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Enrollment
513
Middle
DISTRICT 388 · STATE 335
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ALAMOGORDO·NCES 350003000003
CHAPARRAL MIDDLE
1401 COLLEGE AVE, ALAMOGORDO, NM 88310 · (575) 812-6300 · Otero County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE33-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL513 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 68% of New Mexico public middle schools
- B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-Beats 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
13.7:1
38 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.4:1 · STATE 12.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
513 students
DISTRICT 100% · 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 | 188 | 37% |
| Grade 7 | 143 | 28% |
| Grade 8 | 182 | 35% |
Student demographics
63%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 63% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
CHAPARRAL MIDDLE→ALAMOGORDO HIGH
Based on grade levels within ALAMOGORDO. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
NM-MSSA + NM-ASR 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
45.5%
NM avg 44.2%
Math
28.6%
NM avg 27.2%
What this means: On the NM-MSSA + NM-ASR, New Mexico's statewide test, about 46 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 29 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
37.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
33.4%
based on NM schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+3.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 37% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 33% 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%.
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 CHAPARRAL MIDDLE
CHAPARRAL MIDDLE's state test result (37.2% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| CHAPARRAL MIDDLE this school | 513 | 100.0% | 37.2% |
| MOUNTAIN VIEW MIDDLE ALAMOGORDO | 479 | 100.0% | 34.3% |
| T OR C MIDDLE T OR C | 255 | 100.0% | 30.2% |
| BERRENDO MIDDLE ROSWELL | 571 | 100.0% | 39.2% |
| JEFFERSON MIDDLE ALBUQUERQUE | 615 | 99.3% | 44.5% |
| LINDSEY-STEINER ELEMENTARY PORTALES | 376 | 99.7% | 34.5% |
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 CHAPARRAL MIDDLE ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In New Mexico |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 37.2% | #26 of 113 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 28.6% | #27 of 120 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 45.5% | #41 of 122 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 513 | #39 of 160 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.7:1 | #61 of 101 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 62.5% | #15 of 103 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 100% | #3 of 116 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -16.9% | #51 of 89 |
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
513
-87 (-14%) vs 2020
-48% since 1990-91, when it was 995
Student : Teacher
13.7:1
was 15.0:1
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 | 513 | 37.5 | 13.7:1 | 100% (513) |
| 2023-24 | 565 | 37 | 15.3:1 | 48% (272) |
| 2022-23 | 627 | 35.5 | 17.7:1 | 43% (268) |
| 2020-21 | 600 | 40 | 15.0:1 | 100% (600) |
| 2017-18 | 617 | 41.6 | 14.8:1 | 62% (380) |
| 2015-16 | 634 | 42 | 15.1:1 | 62% (393) |
| 2010-11 | 679 | 46 | 14.8:1 | 60% (410) |
| 2000-01 | 742 | 39 | 19.0:1 | 39% (288) |
| 1990-91 | 995 | 52 | 19.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for CHAPARRAL MIDDLE.
Since 2017-18: students down 17% (617 to 513); teachers down 10% (41.6 to 37.5).
About CHAPARRAL MIDDLE
CHAPARRAL MIDDLE is a large middle school located in ALAMOGORDO, New Mexico. It offers grades 6 through 8 and has 513 students enrolled. Middle schools in New Mexico have about 335 students on average; enrollment here is 53% higher.
ALAMOGORDO has 14 schools; together they serve 5,227 students.
About 49% of students at CHAPARRAL MIDDLE are Hispanic, the largest single group. The rest of enrollment is 36% White, 7% multiracial, and 5% Black. Among all residents of Otero County, the Hispanic share is about 40%. A diversity index of 63% means there is a 63% chance two randomly chosen students at CHAPARRAL MIDDLE are from different groups.
CHAPARRAL MIDDLE reports a ratio of 13.7 students per teacher, from 37.5 full-time-equivalent teachers. The gap from the 12.5:1 average for middle schools in New Mexico is 1.1 students per teacher. Student poverty is often measured by lunch eligibility; at CHAPARRAL MIDDLE, 100% qualify for free or reduced-price lunch.
CHAPARRAL MIDDLE holds a B+ allk12 Grade, placing it above 68% of New Mexico public middle schools.
Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the BeatsExpectations model predicts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 33.4% for CHAPARRAL MIDDLE. The school posts 37.2%, 3.8 points above the prediction.
In Otero County, home to about 68,816 people, the median household earns about $55,876 a year, roughly 23% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 15% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Otero County's 26 public schools enroll about 7,639 students and include CHAPARRAL MIDDLE.
The closest school to CHAPARRAL MIDDLE is SUNSET HILLS ELEMENTARY, located about 0.6 miles away. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. Its average proficiency rate of 37.2% is below the 42.1% average for nearby schools.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is Town: Remote: in a town far from an urbanized area.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, CHAPARRAL MIDDLE had a net loss of 87 students, or 14%. The ratio was 15.0:1 in 2020-21 and 13.7:1 in 2024-25.
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Otero County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
68,816
Census ACS
Median income
$55,876
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
23%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
15%
Below federal line
Schools in county
26
7,639 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in ALAMOGORDO
- ALAMOGORDO HIGHHigh · 1,440 students
- HOLLOMAN ELEMENTARYElementary · 517 students
- MOUNTAIN VIEW MIDDLEMiddle · 479 students
- DESERT STAR ELEMENTARYElementary · 466 students
- SUNSET HILLS ELEMENTARYElementary · 436 students
- SIERRA ELEMENTARYElementary · 284 students
Other schools in ALAMOGORDO
- ALAMOGORDO HIGHHigh · 1,440 students
- MOUNTAIN VIEW MIDDLEMiddle · 479 students
- DESERT STAR ELEMENTARYElementary · 466 students
- SUNSET HILLS ELEMENTARYElementary · 436 students
- SIERRA ELEMENTARYElementary · 284 students
- BUENA VISTA ELEMENTARYElementary · 222 students
Other Chaparral Middle schools
3 other US public schools in 2 states are named Chaparral Middle. CHAPARRAL MIDDLE is the 4th largest of the 4.
- CHAPARRAL MIDDLECHAPARRAL, NM · 546 students
- Chaparral MiddleDiamond Bar, CA · 1,349 students
- Chaparral MiddleMoorpark, CA · 542 students
Nearby schools
- SUNSET HILLS ELEMENTARY0.6 mi · 436
- BUENA VISTA ELEMENTARY0.7 mi · 222
- STEPPING STONES PRESCHOOL0.8 mi · 114
- NORTH ELEMENTARY0.8 mi · 159
- YUCCA ELEMENTARY0.9 mi · 179
- SIERRA ELEMENTARY1.1 mi · 284
Frequently asked questions
About CHAPARRAL MIDDLEHow many students attend CHAPARRAL MIDDLE?
CHAPARRAL MIDDLE enrolls approximately 513 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does CHAPARRAL MIDDLE serve?
CHAPARRAL MIDDLE serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at CHAPARRAL MIDDLE?
Approximately 13.7:1 students per teacher at CHAPARRAL MIDDLE.
How diverse is CHAPARRAL MIDDLE?
CHAPARRAL MIDDLE reports a student body of 36% White, 49% Hispanic, 5% Black, 1% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Who oversees CHAPARRAL MIDDLE?
CHAPARRAL MIDDLE is overseen by ALAMOGORDO in Otero County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.