Summary:
Zip code 88352 in Tularosa, New Mexico contains just one middle school, Tularosa Middle, which is listed as serving grades 7–8 and enrolls about 140 students as part of Tularosa Municipal Schools. Because it is the only middle school in the area, there are no local peers to compare it with; the meaningful comparisons are to its district, to New Mexico overall, and to its own past performance.
The most important thing for parents to know is how quickly results have fallen. In 2023–2024 the school ranked 47 of 165 statewide, at the 72nd percentile with 4 stars. By 2024–2025 it was 145 of 192, at the 24th percentile with 1 star, and in 2025–2026 it ranked 184 of 191, at the 4th percentile with 0 stars. Test scores show the same pattern. In 2025–2026, all-grades language arts was 23.81% on NM Combined and 23.67% on NM-MSSA, against state rates of 43.34% and 44.66%; math was 7.18% and 6.8%, versus 25.54% and 27.85% statewide. Grade-level math is reported only as a bound: under 10% in 6th and 8th grades and under 20% in 7th.
Math is the clearest weakness, below district and state levels at every grade; language arts is stronger but still roughly half the state rate. Science was a bright spot in 2024–2025 at 36% for 8th grade, slightly above the state's 34.46%, but fell to 17.33% (NM Combined) and 17.57% (NM-ASR) in 2025–2026. The district itself ranks 69 of 87, at the 21st percentile with 1 star. With 140 students and a student-teacher ratio of 8.3, classes are small but year-to-year percentages can swing widely. Free/reduced-lunch data is not reported, and grades 7–8 are listed even though 6th-grade scores appear.
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