CHAPARRAL MIDDLE

CHAPARRAL MIDDLE is one of the substantial middle schools in ALAMOGORDO, New Mexico, one of the schools within ALAMOGORDO, with 513 students on its rolls from grades 6 through 8. By comparison, New Mexico's public schools average about 335 students each, so CHAPARRAL MIDDLE sits 53% bigger than that benchmark.

Within ALAMOGORDO, which oversees 14 schools and 5,227 students, CHAPARRAL MIDDLE is one campus in the system.

Looking at the student body, CHAPARRAL MIDDLE records that the largest single group is Hispanic at 49%, but no single group is in the majority; the rest reads as 36% White, 7% multiracial, 5% Black. The wider county runs roughly 40% Hispanic, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Hispanic than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, On paper, CHAPARRAL MIDDLE has 38 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 13.7:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 12.5:1, putting CHAPARRAL MIDDLE higher than the state norm the norm. About 100% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, CHAPARRAL MIDDLE sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 33.4%; this one delivers 37.2%.

In the area at large, Otero County reports that median household income runs about $55,876, 23% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 15%. CHAPARRAL MIDDLE is one of 26 public schools in Otero County (combined enrollment of about 7,639 students).

The closest other public school is SUNSET HILLS ELEMENTARY, roughly 0.6 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around CHAPARRAL MIDDLE. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), CHAPARRAL MIDDLE ranks 5th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 42.1%.

The campus sits in a town-center setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at CHAPARRAL MIDDLE has ticked down 17%, going from 617 students in 2018 to 513 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 45% to 36% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 14.8:1 in 2018 to 13.7:1 today.

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