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What do students at CHAPARRAL MIDDLE actually talk about outside of class?
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Enrollment
546
Middle
DISTRICT 575 · STATE 335
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·GADSDEN·NCES 350108000202
CHAPARRAL MIDDLE
290 LISA DR, CHAPARRAL, NM 88021 · (575) 882-6203 · Doña Ana County
GRADES 07–08MIDDLE42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL546 STUDENTS
C+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 41% of New Mexico public middle schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-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
13.1:1
42 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.5:1 · STATE 12.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
546 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 7 | 283 | 52% |
| Grade 8 | 263 | 48% |
Student demographics
7%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 7% · 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
37.8%
NM avg 44.2%
Math
19.5%
NM avg 27.2%
What this means: On the NM-MSSA + NM-ASR, New Mexico's statewide test, about 38 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 20 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
28.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
33.4%
based on NM schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-5.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 28% 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 (28.0% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| CHAPARRAL MIDDLE this school | 546 | 100.0% | 28.0% |
| SANTA TERESA MIDDLE SANTA TERESA | 528 | 100.0% | 31.0% |
| TRUMAN MIDDLE ALBUQUERQUE | 520 | 99.6% | 16.6% |
| GADSDEN MIDDLE ANTHONY | 650 | 99.8% | 30.4% |
| ERNIE PYLE MIDDLE ALBUQUERQUE | 409 | 99.5% | 17.3% |
| EDWARD ORTIZ MIDDLE SANTA FE | 416 | 100.0% | 18.3% |
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 | In Doña Ana County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 28.0% | #60 of 113 | #9 of 11 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 19.5% | #53 of 120 | #5 of 11 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 37.8% | #75 of 122 | #10 of 11 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 546 | #32 of 160 | #8 of 12 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.1:1 | #51 of 101 | #7 of 11 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 7.5% | #99 of 103 | #8 of 11 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 100% | #23 of 116 | #2 of 11 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -9.0% | #74 of 89 | #8 of 9 |
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
546
-64 (-10%) vs 2020
-23% since 2000-01, when it was 705
Student : Teacher
13.1:1
was 16.5:1
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 | 546 | 41.6 | 13.1:1 | 100% (546) |
| 2023-24 | 545 | 38 | 14.3:1 | 100% (545) |
| 2022-23 | 608 | 38.1 | 16.0:1 | 100% (608) |
| 2020-21 | 610 | 37 | 16.5:1 | 100% (610) |
| 2017-18 | 600 | 34.5 | 17.4:1 | 100% (600) |
| 2015-16 | 566 | 37 | 15.3:1 | 100% (566) |
| 2010-11 | 559 | 40 | 14.0:1 | 99% (556) |
| 2000-01 | 705 | 45 | 15.7:1 | 90% (634) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for CHAPARRAL MIDDLE.
Since 2017-18: students down 9% (600 to 546); teachers up 21% (34.5 to 41.6).
About CHAPARRAL MIDDLE
In CHAPARRAL, New Mexico, part of Doña Ana County, CHAPARRAL MIDDLE is a middle school. Its 546 students are spread across grades 7 through 8. The school's enrollment is 63% bigger than the 335 average for middle schools in New Mexico.
GADSDEN enrolls 11,739 students in 26 schools, including CHAPARRAL MIDDLE.
The large majority of students at CHAPARRAL MIDDLE, 96%, are Hispanic. The remaining shares are 3% White. Doña Ana County as a whole is about 68% Hispanic, so the school's share is higher. The chance that two students picked at random at CHAPARRAL MIDDLE belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 7%.
Teachers at the school number 41.6 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 13.1:1. Across middle schools in New Mexico, the average ratio is about 12.5:1. Roughly 100% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price lunch. That is close to the 98% average for public schools in Doña Ana County.
The allk12 Grade for CHAPARRAL MIDDLE is C+. Compared with New Mexico public middle schools, the school scored higher than 41% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
The model predicts 33.4% for a school in New Mexico with CHAPARRAL MIDDLE's free or reduced-price lunch share. CHAPARRAL MIDDLE posts 28.0%.
Across Doña Ana County, median household income is about $56,848, about 32% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 19%. CHAPARRAL MIDDLE is among the 81 public schools in Doña Ana County.
The closest other public school is CHAPARRAL ELEMENTARY, about 0.2 miles away. There are 6 other public schools within five miles. CHAPARRAL MIDDLE ranks 5th of 7 among nearby schools on average proficiency, with 28.0% against a local average of 35.8%.
In the federal locale system, CHAPARRAL MIDDLE is coded Rural: Distant, for schools in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
The number of students declined from 610 to 546 over 4 years. From 2020-21 to 2024-25, the ratio fell from 16.5:1 to 13.1:1.
Conversations here can range across science fairs, picture day, and bus routes. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
Doña Ana County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
224,266
Census ACS
Median income
$56,848
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
32%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
19%
Below federal line
Schools in county
81
36,561 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in GADSDEN
- GADSDEN HIGHHigh · 1,219 students
- SANTA TERESA HIGHHigh · 1,154 students
- CHAPARRAL HIGHHigh · 1,067 students
- GADSDEN MIDDLEMiddle · 650 students
- RIVERSIDE ELEMENTARYElementary · 550 students
- SANTA TERESA MIDDLEMiddle · 528 students
Other schools in CHAPARRAL
- DESERT TRAIL ELEMENTARYElementary · 479 students
- CHAPARRAL ELEMENTARYElementary · 437 students
- OTERO COUNTY PRISONHigh · 2 students
Other Chaparral Middle schools
3 other US public schools in 2 states are named Chaparral Middle. CHAPARRAL MIDDLE is the 2nd largest of the 4.
- CHAPARRAL MIDDLEALAMOGORDO, NM · 513 students
- Chaparral MiddleDiamond Bar, CA · 1,349 students
- Chaparral MiddleMoorpark, CA · 542 students
Nearby schools
- CHAPARRAL ELEMENTARY0.2 mi · 437
- DESERT TRAIL ELEMENTARY0.3 mi · 479
- CHAPARRAL ON-TRACK PREK CENTER1.7 mi · 160
- CHAPARRAL HIGH1.7 mi · 1,067
- SUNRISE ELEMENTARY2.0 mi · 406
- YUCCA HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY5.0 mi · 439
Frequently asked questions
About CHAPARRAL MIDDLEHow large is CHAPARRAL MIDDLE?
CHAPARRAL MIDDLE enrolls approximately 546 students in grades 07-08.
Is CHAPARRAL MIDDLE an elementary, middle, or high school?
CHAPARRAL MIDDLE is a middle school covering grades 07-08.
How many teachers does CHAPARRAL MIDDLE have?
CHAPARRAL MIDDLE employs 42 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.1:1.
What is the student diversity at CHAPARRAL MIDDLE?
Student demographics at CHAPARRAL MIDDLE are roughly 3% White, 96% Hispanic, 1% Black, 0% Two or more.
Is CHAPARRAL MIDDLE public or private?
CHAPARRAL MIDDLE is a public K-12 school, overseen by GADSDEN.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.