Middle · New Mexico

Mesilla Valley Leadership Academy

AlternativeFree meals for all

Mesilla Valley Leadership Academy, a public middle school in Mesilla Park, New Mexico: grades 6–8, 94 students, 15.7 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of Las Cruces.

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: 94
Teachers (FTE): 6.0
Students per teacher: 15.7
Grades: 6–8; Middle

More students per teacher than 83% of middle schools in New Mexico

Median 12.5 · 156 schools compared

More students per teacher than 60% of middle schools in the US

Median 14.6 · 15,584 schools compared

Smaller than 78% of middle schools in New Mexico

Median 306 · 158 schools compared

Smaller than 94% 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%

77%proficient

+14.8 points from 2023–24 school year

A higher share proficient than 98% of middle schools in New Mexico

Median 41% · 159 middle schools compared

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

Math

New Mexico: 27%

39%proficient

+6.4 points from 2023–24 school year

A higher share proficient than 90% of middle schools in New Mexico

Median 19% · 154 middle schools compared

93 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 6–8
Type: District school · Alternative
Instruction: In person
Meals: Free breakfast and lunch for every student
Area: Midsize city
Run by: Las Cruces

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

Location

Address: 950 South Walnut St, Mesilla Park, NM 88001
Phone: (575)527-6059
City or town: Las Cruces
County: Doña Ana County

Website Quality of life in Las Cruces Schools in Las Cruces

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
Lynn MiddleFree meals for all	6–8	507	9.8	31%	12%	0.1 mi
Sierra MiddleFree meals for all	6–8	698	10.7	44%	24%	1.2 mi
La Academia Dolores HuertaCharterFree meals for all	6–8	—	—	42%	8.8%	2.5 mi
Zia MiddleFree meals for all	6–8	616	10.3	39%	19%	2.8 mi
Camino Real MiddleFree meals for all	6–8	933	11.1	61%	34%	3.2 mi
Picacho MiddleFree meals for all	6–8	698	11.4	41%	15%	3.6 mi

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.

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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