CAMINO REAL MIDDLE

CAMINO REAL MIDDLE, a large middle school in LAS CRUCES, New Mexico, run under LAS CRUCES, caters to 933 students, covering grades 6 through 8. By comparison, New Mexico's public schools average about 335 students each, so CAMINO REAL MIDDLE sits 179% larger than that benchmark.

Within LAS CRUCES, which oversees 39 schools and 22,670 students, CAMINO REAL MIDDLE is one campus in the system.

Demographically, CAMINO REAL MIDDLE lists that 70% of the student body identifies as Hispanic. Other groups include 24% White. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

On the income-and-resources front, The school currently runs with 84 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 11.1:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 12.5:1 average. Roughly 100% of students at CAMINO REAL MIDDLE qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), CAMINO REAL MIDDLE performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 33.4%, the actual is 47.9%, a residual of +14.5 points.

Across the wider county, census data for Doñan Ana County shows median household income runs about $56,848, roughly 32% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 19% of residents live below the federal poverty line. CAMINO REAL MIDDLE is one of 81 public schools in Doñan Ana County (combined enrollment of about 36,561 students).

Nearest neighbor: HIGHLAND ELEMENTARY, around 1.2 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, CAMINO REAL MIDDLE comes 3rd of 9 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 39.2%.

The school occupies an inner-city site.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count expanded 4%: 897 students in 2018 compared to 933 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment grew from 65% to 70% over that span. Class-load math has narrowed: from 18.3:1 in 2018 to 11.1:1 in 2025.

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