CLEVELAND MIDDLE

CLEVELAND MIDDLE is one of the average-sized 6-8 campuss in ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico, overseen by ALBUQUERQUE, with 474 students on its rolls from grades 6 through 8. Compared to the state average of about 335 students per school, that is 41% above typical.

CLEVELAND MIDDLE is one of 171 schools operated by ALBUQUERQUE, a district that hosts 74,041 students overall.

On demographics, CLEVELAND MIDDLE records that 54% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. The remainder comes out to 17% White, 14% Native American, 7% multiracial, 5% Black.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 39 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 12.3:1 students per teacher. That tracks the state average closely. Around 99% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Bernalillo County (around 90%), the school's rate is north of typical.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, CLEVELAND MIDDLE performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 33.7%, the actual is 38.9%, a residual of +5.2 points.

Across the wider county, Bernalillo County reports that median household earnings sit near $69,473, 38% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. CLEVELAND MIDDLE is one of 211 public schools in Bernalillo County (combined enrollment of about 85,724 students).

The closest other public school is NEW MEXICO INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL, roughly 0.4 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around CLEVELAND MIDDLE. On composite proficiency, CLEVELAND MIDDLE comes 4th of 6 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 38.9%.

The campus sits in an urban setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at CLEVELAND MIDDLE has edged down 24%, going from 622 students in 2018 to 474 in 2025. The White share of enrollment decreased from 24% to 17% over that span. Class-load math has tightened: from 14.3:1 in 2018 to 12.3:1 in 2025.

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