easing to 16.14% in 2025–2026—still far below state levels. The school’s 6th grade is a pressure point: 6th-grade ELA is 21.21% versus 39.14% statewide, and 6th-grade math is 15.15% versus 32.13% statewide.

The clearest academic bright spot is 7th-grade ELA, where Taos Middle’s 49.54% is above the state’s 46.99%, though below the district’s 56.21%. Nearby Penasco Middle, about 15 miles away in Penasco Independent Schools, also has strong 7th-grade ELA at 53.57%, and its most recent rank is much higher: 64th of 192, 67th percentile, 3 stars in 2024–2025. Taos Middle has a more favorable student–teacher ratio—10.2 versus Penasco’s 15.5 in 2024–2025—and both report 100% free/reduced lunch. Yet Taos Middle outscored Penasco in all-grade math in 2025–2026 (16.14% vs. 14.29%) and 2024–2025 (18.54% vs. 10%), while Penasco had higher ELA. The data point to priorities in math across all grades, 6th-grade ELA and math, and 8th-grade science, with 7th-grade ELA as an asset to build on.

337
Students ?
10.2
Student/teacher ratio ?
$9,596
Per pupil spending ?
100%
Free/discounted lunch ?
 235 Paseo Del Canon
       Taos, NM  87571

(575) 758-5202

District: Taos Municipal Schools

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:
81.0%
White:
11.3%
American Indian:
3.9%
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At a glance
▼ Ranking trend: Recently slipping — 37th percentile in 2023 → 25th in 2026
Strengths
✓Small classes — about 10 students per teacher
Worth a look
!Test scores below the New Mexico average (26% vs 36% meeting standards)
!Ranking has slipped from its 37th-percentile peak (2023) to 25th (2026)
!Mathematics scores 12 pts below the New Mexico average
Students meeting standards (2025-2026) ?
This school26%
District avg34%
New Mexico avg36%
143rd of 191
New Mexico public middle schools ?
Bottom 25%▬ steady since 2016
See the entire ranking list of New Mexico Middle Schools →
★★★★★
SchoolDigger rating ?
42nd of 87Taos Municipal 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)
Show full rank history (all student groups)

All Students

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew Mexico percentileRating
202625.1143 of 19125.1%★☆☆☆☆
202526.5141 of 19226.6%★☆☆☆☆
202427.3107 of 16535.2%★★☆☆☆
202333.5150 of 23937.2%★★☆☆☆
202225.7159 of 23231.5%★★☆☆☆
201932.3135 of 20032.5%★★☆☆☆
201830.8126 of 18632.3%★★☆☆☆
201723.4139 of 17621.0%★☆☆☆☆
201625.7156 of 20825.0%★☆☆☆☆
201522.5178 of 20714.0%★☆☆☆☆
201428.8161 of 22227.5%★☆☆☆☆
201332.6128 of 19333.7%★★☆☆☆
201233.1116 of 17834.8%★★☆☆☆
201134.7106 of 17338.7%★★☆☆☆
201036.2114 of 17936.3%★★☆☆☆
200935.3115 of 17835.4%★★☆☆☆
200841.598 of 17243.0%★★☆☆☆
200729.3121 of 17129.2%★☆☆☆☆
200640.193 of 15640.4%★★☆☆☆
200547.080 of 15749.0%★★★☆☆

English Language Learner

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew Mexico percentileRating
202448.234 of 10868.5%★★★☆☆

Female

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew Mexico percentileRating
202629.186 of 13636.8%★★☆☆☆
202434.987 of 16246.3%★★☆☆☆
202334.9134 of 21337.1%★★☆☆☆
202224.8137 of 22037.7%★★☆☆☆
201932.2107 of 16033.1%★★☆☆☆
201833.5105 of 15632.7%★★☆☆☆

Hispanic

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew Mexico percentileRating
202624.7110 of 14323.1%★☆☆☆☆
202525.7114 of 14823.0%★☆☆☆☆
202428.1104 of 15432.5%★★☆☆☆
202331.7135 of 20433.8%★★☆☆☆
202228.1128 of 21440.2%★★☆☆☆
201935.991 of 15039.3%★★☆☆☆
201838.388 of 14940.9%★★☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew Mexico percentileRating
202633.284 of 13336.8%★★☆☆☆
202529.3122 of 17329.5%★★☆☆☆
202429.596 of 14433.3%★★☆☆☆
202339.1128 of 22743.6%★★☆☆☆
202231.3128 of 22342.6%★★☆☆☆
201942.891 of 17548.0%★★☆☆☆
201839.796 of 16842.9%★★☆☆☆

Male

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew Mexico percentileRating
202621.3112 of 14522.8%★☆☆☆☆
202423.9110 of 16131.7%★★☆☆☆
202328.9152 of 22131.2%★★☆☆☆
202226.9129 of 21339.4%★★☆☆☆
201928.8109 of 15228.3%★☆☆☆☆
201825.2111 of 15126.5%★☆☆☆☆

Multi-racial

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew Mexico percentileRating
202259.420 of 6569.2%★★★★☆

Native American

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew Mexico percentileRating
202446.425 of 5957.6%★★★☆☆
201960.812 of 4372.1%★★★★☆

White

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew Mexico percentileRating
202623.3125 of 17026.5%★☆☆☆☆
202524.5135 of 17824.2%★☆☆☆☆
202423.497 of 14231.7%★★☆☆☆
202329.0157 of 22931.4%★★☆☆☆
202218.9169 of 1879.6%★☆☆☆☆
201923.099 of 12118.2%★☆☆☆☆
201816.5109 of 1209.2%☆☆☆☆☆
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)
Multi-racial (2022)69th percentile+38 vs school
English Language Learner (2024)69th percentile+33 vs school
Native American (2024)58th percentile+22 vs school
Low Socio Economic Status (2026)37th percentile+12 vs school
Female (2026)37th percentile+12 vs school
White (2026)26th percentile~ school
Hispanic (2026)23rd percentile~ school
Male (2026)23rd percentile~ school
By subject vs New Mexico (2025-2026) ?
English Language Arts36%-9 vs state
Science25%-9 vs state
Mathematics16%-12 vs state

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Students at Taos Middle are 81% Hispanic, 11% White, 4% American Indian, 2% Two or more races.

In the 2024-25 school year, 337 students attended Taos Middle.

Taos Middle ranks 143rd of 191 New Mexico middle schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 1 star out of 5.

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2025–26 NM Combined, NM-ASR, NM-MSSA & SAT School Day test scoresNewSep 17, 2026
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2023–24 graduation ratesApr 22, 2025


SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the New Mexico Public Education Department.

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