Middle · New Mexico

Polk Middle

Free meals for all

Polk Middle, a public middle school in Albuquerque, New Mexico: grades 6–8, 222 students, 9.2 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of Albuquerque.

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
222
Teachers (FTE)
24.2
Students per teacher
9.2
Grades
6–8
Middle

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

Median 12.5 · 156 schools compared

Fewer students per teacher than 94% of middle schools in the US

Median 14.6 · 15,584 schools compared

Smaller than 63% of middle schools in New Mexico

Median 306 · 158 schools compared

Smaller than 84% 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%

26%proficient

+2.7 points from 2023–24 school year

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

Median 41% · 159 middle schools compared

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

Math

New Mexico: 27%

9.0%proficient

+0.4 points from 2023–24 school year

A lower share proficient than 87% of middle schools in New Mexico

Median 19% · 154 middle schools compared

200 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 · Regular
Instruction
In person
Meals
Free breakfast and lunch for every student
Area
Large suburb

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

Location

Address
2220 Raymac Rd SW, Albuquerque, NM 87105
Phone
(505)877-6444
City or town
South Valley

Nearby middle schools

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

SchoolGradesStudentsStudents / teacherReadingMath
Harrison MiddleFree meals for all
6–82659.725%6.7%
Solare Collegiate Charter SchoolCharterFree meals for all
5–831410.741%32%
Ernie Pyle MiddleFree meals for all
6–840912.027%8.7%
Truman MiddleFree meals for all
6–852010.028%8.0%
South Valley PrepCharterFree meals for all
6–813815.339%9.9%
Jimmy Carter MiddleFree meals for all
6–843611.226%11%

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

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.

NCES 350006000098