High · New Mexico

Escalante Middle/High School

Free meals for all

Escalante Middle/High School, a public high school in Tierra Amarilla, New Mexico: grades 7–12, 134 students, 11.2 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of Chama Valley.

Size and class size

Compared with high 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
134
Teachers (FTE)
12.0
Students per teacher
11.2
Grades
7–12
High

Fewer students per teacher than 59% of high schools in New Mexico

Median 12.9 · 196 schools compared

Fewer students per teacher than 74% of high schools in the US

Median 14.4 · 20,809 schools compared

Smaller than 62% of high schools in New Mexico

Median 212 · 213 schools compared

Smaller than 77% of high schools in the US

Median 414 · 22,064 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%

30%proficient

+13.9 points from 2023–24 school year

A lower share proficient than 91% of high schools in New Mexico

Median 50% · 35 high schools compared

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

Math

New Mexico: 27%

10%proficient

Unchanged from 2023–24 school year

A lower share proficient than 83% of high schools in New Mexico

Median 30% · 29 high schools compared

40 students tested, grades 3–8 · NM-MSSA; proficient means Levels 3-4 Approximate: the state published a range or left out some grades.

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
High · Grades 7–12
Type
District school · Regular
Instruction
In person
Meals
Free breakfast and lunch for every student
Area
Remote rural area

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

Location

Address
Stateroute 531 1158, Tierra Amarilla, NM 87575
Phone
(575)588-7285
City or town
Tierra Amarilla

Nearby high schools

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

No other public high schools within 25 miles.

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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