Schools in Zip Code 87828

ZIP code 87828 contains exactly one school — Midway Elementary in Polvadera, part of Socorro Consolidated Schools — an elementary school serving grades K–5 with 104 students, in an area with 1 elementary, 0 middle, 0 high, and 0 alternative schools. Because it is the only school in the ZIP, there are no local school-to-school comparisons; the meaningful benchmarks are its district, the state, and its own past results.

In 2025–2026, Midway ranks 72nd out of 346 schools (79th percentile, 4 stars), while its district ranks 43rd out of 87 districts (51st percentile, 3 stars). The school is above the state in all-grade English Language Arts (53.7% vs. 44.66%) and all-grade Mathematics (31.48% vs. 27.85%), even though district averages are below the state in both subjects. Grade-level results show broad strength: 3rd grade ELA 57.14%, 4th grade ELA 56.25%, and 5th grade ELA 47.06%, each above district and state. Fifth grade stands out most — science at 52.94%, roughly 20 percentage points above both district and state, and math at 47.06%, about 11–13 points above both. Fourth grade Mathematics is state-suppressed, so the school's performance in that grade is unknown and should not be read as a low score.

Other metrics: 100% of students qualify for free/reduced lunch, and the student-teacher ratio is 18.9. Rank history shows high but variable performance — 190th of 435 (56th percentile, 3 stars) in 2022–2023, 38th of 413 (91st percentile, 5 stars) in 2023–2024, and 79th percentile in 2025–2026. ELA declined from 64% to 53.7% year over year but remains above state, while Mathematics rose from 26% to 31.48%, moving above state. With small grade-level cohorts, year-to-year changes can be volatile, so these figures show trends rather than causes.