Enrollment
124
Middle
DISTRICT 100 · STATE 335
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LORDSBURG·NCES 350162000423
DUGAN-TARANGO MIDDLE
1352 HARDIN ST, LORDSBURG, NM 88045 · (575) 542-9806 · Hidalgo County
GRADES 05–08MIDDLE43-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL124 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 69% of New Mexico public middle schools
- B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-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
11.4:1
11 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.8:1 · STATE 12.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
124 students
DISTRICT 92% · STATE 90%
Community
0
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 5 | 30 | 24% |
| Grade 6 | 26 | 21% |
| Grade 7 | 43 | 35% |
| Grade 8 | 25 | 20% |
Student demographics
31%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 27% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
DUGAN-TARANGO MIDDLE→LORDSBURG HIGH
Based on grade levels within LORDSBURG. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
NM-MSSA + NM-ASR 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
44.7%
NM avg 44.2%
Math
10.4%
NM avg 27.2%
What this means: On the NM-MSSA + NM-ASR, New Mexico's statewide test, about 45 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 10 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
38.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
33.4%
based on NM schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+4.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 38% 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 DUGAN-TARANGO MIDDLE
DUGAN-TARANGO MIDDLE's state test result (38.0% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| DUGAN-TARANGO MIDDLE this school | 124 | 100.0% | 38.0% |
| CENTRAL ELEMENTARY BELEN | 166 | 99.4% | 27.4% |
| LOVINGTON 6TH GRADE ACADEMY LOVINGTON | 232 | 100.0% | 43.0% |
| SNELL MIDDLE BAYARD | 201 | 100.0% | 27.1% |
| JAL JR HIGH JAL | 119 | 100.0% | 35.8% |
| DEXTER MIDDLE DEXTER | 178 | 100.0% | 26.4% |
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 DUGAN-TARANGO MIDDLE ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In New Mexico |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 38.0% | #23 of 113 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 10.4% | #101 of 120 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 44.7% | #43 of 122 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 124 | #118 of 160 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 100% | #33 of 116 |
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
124
+47 (+61%) vs 2020
-36% since 1990-91, when it was 195
Student : Teacher
11.4:1
was 19.3:1
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 | 124 | 10.9 | 11.4:1 | 100% (124) |
| 2023-24 | 56 | 4.4 | 12.8:1 | 64% (36) |
| 2022-23 | 60 | 4.1 | 14.6:1 | 55% (33) |
| 2020-21 | 77 | 4 | 19.3:1 | 100% (77) |
| 2017-18 | 68 | 4 | 17.0:1 | 100% (68) |
| 2015-16 | 67 | 5 | 13.4:1 | 76% (51) |
| 2010-11 | 88 | 7 | 12.6:1 | 69% (61) |
| 2000-01 | 120 | 9 | 13.3:1 | 68% (81) |
| 1990-91 | 195 | 13 | 15.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for DUGAN-TARANGO MIDDLE.
Since 2017-18: students up 82% (68 to 124); teachers up 172% (4 to 10.9).
About DUGAN-TARANGO MIDDLE
DUGAN-TARANGO MIDDLE is a middle school in LORDSBURG, New Mexico, and it is part of LORDSBURG. It is open to students in grades 5 through 8 and enrolls 124 students. Middle schools in New Mexico have about 335 students on average; enrollment here is 63% lower.
Across its 4 schools, LORDSBURG enrolls 478 students. DUGAN-TARANGO MIDDLE is one of those schools.
Roughly 81% of students at DUGAN-TARANGO MIDDLE are Hispanic. Enrollment also includes 15% White. Among people living in Hidalgo County, the Hispanic share is about 57%. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, DUGAN-TARANGO MIDDLE scores 31%.
DUGAN-TARANGO MIDDLE lists 10.9 full-time-equivalent teachers; that is about 11.4 students per teacher. The school's 11.4:1 compares with an average of 12.5:1 for middle schools in New Mexico. Free or reduced-price lunch covers 100% of the student body.
Among New Mexico public middle schools, DUGAN-TARANGO MIDDLE outscored 69%, which works out to a B+ on the allk12 Grade.
DUGAN-TARANGO MIDDLE's actual average proficiency rate across its state test results (38.0%) and its predicted rate (33.4%) put it outside the top and bottom 10% of New Mexico schools.
Census data for Hidalgo County show the median household earns about $48,882 a year, roughly 18% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 22% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Counting DUGAN-TARANGO MIDDLE, Hidalgo County has 7 public schools.
CENTRAL ELEMENTARY is less than a tenth of a mile from DUGAN-TARANGO MIDDLE, the shortest distance to any other public school. Other public schools within five miles: 3.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is Rural: Remote.
DUGAN-TARANGO MIDDLE had 77 students in 2020-21 and 124 in 2024-25, according to federal records. Those counts may cover different grade spans. The ratio of students to teachers went from 19.3:1 to 11.4:1 over the same years.
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Hidalgo County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
4,041
Census ACS
Median income
$48,882
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
18%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
22%
Below federal line
Schools in county
7
643 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in LORDSBURG
- R.V.TRAYLOR ELEMENTARYElementary · 158 students
- LORDSBURG HIGHHigh · 121 students
- CENTRAL ELEMENTARYMiddle · 75 students
Other schools in LORDSBURG
- R.V.TRAYLOR ELEMENTARYElementary · 158 students
- LORDSBURG HIGHHigh · 121 students
- CENTRAL ELEMENTARYMiddle · 75 students
Nearby schools
- CENTRAL ELEMENTARY0.0 mi · 75
- R.V.TRAYLOR ELEMENTARY0.7 mi · 158
- LORDSBURG HIGH1.0 mi · 121
- ANIMAS 7-12 SCHOOL27.3 mi · 90
- ANIMAS MIDDLE27.3 mi · 27
- ANIMAS ELEMENTARY27.3 mi · 48
Frequently asked questions
About DUGAN-TARANGO MIDDLEHow large is DUGAN-TARANGO MIDDLE?
DUGAN-TARANGO MIDDLE enrolls approximately 124 students in grades 05-08.
What grades does DUGAN-TARANGO MIDDLE serve?
DUGAN-TARANGO MIDDLE serves grades 05-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at DUGAN-TARANGO MIDDLE?
The student-to-teacher ratio at DUGAN-TARANGO MIDDLE is approximately 11.4:1 (11 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at DUGAN-TARANGO MIDDLE?
Student demographics at DUGAN-TARANGO MIDDLE are roughly 15% White, 81% Hispanic, 2% Black, 2% Two or more.
What district is DUGAN-TARANGO MIDDLE in?
DUGAN-TARANGO MIDDLE is part of LORDSBURG.
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