Middle · New Mexico

Chaparral Middle

Free meals for all

Chaparral Middle, a public middle school in Chaparral, New Mexico: grades 7–8, 546 students, 13.1 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of Gadsden.

Size and class size

Compared with middle schools of the same state and the whole country. Students per teacher counts every full-time-equivalent teacher, not the size of each class.

Students
546
Teachers (FTE)
41.6
Students per teacher
13.1
Grades
7–8
Middle

More students per teacher than 56% of middle schools in New Mexico

Median 12.5 · 156 schools compared

Fewer students per teacher than 65% of middle schools in the US

Median 14.6 · 15,584 schools compared

Larger than 80% of middle schools in New Mexico

Median 306 · 158 schools compared

Larger than 52% of middle schools in the US

Median 524 · 16,046 schools compared

State test results

Share of students scoring proficient or above on New Mexico's tests, grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year.

Reading and writing

New Mexico: 44%

38%proficient

+4.8 points from 2023–24 school year

A lower share proficient than 63% of middle schools in New Mexico

Median 41% · 159 middle schools compared

539 students tested, grades 3–8 · NM-MSSA; proficient means Levels 3-4

Math

New Mexico: 27%

19%proficient

+3.1 points from 2023–24 school year

A higher share proficient than 53% of middle schools in New Mexico

Median 19% · 154 middle schools compared

539 students tested, grades 3–8 · NM-MSSA; proficient means Levels 3-4

Each state sets its own test and its own bar for “proficient”, so results compare only within a state. Results also follow family income closely: a school's share reflects its students' circumstances as much as its teaching.

Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.

What it offers

Grades
Middle · Grades 7–8
Type
District school · Regular
Instruction
In person
Meals
Free breakfast and lunch for every student
Area
Distant rural area
Run by
Gadsden

Which school a home is assigned to is decided by the district's attendance zones; check with Gadsden.

Location

Address
290 Lisa Dr, Chaparral, NM 88021
Phone
(575)882-6203
City or town
Chaparral

Nearby middle schools

The closest public middle schools by straight-line distance. Attendance zones are set by each district.

SchoolGradesStudentsStudents / teacher
6–935214.9
Richardson MiddleFree meals for all
6–875816.7
Charles MiddleFree meals for all
6–837212.3
6–81,14616.8
Anthony MiddleFree meals for all
6–817012.8
Canyon Hills MiddleFree meals for all
6–840813.6

Sources

Analisa does not rate schools. Figures are what a school has (students, teachers, programs), placed among schools of the same level; state test results are compared only within a state.

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