ANTON CHICO MIDDLE

ANTON CHICO MIDDLE operates as a rural-scale middle school in ANTON CHICO, New Mexico, one of the schools within SANTA ROSA. Current enrollment sits at 31 students spanning grades 6 through 8. By comparison, New Mexico's public schools average about 335 students each, so ANTON CHICO MIDDLE sits 91% smaller than that benchmark.

SANTA ROSA comprises 5 schools with combined enrollment of 572 students; ANTON CHICO MIDDLE is among them.

Looking at the student body, ANTON CHICO MIDDLE logs that 97% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority. Other groups include 3% White. That is considerably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 77%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, ANTON CHICO MIDDLE has 6 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 5.6:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 12.5:1 average. About 100% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Guadalupe County indicate the typical household earns roughly $42,750 per year, about 16% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 20% of residents live below the federal poverty line. ANTON CHICO MIDDLE is one of 8 public schools in Guadalupe County (combined enrollment of about 643 students).

RITA A. MARQUEZ ELEMENTARY is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.3 miles from this campus.

The campus sits in a countryside setting.

Over the past 7-year window. ANTON CHICO MIDDLE's enrollment has decreased 16% since 2018, when it stood at 37 (now 31). The Hispanic share of enrollment rose from 92% to 97% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 9.3:1 in 2018 to 5.6:1 today.

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