Summary:
ZIP code 88130 is Portales, New Mexico, home to six schools — one high school, two middle schools, and three elementary schools — all part of Portales Municipal Schools, serving students from pre-kindergarten through 12th grade with a combined enrollment of 2,518.
The district as a whole is ranked 61st of 87 in New Mexico, at the 30th percentile with 2 stars, but individual schools vary widely. Valencia Elementary is the strongest balanced performer, with all-grades English language arts proficiency of 49.7% — above the district's 45.03% and the state's 43.34% — and a steady run of 3-star ratings; its 4th-grade ELA reaches 59.35%. Lindsey-Steiner Elementary stands out in math at 35.35% and 5th-grade science at 39.64%, both well above district and state. Brown Early Childhood Center reports the highest ELA figure in the ZIP at 81.15%, but it serves PK–K, so that result is not directly comparable to grade-level proficiency elsewhere. James Elementary shows a positive ELA result of 47.04%, though it is the only test metric listed and its free/reduced-lunch value is blank, meaning unknown.
The biggest concerns sit at the secondary level. Portales High graduates 91.9% of students, above the state's 80.6%, yet its proficiency scores trail the state in ELA (30.56%), math (10.56%), and science (23.89%). Portales Junior High has slipped from 3 stars to 2, with ELA at 38.67% and math at 19.34%. Across the ZIP, ELA appears to weaken as grades rise, and free/reduced-lunch rates are essentially 100% wherever reported. Student-teacher ratios range from 9.0 at Portales Junior High to 15.5 at Portales High.
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