Texico Middle

Texico Middle is a small public school serving grades 6–8 and about 137 students in Texico, New Mexico, part of the Texico Municipal Schools district, with the nearest comparison schools 8–10 miles away in Clovis Municipal Schools. It ranks 6th of 191 New Mexico middle schools (97th percentile, 5 stars) for 2025–2026, and its district ranks 7th of 87 statewide. The school has finished at or above the 91st percentile in each of the last six reported years, up from the 68th percentile (3 stars) in 2015–2016.

Proficiency is the headline. On 2025–26 state tests, 78.33% of Texico Middle students were proficient in English language arts and 73.55% in math, against statewide rates of 43.34% and 25.54%. Nearby schools trail far behind: W D Gattis Middle School posted 49.90% ELA and 25.63% math, Yucca Middle 47.96% and 24.64%, and Marshall 6th Grade Academy 40.67% and 36.95% in grade 6. Math proficiency usually runs about half the ELA rate; here the two are nearly level. Results hold across all three grades and subjects, with 7th-grade math (85.71%) the strongest and 8th-grade math (69.05%) the weakest — still more than triple the state's 8th-grade math figure.

Subgroup results are uniformly strong: all seven reported groups rank between the 83rd and 99th percentiles, including special education students at 1st of 78 schools (2023–24) and low-income students at 4th of 133 (97th percentile) — evidence the results are systemic rather than driven by one segment. Context matters, though. Texico Middle is roughly a quarter the size of each nearby Clovis school (137 students versus 480–527) and reports a much lower economically disadvantaged rate (about 34% in 2023–24, versus 84–88% nearby; 2024–25 is not reported). One caveat: at this size a single year can swing, and 2024–25 was the one recent year the school trailed its own district.