Middle · New Mexico
Lindsey-Steiner Elementary
Free meals for allLindsey-Steiner Elementary, a public middle school in Portales, New Mexico: grades 5–6, 376 students, 13.4 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of Portales.
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
- 376
- Teachers (FTE)
- 28.0
- Students per teacher
- 13.4
- Grades
- 5–6
- Middle
More students per teacher than 60% of middle schools in New Mexico
Median 12.5 · 156 schools compared
Fewer students per teacher than 62% of middle schools in the US
Median 14.6 · 15,584 schools compared
Larger than 59% of middle schools in New Mexico
Median 306 · 158 schools compared
Smaller than 67% 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%43%proficient
+9.9 points from 2023–24 school year
A higher share proficient than 56% of middle schools in New Mexico
Median 41% · 159 middle schools compared
349 students tested, grades 3–8 · NM-MSSA; proficient means Levels 3-4
Math
New Mexico: 27%30%proficient
+3.1 points from 2023–24 school year
A higher share proficient than 77% of middle schools in New Mexico
Median 19% · 154 middle schools compared
349 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 5–6
- Type
- District school · Regular
- Instruction
- In person
- Meals
- Free breakfast and lunch for every student
- Area
- Remote town
- Run by
- Portales
Which school a home is assigned to is decided by the district's attendance zones; check with Portales.
Location
- Address
- 1000 North Ave M, Portales, NM 88130
- Phone
- (575)356-7060
- City or town
- Portales
- County
- Roosevelt County
Nearby middle schools
The closest public middle schools by straight-line distance. Attendance zones are set by each district.
| School | Grades | Students | Students / teacher | Reading | Math |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Portales Jr HighFree meals for all | 7–8 | 326 | 9.1 | 43% | 23% |
Floyd MiddleFree meals for all | 5–8 | 72 | 10.1 | 45% | 21% |
Marshall 6TH Grade AcademyFree meals for all | 6 | 511 | 11.8 | 49% | 43% |
Yucca MiddleFree meals for all | 7–8 | 480 | 17.3 | 42% | 21% |
W D Gattis Middle SchoolFree meals for all | 6–8 | 527 | 14.4 | 46% | 21% |
Texico MiddleFree meals for all | 6–8 | 137 | 12.3 | 69% | 70% |
Reading and Math: share of tested students proficient or above on the state's own tests (grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year). Compare only within a state.
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.
Sources
- Public schools and school districts (National Center for Education Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau), 2024–25 school year. NCES Common Core of Data and EDGE public school geocodes; U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances and cartographic boundary files (places).
- State Assessment Data Repository (Education Data Center), 2024–25 school year. 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 v3.1.
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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