BERRENDO MIDDLE

BERRENDO MIDDLE operates as a roomy junior high in ROSWELL, New Mexico, run under ROSWELL. Current enrollment sits at 571 students spanning grades 6 through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 70% larger than the state mean of about 335.

ROSWELL comprises 22 schools with combined enrollment of 9,184 students; BERRENDO MIDDLE is among them.

Demographically, BERRENDO MIDDLE reports that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 58% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school lists 37% White, 3% Black. That composition is broadly in line with Chaves County as a whole.

On the resource side, The school employs 43 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 13.2:1. That tracks the state average closely. An estimated 100% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

After controlling for student poverty, BERRENDO MIDDLE tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 33.4% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 39.2%.

Around the school, the surrounding county (Chaves County) logs that median household income runs about $52,938, roughly 18% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 20% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Chaves County runs 33 public schools (combined enrollment of about 10,504 students), of which BERRENDO MIDDLE is one.

The closest other public school is BERRENDO ELEMENTARY, roughly 1.8 miles away. 4 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts BERRENDO MIDDLE at 2nd of 7; the average score across the group is 35.2%.

BERRENDO MIDDLE operates from a rural location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 14%: 663 students in 2018 compared to 571 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 46% to 37% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 18.8:1 in 2018 to 13.2:1 today.

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