ARTESIA ZIA INTERMEDIATE

Located at 1100 BULLOCK AVE, in ARTESIA, New Mexico, ARTESIA ZIA INTERMEDIATE is a heavily attended junior high that educates 550 students (grades 6 through 7), one of the schools within ARTESIA. Compared to the state average of about 335 students per school, that is 64% larger than typical.

Across the 10 schools in ARTESIA (3,729 students total), ARTESIA ZIA INTERMEDIATE accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Demographically, ARTESIA ZIA INTERMEDIATE logs that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 65% of enrollment. The remainder looks like 33% White. That is visibly more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 52%.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, ARTESIA ZIA INTERMEDIATE has 36 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 15.1:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 12.5:1 average.

Around the school, census data for Eddy County shows the typical household earns roughly $78,426 per year, roughly 19% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 11%. Across Eddy County's 26 public schools (combined enrollment of about 11,661 students), ARTESIA ZIA INTERMEDIATE is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is ARTESIA HIGH, roughly 0.5 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

Geographically, the school is in a small-town area.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 6%: 588 students in 2018 compared to 550 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 43% to 33% across the same window. Class-load math has fell: from 17.3:1 in 2018 to 15.1:1 in 2025.

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