CORONADO MIDDLE

CORONADO MIDDLE is one of the micro-enrollment intermediate schools in GALLINA, New Mexico, overseen by JEMEZ MTN, with 25 students on its rolls from grades 6 through 8. Compared to the state average of about 335 students per school, that is 93% leaner than typical.

JEMEZ MTN runs 4 schools in total, collectively educating 178 students. CORONADO MIDDLE is one of those campuses.

Looking at the student body, CORONADO MIDDLE logs that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (84%). The remainder reads as 8% White, 4% multiracial, 4% Native American. The wider county runs roughly 67% Hispanic, putting the school's mix visibly more Hispanic than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 1 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 33.3:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 12.5:1 average. About 96% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (Rio Arriba County) reports that the typical household earns roughly $57,155 per year, 19% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 15%. Across Rio Arriba County's 30 public schools (combined enrollment of about 3,127 students), CORONADO MIDDLE is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is CORONADO HIGH, roughly 0.0 miles away. 2 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

Geographically, the school is in a low-density area.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at CORONADO MIDDLE has decreased 17%, going from 30 students in 2018 to 25 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment shrank from 100% to 84% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio loosened from 9.8:1 in 2018 to 33.3:1 today.

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