English Language Arts
44.4%
State avg 44.2%
District avg 37.8%
County avg 41.0%
District avg 37.8%
County avg 41.0%
Test scores
See how it ranks: all New Mexico schools by score · Lea County schools by score
NM-MSSA + NM-ASR, SY 2024-25
All grades, all students. % Proficient.Mathematics
16.3%
State avg 27.2%
District avg 15.9%
County avg 24.2%
District avg 15.9%
County avg 24.2%
Science
18.6%
State avg 37.0%
District avg 25.0%
County avg 28.6%
District avg 25.0%
County avg 28.6%
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
31.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
44.3%
based on NM schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-13.0pp
below demographic expectation
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
By grade, SY 2024-25
School score vs state average per tested grade.| Grade | English Language Arts | Mathematics | Science | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| School | State | n tested | School | State | n tested | School | State | n tested | |
| Grade ALL | 44.4% | 44.2% | 160 | 16.3% | 27.2% | 160 | 18.6% | 37.0% | 59 |
1-year history
All grades, all students. CATON New Mexico avgEnglish Language Arts
| Year | School | District | County | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SY 2024-25 | 44.4% | 37.8% | 41.0% | 44.2% |
Mathematics
| Year | School | District | County | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SY 2024-25 | 16.3% | 15.9% | 24.2% | 27.2% |
Science
| Year | School | District | County | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SY 2024-25 | 18.6% | 25.0% | 28.6% | 37.0% |
How to read these scores
What is NM-MSSA + NM-ASR?
NM-MSSA + NM-ASR is the statewide standardized test administered by New Mexico public schools.
What does "% Proficient" mean?
It is the share of students at the school who performed at grade level or above on the test, summed across the top two of four performance levels. A higher number is better.
What does 44.4% mean for English Language Arts at CATON MIDDLE?
It means about 44.4 percent of students tested at CATON MIDDLE performed at grade level or above on the NM-MSSA + NM-ASR English Language Arts test in 2024-25. The statewide average for New Mexico that year was 44.2%. The other students fell into the lower performance levels.
How is the state average calculated?
It is a weighted average, not a simple average of each school's number. We multiply each public school's score by how many of its students tested, add those together for all schools in New Mexico, and divide by the total students tested that year. This way a big school with 1,500 students counts more than a small school with 50 students, which is the right way to ask "how did the typical student do this year?". District and county averages on this page use the same method, just scoped to that district or county.
Where does this data come from?
New Mexico Public Education Department, NM-MSSA (ELA + Math) + NM-ASR (Science). School-level All Students subgroup from web.ped.nm.gov public CSV downloads. Headline metric is the cumulative "Proficient + Above" rate (top 2 of 4 MSSA performance levels: Not Proficient / Nearing / Proficient / Advanced).
How often is it updated?
NM-MSSA + NM-ASR is administered once a year (spring). Results are released by the state in the summer or early fall. We refresh this page after each annual release.