Summary:
Zip code 88045 has exactly one middle school: Dugan-Tarango Middle in Lordsburg, New Mexico. It serves grades 5–8, has 124 students, and is part of Lordsburg Municipal Schools. The school has a 100% free/reduced-price lunch rate and an 11.4 student-teacher ratio. Because enrollment is small, the state suppresses several test-score values; these are unknown, not zero or a weakness.
As the only middle school in the ZIP code, it is the standout by default, with a mixed profile. Positives: in 2024–2025, ELA proficiency was 44.74%, slightly above the district (43.75%) and state (44.19%). In 2025–2026, science improved to 26.67% from 21.15%, even as state science declined. Fifth-grade science was 31.82%, essentially at the state level (32.24%). Fifth- and eighth-grade ELA were close to state: 40.91% and 42.11% versus 42.26% and 43.85%. The school beats its district in ELA and math, though the district is below state averages. Negatives: all-grade math was 13.27%, far below the state’s 27.85%. Eighth-grade math was under 20%, versus the state’s 20.5%. Sixth-grade ELA was 25%, well below the state’s 39.14%. Several math results are suppressed.
Key metrics: the school fell from 65th percentile and 3 stars in 2024–2025 (67th of 192) to 29th percentile and 1 star in 2025–2026 (136th of 191); in 2023–2024 it was 55th percentile and 3 stars (74th of 165). All-grade ELA dropped 12 points (44.74% to 32.74%) while state ELA was essentially flat. Math improved by 2.84 points but remains far below state. Science rose by 5.52 points. Grade-level ELA is uneven: fifth and eighth were near state, sixth lagged, and seventh is suppressed. The school often beats its district but not the state. With 124 students, 100% free/reduced lunch, and an 11.4 ratio, context matters. Overall, Dugan-Tarango shows real strengths—prior-year ELA, improving science, and fifth/eighth-grade ELA near state—but the latest ranking and all-grade math results reveal significant challenges.
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