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Which teacher or staff member at CAMINO REAL MIDDLE deserves more recognition?
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Enrollment
933
Middle
DISTRICT 606 · STATE 335
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LAS CRUCES·NCES 350150000765
CAMINO REAL MIDDLE
2961 ROADRUNNER PKWY, LAS CRUCES, NM 88011 · (575) 527-6030 · Doña Ana County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL933 STUDENTS
A
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Scored higher than 89% of New Mexico public middle schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats 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
11.1:1
84 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.9:1 · STATE 12.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
933 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 | 303 | 32% |
| Grade 7 | 319 | 34% |
| Grade 8 | 311 | 33% |
Student demographics
45%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 34% · 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
59.8%
NM avg 44.2%
Math
33.7%
NM avg 27.2%
What this means: On the NM-MSSA + NM-ASR, New Mexico's statewide test, about 60 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
47.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
33.4%
based on NM schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+14.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 48% 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 CAMINO REAL MIDDLE
CAMINO REAL MIDDLE's state test result (47.9% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| CAMINO REAL MIDDLE this school | 933 | 100.0% | 47.9% |
| TONY HILLERMAN MIDDLE SCHOOL ALBUQUERQUE | 860 | 99.4% | 48.5% |
| RIO RANCHO MIDDLE SCHOOL RIO RANCHO | 1,024 | 99.8% | 50.9% |
| JAMES MONROE MIDDLE ALBUQUERQUE | 630 | 99.4% | 36.7% |
| MESA MIDDLE LAS CRUCES | 728 | 100.0% | 30.0% |
| EAGLE RIDGE MIDDLE RIO RANCHO | 732 | 100.0% | 47.6% |
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 CAMINO REAL MIDDLE ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In New Mexico | In Doña Ana County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 47.9% | #9 of 113 | #1 of 11 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 33.7% | #17 of 120 | #1 of 11 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 59.8% | #10 of 122 | #1 of 11 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 933 | #2 of 160 | #1 of 12 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.1:1 | #29 of 101 | #5 of 11 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 45.2% | #54 of 103 | #1 of 11 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 100% | #28 of 116 | #6 of 11 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +4.0% | #10 of 12 | 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
933
-68 (-7%) vs 2020
0% since 2000-01, when it was 937
Student : Teacher
11.1:1
was 18.5:1
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 | 933 | 84 | 11.1:1 | 100% (933) |
| 2023-24 | 928 | 58 | 16.0:1 | 100% (926) |
| 2022-23 | 965 | 54.5 | 17.7:1 | 100% (965) |
| 2020-21 | 1,001 | 54 | 18.5:1 | 100% (1,001) |
| 2017-18 | 897 | 48.9 | 18.3:1 | 49% (444) |
| 2015-16 | 815 | 45 | 18.1:1 | 44% (361) |
| 2010-11 | 780 | 51 | 15.3:1 | 48% (377) |
| 2000-01 | 937 | 62 | 15.1:1 | 63% (594) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for CAMINO REAL MIDDLE.
Since 2017-18: students up 4% (897 to 933); teachers up 72% (48.9 to 84).
About CAMINO REAL MIDDLE
CAMINO REAL MIDDLE is a middle-grades school with a street address in LAS CRUCES, New Mexico. It had 933 students in 2024-25, spanning grades 6 through 8. Middle schools in New Mexico average about 335 students, which makes this school 179% bigger than average.
LAS CRUCES counts 22,670 students in its 39 schools, and CAMINO REAL MIDDLE is one of them.
The student body at CAMINO REAL MIDDLE is 70% Hispanic. After that, the student body is 24% White. Among Doña Ana County residents, the Hispanic share is about 68%. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 45%.
CAMINO REAL MIDDLE lists 84 full-time-equivalent teachers; that is about 11.1 students per teacher. Across middle schools in New Mexico, the average ratio is 12.5:1. Free or reduced-price lunch covers 100% of the student body. That is in line with the 98% average for public schools in Doña Ana County.
CAMINO REAL 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 89% of New Mexico public middle schools.
Compared with New Mexico schools that have similar shares of low-income students, CAMINO REAL MIDDLE's results are 14.5 points above predicted: 47.9% against 33.4%.
Five-year Census Bureau estimates for Doña Ana County show that the median household earns about $56,848 a year, about 32% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 19% of residents are in poverty. Doña Ana County has 81 public schools with about 36,561 students, including CAMINO REAL MIDDLE.
About 1.2 miles separate CAMINO REAL MIDDLE from the closest public school, HIGHLAND ELEMENTARY. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. Compared with its nearest neighbors, CAMINO REAL MIDDLE ranks 3rd of 9 on average proficiency.
The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as City: Mid-size, meaning it is inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
Since 2020-21, enrollment has fallen 7%, from 1,001 to 933. The school's ratio dropped from 18.5:1 to 11.1:1 between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
People who know CAMINO REAL MIDDLE can post here about homework, tutoring, and testing dates. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
Doña Ana County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
224,266
Census ACS
Median income
$56,848
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
32%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
19%
Below federal line
Schools in county
81
36,561 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in LAS CRUCES
- ORGAN MOUNTAIN HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,128 students
- CENTENNIAL HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,713 students
- LAS CRUCES HIGHHigh · 1,703 students
- MAYFIELD HIGHHigh · 1,327 students
- MESA MIDDLEMiddle · 728 students
- MONTE VISTA ELEMENTARYElementary · 706 students
Other schools in LAS CRUCES
- ORGAN MOUNTAIN HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,128 students
- CENTENNIAL HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,713 students
- LAS CRUCES HIGHHigh · 1,703 students
- MAYFIELD HIGHHigh · 1,327 students
- MESA MIDDLEMiddle · 728 students
- MONTE VISTA ELEMENTARYElementary · 706 students
Nearby schools
- HIGHLAND ELEMENTARY1.2 mi · 704
- SONOMA ELEMENTARY1.4 mi · 660
- EXPLORE ACADEMY LAS CRUCES1.7 mi · 599
- JORNADA ELEMENTARY1.9 mi · 429
- DESERT HILLS ELEMENTARY1.9 mi · 502
- LOMA HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY2.0 mi · 450
Frequently asked questions
About CAMINO REAL MIDDLEWhat is the total enrollment at CAMINO REAL MIDDLE?
CAMINO REAL MIDDLE enrolls approximately 933 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does CAMINO REAL MIDDLE serve?
CAMINO REAL MIDDLE serves grades 06-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at CAMINO REAL MIDDLE?
The student-to-teacher ratio at CAMINO REAL MIDDLE is approximately 11.1:1 (84 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at CAMINO REAL MIDDLE?
Student demographics at CAMINO REAL MIDDLE are roughly 24% White, 70% Hispanic, 2% Black, 2% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Who oversees CAMINO REAL MIDDLE?
CAMINO REAL MIDDLE is overseen by LAS CRUCES in Doña Ana County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.