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Best Middle Schools in Zip Code 87144

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Schools

1,955

Students

Top rankedMountain View Middle25^th of 191 New Mexico middle schools

Summary:

ZIP code 87144 has two public middle schools, both in Rio Rancho Public Schools and both serving grades 6 through 8: Rio Rancho Middle School, with 1,024 students, and Mountain View Middle, with 931. Together they enroll 1,955 middle schoolers. The district ranks 29th of 87 in New Mexico, at the 67th percentile with 3 stars.

Mountain View Middle is the academic standout. In 2025–26 it ranked 25th of 191 middle schools statewide — the 87th percentile, 4 stars — after ranking 7th of 165 (96th percentile, 5 stars) in 2023–24. It outperformed Rio Rancho Middle School in every 2025–26 test and grade-level result listed, and beat both the district and the state in English language arts, math, and 8th-grade science. Its all-grade ELA proficiency was 60.91%, versus 47.05% at Rio Rancho; math was 45.43% versus 37.68%; 8th-grade science was 61.07% versus 53.31%. Its student-teacher ratio is 22.3, and its free/reduced-lunch rate is not reported, so it is unknown rather than a strength. Its lowest relative area is 8th-grade math, 35.36%, though still above district and state.

Rio Rancho Middle School is the larger school and has the lower student-teacher ratio, 17.5, but its ranking has slid from 15th of 165 (5 stars) to 41st of 192 (4 stars) to 63rd of 191 (3 stars), matching the district percentile of 67. It reports a 99.8% free/reduced-lunch rate. Both schools saw proficiency declines from 2024–25 to 2025–26, but Rio Rancho's were steeper, including a 9.85-point drop in 8th-grade science that flipped a 2024–25 science lead over Mountain View into a 2025–26 deficit.

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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-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
Mountain View Middle	Public	6-8	4101 Montreal Loop NE	Rio Rancho	87144	Sandoval County	Rio Rancho Public Schools	No	(n/a)	No	No	(505) 867-0711	931	42	22.3	26.4%	218 (23.4%)	26 (2.8%)	563 (60.5%)	15 (1.6%)	57 (6.1%)	2 (0.2%)	50 (5.4%)	81.8	25^th of 191 public middle schools	86.9%		84.1	25^th of 192 public middle schools	87.0%		61.1	56.5	63.9	62.1	60.9	52.8	49.2	35.4	45.4	$7,185
Rio Rancho Middle School	Public	6-8	1600 Loma Colorado Dr NE	Rio Rancho	87144	Sandoval County	Rio Rancho Public Schools	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(505) 891-5335	1,024	58	17.5	36.6%	230 (22.5%)	20 (2.0%)	632 (61.7%)	9 (0.9%)	52 (5.1%)	1 (0.1%)	80 (7.8%)	62	63^rd of 191 public middle schools	67.0%		73.7	41^st of 192 public middle schools	78.6%	22	53.3	41.4	47.0	52.3	47.1	48.3	33.1	31.8	37.7	$8,149

Cities Near Zip Code 87144

City	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Rio Rancho	0.62 mi	24	25^th
Albuquerque	3.22 mi	213	44^th
Corrales	3.91 mi	1	22^nd
Los Ranchos De Albuquerque	5.63 mi	2	76^th
Bernalillo	8.07 mi	6	97^th

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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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