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What's the one class at BERRENDO MIDDLE every student should take?
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Enrollment
571
Middle
DISTRICT 490 · STATE 335
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ROSWELL·NCES 350225000506
BERRENDO MIDDLE
800 MARION RICHARDS, ROSWELL, NM 88201 · (575) 627-2775 · Chaves County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL571 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 77% of New Mexico public middle schools
- B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded New Mexico public middle schools
Student : Teacher
13.2:1
43 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.7:1 · STATE 12.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
571 students
DISTRICT 100% · STATE 90%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 195 | 34% |
| Grade 7 | 180 | 32% |
| Grade 8 | 196 | 34% |
Student demographics
53%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 39% · STATE 55% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
NM-MSSA + NM-ASR 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
47.6%
NM avg 44.2%
Math
33.5%
NM avg 27.2%
What this means: On the NM-MSSA + NM-ASR, New Mexico's statewide test, about 48 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 34 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New Mexico schools, those numbers are about 44 and 27.
Source: NM-MSSA + NM-ASR. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
39.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
33.4%
based on NM schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+5.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 39% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 33% typical for New Mexico schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among New Mexico's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like BERRENDO MIDDLE
BERRENDO MIDDLE's state test result (39.2% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| BERRENDO MIDDLE this school | 571 | 100.0% | 39.2% |
| LINDSEY-STEINER ELEMENTARY PORTALES | 376 | 99.7% | 34.5% |
| CHAPARRAL MIDDLE ALAMOGORDO | 513 | 100.0% | 37.2% |
| JEFFERSON MIDDLE ALBUQUERQUE | 615 | 99.3% | 44.5% |
| TONY HILLERMAN MIDDLE SCHOOL ALBUQUERQUE | 860 | 99.4% | 48.5% |
| T OR C MIDDLE T OR C | 255 | 100.0% | 30.2% |
Matched among New Mexico middle schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where BERRENDO MIDDLE ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In New Mexico | In Chaves County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 39.2% | #19 of 113 | N/A |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 33.5% | #18 of 120 | N/A |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 47.6% | #31 of 122 | N/A |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 571 | #29 of 160 | #1 of 7 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.2:1 | #52 of 101 | N/A |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 52.7% | #39 of 103 | N/A |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 100% | #38 of 116 | N/A |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -13.9% | #59 of 89 | N/A |
Ranked against other public middle schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
571
-114 (-17%) vs 2020
+36% since 1990-91, when it was 419
Student : Teacher
13.2:1
was 19.6:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 571 | 43.3 | 13.2:1 | 100% (571) |
| 2023-24 | 598 | 41.7 | 14.3:1 | 100% (598) |
| 2022-23 | 663 | 40.3 | 16.4:1 | 100% (663) |
| 2020-21 | 685 | 35 | 19.6:1 | 100% (685) |
| 2017-18 | 663 | 35.3 | 18.8:1 | N/A |
| 2015-16 | 639 | 36 | 17.8:1 | 60% (381) |
| 2010-11 | 666 | 39 | 17.1:1 | 52% (346) |
| 2000-01 | 420 | 29 | 14.5:1 | 42% (176) |
| 1990-91 | 419 | 21 | 19.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for BERRENDO MIDDLE.
Since 2017-18: students down 14% (663 to 571); teachers up 23% (35.3 to 43.3).
About BERRENDO MIDDLE
BERRENDO MIDDLE is a middle-grades school located in ROSWELL, New Mexico, in Chaves County. It reports enrollment of 571 students in grades 6 through 8. On average, middle schools in New Mexico enroll around 335, and this school is 70% larger than that mark.
ROSWELL is the district for BERRENDO MIDDLE. It has 22 schools and 9,184 students.
About 58% of the student body at BERRENDO MIDDLE is Hispanic. Other groups include 37% White and 3% Black. Chaves County residents are about 58% Hispanic, a similar share. A diversity index of 53% means there is a 53% chance two randomly chosen students at BERRENDO MIDDLE are from different groups.
Teacher count: 43.3 full-time equivalents. Student-to-teacher ratio: 13.2:1. The average ratio among middle schools in New Mexico is similar, at 12.5:1. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch, often used to gauge student poverty, is 100%. The figure for public schools in Chaves County is close, at 100%.
BERRENDO MIDDLE earns an A- on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 77% of New Mexico public middle schools.
In New Mexico, BERRENDO MIDDLE is in the middle band of BeatsExpectations: 39.2% actual against a predicted 33.4%.
Chaves County is the school's county. There, median household income comes to about $52,938, 18% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 20% of people live in poverty. There are 33 public schools in the county, enrolling about 10,504, BERRENDO MIDDLE among them.
A public school about 1.8 miles away, BERRENDO ELEMENTARY, is the closest to BERRENDO MIDDLE. Inside a five-mile radius, there are 4 other public schools. BERRENDO MIDDLE comes in 2nd of 7 nearby schools on average proficiency.
Federal data place BERRENDO MIDDLE in the Rural: Fringe locale, which means it is in rural territory close to an urban area.
Enrollment fell by 17% across 4 years, from 685 in 2020-21 to 571 in 2024-25. Staffing shifted too: the ratio moved from 19.6:1 to 13.2:1.
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Chaves County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
64,217
Census ACS
Median income
$52,938
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
18%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
20%
Below federal line
Schools in county
33
10,504 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in ROSWELL
- ROSWELL HIGHHigh · 1,437 students
- GODDARD HIGHHigh · 1,096 students
- SIERRA MIDDLEMiddle · 557 students
- DEL NORTE ELEMENTARYElementary · 518 students
- MOUNTAIN VIEW MIDDLEMiddle · 481 students
- MILITARY HEIGHTS ELEMENTARYElementary · 426 students
Other schools in ROSWELL
- ROSWELL HIGHHigh · 1,437 students
- GODDARD HIGHHigh · 1,096 students
- SIERRA MIDDLEMiddle · 557 students
- DEL NORTE ELEMENTARYElementary · 518 students
- MOUNTAIN VIEW MIDDLEMiddle · 481 students
- MILITARY HEIGHTS ELEMENTARYElementary · 426 students
Nearby schools
- BERRENDO ELEMENTARY1.8 mi · 327
- DEL NORTE ELEMENTARY3.2 mi · 518
- GODDARD HIGH3.4 mi · 1,096
- MILITARY HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY4.2 mi · 426
- WASHINGTON AVE ELEMENTARY5.4 mi · 263
- MESA MIDDLE6.0 mi · 350
Frequently asked questions
About BERRENDO MIDDLEHow large is BERRENDO MIDDLE?
BERRENDO MIDDLE enrolls approximately 571 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does BERRENDO MIDDLE serve?
BERRENDO MIDDLE serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at BERRENDO MIDDLE?
Approximately 13.2:1 students per teacher at BERRENDO MIDDLE.
What is the student diversity at BERRENDO MIDDLE?
Student demographics at BERRENDO MIDDLE are roughly 37% White, 58% Hispanic, 3% Black, 1% Asian, 1% Two or more.
What district is BERRENDO MIDDLE in?
BERRENDO MIDDLE is part of ROSWELL.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.