Middle · New Mexico

Taft Middle

Free meals for all

Taft Middle, a public middle school in Albuquerque, New Mexico: grades 6–8, 243 students, 11.7 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: 243
Teachers (FTE): 20.8
Students per teacher: 11.7
Grades: 6–8; Middle

Fewer students per teacher than 57% of middle schools in New Mexico

Median 12.5 · 156 schools compared

Fewer students per teacher than 79% of middle schools in the US

Median 14.6 · 15,584 schools compared

Smaller than 59% of middle schools in New Mexico

Median 306 · 158 schools compared

Smaller than 82% 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%

30%proficient

−2.7 points from 2023–24 school year

A lower share proficient than 84% of middle schools in New Mexico

Median 41% · 159 middle schools compared

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

Math

New Mexico: 27%

11%proficient

+2.4 points from 2023–24 school year

A lower share proficient than 77% of middle schools in New Mexico

Median 19% · 154 middle schools compared

211 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
Run by: Albuquerque

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

Location

Address: 620 Schulte Rd NW, Albuquerque, NM 87107
Phone: (505)344-4389
City or town: Los Ranchos de Albuquerque
County: Bernalillo County

Website Quality of life in Los Ranchos de Albuquerque Schools in Los Ranchos de Albuquerque

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
Taylor MiddleFree meals for all	6–8	245	9.0	31%	18%	1.5 mi
Garfield MiddleFree meals for all	6–8	282	11.4	32%	12%	2.6 mi
L.B. Johnson MiddleFree meals for all	6–8	491	10.2	53%	25%	3.0 mi
Mckinley MiddleFree meals for all	6–8	434	10.4	25%	7.0%	3.6 mi
Cleveland MiddleFree meals for all	6–8	474	12.2	53%	26%	4.5 mi
James Monroe MiddleFree meals for all	6–8	630	12.5	50%	27%	4.9 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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