Summary:
ZIP code 87552 has exactly one public middle school: Pecos Middle, which serves grades 6–8 and enrolls 110 students as part of Pecos Independent Schools. Because it is the only middle school in the area, there is no other local middle school to compare it with directly; the most useful comparisons are against its own district and against the state of New Mexico.
Recent rankings show a sharp decline. In 2024–2025, Pecos Middle ranked 154 out of 192 schools, placing at the 20th percentile with 1 star. The year before, it ranked 88 out of 165, at the 47th percentile with 2 stars. In 2022–2023, it ranked 159 out of 239, at the 33rd percentile with 2 stars. Test scores are below district and state levels across subjects. All-grade ELA was 28.72% on NM Combined and 27.96% on NM-MSSA, versus state rates of 43.34% and 44.66%. Math was under 10% in 2025–2026, compared with district rates around 10.36%–10.6% and state rates around 25.54%–27.85%. Science was under 20%, against a state rate near 33.4%–33.62%. ELA is the relatively stronger subject, though still below state averages; math is the weakest reported area. ELA also slipped from 33.33% in 2024–2025 to 27.96% in 2025–2026, dropping below the district, while district and state held steadier.
Two context points matter for families. First, Pecos Middle serves a high-need population, with 90.91% of students qualifying for free or reduced lunch and a student-teacher ratio of 21.9 in 2024–2025. Second, with only 110 students, grade-level percentages can shift noticeably from small changes in the number of proficient students, though the gaps to district and state are generally wide. Some results are suppressed or reported only as bounds — 7th-grade math is suppressed for both the school and district, and several math and science figures appear as “under 10%” or “under 20%” — so exact proficiency rates cannot be determined from those values.
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