CROWNPOINT MIDDLE

Set in CROWNPOINT, New Mexico, CROWNPOINT MIDDLE is an intimate middle school, overseen by GALLUP. It instructs 226 students across grades 6 through 8. Compared to the state average of about 335 students per school, that is 33% smaller than typical.

GALLUP comprises 33 schools with combined enrollment of 12,698 students; CROWNPOINT MIDDLE is among them.

In terms of who attends, CROWNPOINT MIDDLE lists that the most-represented group is Native American (55%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. The remainder looks like 25% Hispanic, 9% White, 8% multiracial, 2% Black.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 47 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 4.8:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 12.5:1, putting CROWNPOINT MIDDLE tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 81% of students at CROWNPOINT MIDDLE qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, CROWNPOINT MIDDLE performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 38.1%, the actual is 27.6%, a residual of -10.5 points.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for McKinley County put the typical household earns roughly $47,668 per year, about 13% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 28%. Across McKinley County's 53 public schools (combined enrollment of about 16,807 students), CROWNPOINT MIDDLE is one campus in the mix.

CROWNPOINT HIGH is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. 3 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The campus sits in a countryside setting.

Looking at the recent track record. CROWNPOINT MIDDLE's enrollment has grew 31% since 2018, when it stood at 173 (now 226). The Hispanic share of enrollment climbed from 1% to 25% over that span. Class-load math has tightened: from 12.3:1 in 2018 to 4.8:1 in 2025.

Inside the community feed, recent activity here tends to focus on school events, parent volunteer needs, and clubs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.