Summary:
ZIP code 87825 contains just one middle school: Magdalena Middle, which serves grades 6–8 within Magdalena Municipal Schools. It is a small school of 69 students, with 100% of students qualifying for free or reduced lunch and a student–teacher ratio of 15.7 in 2024–2025. The district ranks 38 of 87 schools, in the 56th percentile with 3 stars, and the school itself has held a 3-star rating in each of the last three listed years, ranking between the 52nd and 60th percentile.
Magdalena Middle's strongest results come in specific grades and subjects. In 2025–2026, 7th grade English Language Arts reached 57.69% proficient, roughly 10.7 to 11.1 percentage points above the state's 46.63% / 46.99%. In 2024–2025, 8th grade science reached 47.62%, well above the state's 34.46%. Results vary sharply by grade: in 2025–2026, 6th grade ELA was 30.43% while 7th grade ELA was 57.69%, so the all-grade average can mask real differences between cohorts. Science also shifted from 47.62% in 2024–2025 to 33.33% in 2025–2026, essentially in line with, though slightly below, the state's 34.19% / 34.33%.
The clearest area for attention is math. All-grade math was 21.43% proficient in 2025–2026 (state 25.54% / 27.85%) and 20% in 2024–2025 (state 26.81%), and every grade-level math result is suppressed by the state, so it is unknown which grade drives the gap. All-grade ELA was also below state at 37.14% and 38.46%, and 6th grade ELA was 30.43%; 8th grade ELA is suppressed. Notably, the school's 3-star rating and top-half ranking sit alongside these below-state proficiency rates, suggesting the ranking reflects growth or other measures not shown here. For parents, the takeaway is a school with genuine bright spots and a consistent math gap, in a very small setting where one cohort can swing results.
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