CARLSBAD SIXTH GRADE ACADEMY - ALTA VISTA CAMPUS

CARLSBAD SIXTH GRADE ACADEMY - ALTA VISTA CAMPUS is one of the sprawling middle schools in CARLSBAD, New Mexico, one of the schools within CARLSBAD, with 740 students on its rolls from grades 6 through 8. By comparison, New Mexico's public schools average about 335 students each, so CARLSBAD SIXTH GRADE ACADEMY - ALTA VISTA CAMPUS sits 121% above that benchmark.

Within CARLSBAD, which oversees 13 schools and 7,217 students, CARLSBAD SIXTH GRADE ACADEMY - ALTA VISTA CAMPUS is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, CARLSBAD SIXTH GRADE ACADEMY - ALTA VISTA CAMPUS lists that Hispanic students make up the majority at 77%. The remainder looks like 20% White. By comparison, Eddy County as a whole is about 52% Hispanic, so the school skews noticeably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 49 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 15.0:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 12.5:1 average. Roughly 34% of students at CARLSBAD SIXTH GRADE ACADEMY - ALTA VISTA CAMPUS qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Eddy County runs at roughly 46%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully below the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, CARLSBAD SIXTH GRADE ACADEMY - ALTA VISTA CAMPUS is in the bottom 10% of New Mexico public schools. The BeatsExpectations model predicts schools with this FRL share to land around 49.2%; CARLSBAD SIXTH GRADE ACADEMY - ALTA VISTA CAMPUS posts 20.9%, -28.3 points below that line.

Around the school, ACS estimates for Eddy County put median household income runs about $78,426, 19% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 11%. Across Eddy County's 26 public schools (combined enrollment of about 11,661 students), CARLSBAD SIXTH GRADE ACADEMY - ALTA VISTA CAMPUS is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is HILLCREST PRESCHOOL, roughly 0.3 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts CARLSBAD SIXTH GRADE ACADEMY - ALTA VISTA CAMPUS at 5th of 5; the average score across the group is 38.5%.

Geographically, the school is in a town-based area.

Over the past 7-year window. CARLSBAD SIXTH GRADE ACADEMY - ALTA VISTA CAMPUS's enrollment has increased 59% since 2018, when it stood at 466 (now 740). Hispanic enrollment moved from 55% to 77% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 16.6:1 in 2018 to 15.0:1 today.

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