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What this means: On the NM-MSSA + NM-ASR, New Mexico's statewide test, about 51 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 33 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New Mexico schools, those numbers are about 44 and 27.
What this means: About 43% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 52% 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%.
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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