CARLOS F. VIGIL MIDDLE

CARLOS F. VIGIL MIDDLE is a mid-tier junior high in ESPANOLA, New Mexico, one of the schools within ESPANOLA. The school educates 379 students in grades 7 through 8.

Across the 12 schools in ESPANOLA (1,876 students total), CARLOS F. VIGIL MIDDLE accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

For racial and ethnic makeup, CARLOS F. VIGIL MIDDLE reports that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (91%). Other groups include 5% Native American. The wider county runs roughly 67% Hispanic, putting the school's mix noticeably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the resource side, CARLOS F. VIGIL MIDDLE logs 27 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 14.1:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 12.5:1 average. An estimated 95% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, CARLOS F. VIGIL MIDDLE is in the bottom 10% of New Mexico public schools. The BeatsExpectations model predicts schools with this FRL share to land around 34.5%; CARLOS F. VIGIL MIDDLE posts 19.0%, -15.6 points below that line.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Rio Arriba County indicate median household income runs about $57,155, about 19% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 15%. In all, Rio Arriba County runs 30 public schools (combined enrollment of about 3,127 students), of which CARLOS F. VIGIL MIDDLE is one.

LOS NINOS ELEMENTARY is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.0 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

The school occupies a small-town site.

Trend over the last 7 years. CARLOS F. VIGIL MIDDLE's enrollment has fell 28% since 2018, when it stood at 528 (now 379). The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 17.2:1 in 2018 to 14.1:1 today.

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