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Which teacher or staff member at CARLSBAD SIXTH GRADE ACADEMY - ALTA VISTA CAMPUS deserves more recognition?
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Enrollment
740
Middle
DISTRICT 824 · STATE 335
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CARLSBAD·NCES 350030000162
CARLSBAD SIXTH GRADE ACADEMY - ALTA VISTA CAMPUS
301 SOUTH ALTA VISTA ST, CARLSBAD, NM 88220 · (575) 234-3300 · Eddy County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE33-TOWNREGULAR SCHOOL740 STUDENTS
D
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 5% of New Mexico public middle schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- FBeats 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
15.0:1
49 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.9:1 · STATE 12.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
34%
254 students
DISTRICT 25% · 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 | 254 | 34% |
| Grade 7 | 234 | 32% |
| Grade 8 | 252 | 34% |
Student demographics
37%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 46% · 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
27.8%
NM avg 44.2%
Math
15.3%
NM avg 27.2%
What this means: On the NM-MSSA + NM-ASR, New Mexico's statewide test, about 28 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 15 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of NM schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
20.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
49.2%
based on NM schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-28.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 21% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 49% typical for New Mexico schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 CARLSBAD SIXTH GRADE ACADEMY - ALTA VISTA CAMPUS
CARLSBAD SIXTH GRADE ACADEMY - ALTA VISTA CAMPUS's state test result (20.9% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| CARLSBAD SIXTH GRADE ACADEMY - ALTA VISTA CAMPUS this school | 740 | 34.3% | 20.9% |
| CARLSBAD INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL - PR LEYVA CAMPUS CARLSBAD | 908 | 21.7% | 43.4% |
| VOZ COLLEGIATE PREPARATORY CHARTER SCHOOL ALBUQUERQUE | 134 | 22.4% | 31.8% |
| CATON MIDDLE EUNICE | 170 | 54.7% | 31.3% |
| RENAISSANCE ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL ALBUQUERQUE | 124 | 54.0% | 44.8% |
| HOUSTON MIDDLE SCHOOL HOBBS | 822 | 62.9% | 35.5% |
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 CARLSBAD SIXTH GRADE ACADEMY - ALTA VISTA CAMPUS ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In New Mexico |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 20.9% | #98 of 113 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 15.3% | #73 of 120 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 27.8% | #109 of 122 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 740 | #12 of 160 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.0:1 | #77 of 101 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 36.9% | #63 of 103 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 34.3% | #112 of 116 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +58.8% | #1 of 12 |
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
740
+240 (+48%) vs 2020
+41% since 1990-91, when it was 523
Student : Teacher
15.0:1
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 | 740 | 49.3 | 15.0:1 | 34% (254) |
| 2023-24 | 714 | 39.5 | 18.1:1 | 43% (309) |
| 2022-23 | 705 | 37.6 | 18.7:1 | 44% (312) |
| 2020-21 | 500 | 27 | 18.5:1 | 45% (224) |
| 2017-18 | 466 | 28 | 16.6:1 | 59% (274) |
| 2015-16 | 480 | 26 | 18.5:1 | 63% (300) |
| 2010-11 | 603 | 41 | 14.7:1 | 75% (453) |
| 2000-01 | 603 | 37 | 16.3:1 | 74% (448) |
| 1990-91 | 523 | 30 | 17.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for CARLSBAD SIXTH GRADE ACADEMY - ALTA VISTA CAMPUS.
Since 2017-18: students up 59% (466 to 740); teachers up 76% (28 to 49.3).
About CARLSBAD SIXTH GRADE ACADEMY - ALTA VISTA CAMPUS
CARLSBAD SIXTH GRADE ACADEMY - ALTA VISTA CAMPUS is a middle school in CARLSBAD, New Mexico, according to federal school records. It had 740 students in 2024-25, spanning grades 6 through 8. Middle schools in New Mexico average about 335 students, which makes this school 121% bigger than average.
The 13 schools in CARLSBAD enroll 7,217 students altogether, CARLSBAD SIXTH GRADE ACADEMY - ALTA VISTA CAMPUS among them.
About 77% of the student body at CARLSBAD SIXTH GRADE ACADEMY - ALTA VISTA CAMPUS is Hispanic. Other groups make up 20% White. County-wide, 52% of Eddy County residents are Hispanic. A diversity index of 37% means there is a 37% chance two randomly chosen students at CARLSBAD SIXTH GRADE ACADEMY - ALTA VISTA CAMPUS are from different groups.
The school had 49.3 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25. Its student-to-teacher ratio is 15.0:1. By comparison, the average for middle schools in New Mexico is 12.5:1. The school reported 34% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25. That is 12 points below the 46% average for public schools in Eddy County.
On the allk12 Grade, CARLSBAD SIXTH GRADE ACADEMY - ALTA VISTA CAMPUS lands at D, ahead of 5% of New Mexico public middle schools.
A school in New Mexico with CARLSBAD SIXTH GRADE ACADEMY - ALTA VISTA CAMPUS's free or reduced-price lunch share would be expected to score about 49.2%. CARLSBAD SIXTH GRADE ACADEMY - ALTA VISTA CAMPUS scores 20.9%.
In the wider Eddy County area, the median household earns about $78,426 a year, about 19% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 11% of residents are in poverty. Across Eddy County, 26 public schools serve about 11,661 students.
CARLSBAD SIXTH GRADE ACADEMY - ALTA VISTA CAMPUS's closest public school neighbor is HILLCREST PRESCHOOL, about 0.3 miles away. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Of 5 schools in the immediate area with test results, CARLSBAD SIXTH GRADE ACADEMY - ALTA VISTA CAMPUS ranks 5th on average proficiency.
Its NCES locale code is Town: Remote: the school is in a town far from an urbanized area.
Enrollment was 500 in 2020-21 and 740 in 2024-25. Large swings like this can come from changes to the grades a school serves. Students per teacher dropped from 18.5 in 2020-21 to 15.0 in 2024-25.
The CARLSBAD SIXTH GRADE ACADEMY - ALTA VISTA CAMPUS discussion page is a place for homework, tutoring, and testing dates. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
Eddy County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
61,105
Census ACS
Median income
$78,426
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
19%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
26
11,661 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in CARLSBAD
- CARLSBAD HIGHHigh · 1,685 students
- CARLSBAD INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL - PR LEYVA CAMPUSMiddle · 908 students
- COTTONWOOD ELEMENTARYElementary · 684 students
- DESERT WILLOW ELEMENTARYElementary · 667 students
- OCOTILLO ELEMENTARYElementary · 621 students
- SUNSET ELEMENTARYElementary · 438 students
Other schools in CARLSBAD
- CARLSBAD HIGHHigh · 1,685 students
- CARLSBAD INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL - PR LEYVA CAMPUSMiddle · 908 students
- COTTONWOOD ELEMENTARYElementary · 684 students
- DESERT WILLOW ELEMENTARYElementary · 667 students
- OCOTILLO ELEMENTARYElementary · 621 students
- SUNSET ELEMENTARYElementary · 438 students
Nearby schools
- HILLCREST PRESCHOOL0.3 mi · 316
- EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION CENTER0.3 mi · 207
- COTTONWOOD ELEMENTARY0.3 mi · 684
- SUNSET ELEMENTARY1.0 mi · 438
- CARLSBAD ENRICHMENT CENTER1.1 mi · 170
- CARLSBAD INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL - PR LEYVA CAMPUS1.1 mi · 908
Frequently asked questions
About CARLSBAD SIXTH GRADE ACADEMY - ALTA VISTA CAMPUSHow large is CARLSBAD SIXTH GRADE ACADEMY - ALTA VISTA CAMPUS?
CARLSBAD SIXTH GRADE ACADEMY - ALTA VISTA CAMPUS enrolls approximately 740 students in grades 06-08.
Is CARLSBAD SIXTH GRADE ACADEMY - ALTA VISTA CAMPUS an elementary, middle, or high school?
CARLSBAD SIXTH GRADE ACADEMY - ALTA VISTA CAMPUS is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at CARLSBAD SIXTH GRADE ACADEMY - ALTA VISTA CAMPUS?
The student-to-teacher ratio at CARLSBAD SIXTH GRADE ACADEMY - ALTA VISTA CAMPUS is approximately 15.0:1 (49 FTE teachers).
How diverse is CARLSBAD SIXTH GRADE ACADEMY - ALTA VISTA CAMPUS?
CARLSBAD SIXTH GRADE ACADEMY - ALTA VISTA CAMPUS reports a student body of 20% White, 77% Hispanic, 1% Black, 0% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Is CARLSBAD SIXTH GRADE ACADEMY - ALTA VISTA CAMPUS public or private?
CARLSBAD SIXTH GRADE ACADEMY - ALTA VISTA CAMPUS is a public K-12 school, overseen by CARLSBAD.
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