CHAPARRAL MIDDLE

Set in CHAPARRAL, New Mexico, CHAPARRAL MIDDLE is a high-enrollment middle school, operated by GADSDEN. It instructs 546 students across grades 7 through 8. By comparison, New Mexico's public schools average about 335 students each, so CHAPARRAL MIDDLE sits 63% bigger than that benchmark.

GADSDEN comprises 26 schools with combined enrollment of 11,739 students; CHAPARRAL MIDDLE is among them.

Demographically, CHAPARRAL MIDDLE logs that nearly all students (96%) are Hispanic; the rest looks like 3% White. The wider county runs roughly 68% Hispanic, putting the school's mix noticeably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 42 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.1:1 students per teacher. The state averages about 12.5:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Around 100% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, 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 28.0%.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Doñan Ana County shows the typical household earns roughly $56,848 per year, 32% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 19%. Across Doñan Ana County's 81 public schools (combined enrollment of about 36,561 students), CHAPARRAL MIDDLE is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: CHAPARRAL ELEMENTARY, around 0.2 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 6 other public schools cluster around CHAPARRAL MIDDLE. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), CHAPARRAL MIDDLE ranks 5th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 35.2%.

The campus sits in a rural setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at CHAPARRAL MIDDLE has edged down 9%, going from 600 students in 2018 to 546 in 2025. Class-load math has narrowed: from 17.4:1 in 2018 to 13.1:1 in 2025.

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