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Located at 800 WEST CHURCH ST, in CARLSBAD, New Mexico, CARLSBAD INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL - PR LEYVA CAMPUS is a high-enrollment junior high that serves 908 students (grades 6 through 8), part of CARLSBAD. That puts it 171% larger than the typical public school in New Mexico, which averages around 335 students.
Across the 13 schools in CARLSBAD (7,217 students total), CARLSBAD INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL - PR LEYVA CAMPUS accounts for its share of the district's footprint.
Looking at the student body, CARLSBAD INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL - PR LEYVA CAMPUS logs that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 57% of enrollment. Other groups include 39% White.
In terms of school funding signals, The school employs 48 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 18.9:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 12.5:1, putting CARLSBAD INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL - PR LEYVA CAMPUS higher than the state norm the norm. Roughly 22% of students at CARLSBAD INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL - PR LEYVA CAMPUS qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Eddy County (around 46%), the school's rate is meaningfully below typical.
Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, CARLSBAD INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL - PR LEYVA CAMPUS performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 52.2%, the actual is 43.4%, a residual of -8.8 points.
Around the school, census data for Eddy County shows the typical household earns roughly $78,426 per year, about 19% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. In all, Eddy County runs 26 public schools (combined enrollment of about 11,661 students), of which CARLSBAD INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL - PR LEYVA CAMPUS is one.
The closest other public school is JEFFERSON MONTESSORI, roughly 0.2 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts CARLSBAD INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL - PR LEYVA CAMPUS at 1st of 6; the average score across the group is 34.6%.
Geographically, the school is in a town-based area.
Five-year trend. CARLSBAD INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL - PR LEYVA CAMPUS's enrollment has contracted 5% since 2018, when it stood at 960 (now 908). The student-to-teacher ratio rose from 16.9:1 in 2018 to 18.9:1 today.
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