Middle · New Mexico
Portales Jr High
Free meals for allPortales Jr High, a public middle school in Portales, New Mexico: grades 7–8, 326 students, 9.1 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
- 326
- Teachers (FTE)
- 36.0
- Students per teacher
- 9.1
- Grades
- 7–8
- Middle
Fewer students per teacher than 84% of middle schools in New Mexico
Median 12.5 · 156 schools compared
Fewer students per teacher than 95% of middle schools in the US
Median 14.6 · 15,584 schools compared
Larger than 51% of middle schools in New Mexico
Median 306 · 158 schools compared
Smaller than 72% 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
+4.0 points from 2023–24 school year
A higher share proficient than 57% of middle schools in New Mexico
Median 41% · 159 middle schools compared
307 students tested, grades 3–8 · NM-MSSA; proficient means Levels 3-4
Math
New Mexico: 27%23%proficient
+1.8 points from 2023–24 school year
A higher share proficient than 65% of middle schools in New Mexico
Median 19% · 154 middle schools compared
306 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
- 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
- 700 East 3RD St, Portales, NM 88130
- Phone
- (575)356-7045
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Lindsey-Steiner ElementaryFree meals for all | 5–6 | 376 | 13.4 | 43% | 30% |
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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