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Teachers: what resource would make the biggest difference at EAGLE RIDGE MIDDLE this year?
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Enrollment
732
Middle
DISTRICT 873 · STATE 335
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·RIO RANCHO·NCES 350001000761
EAGLE RIDGE MIDDLE
800 FRUTA RD, RIO RANCHO, NM 87124 · (505) 892-6630 · Sandoval County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL732 STUDENTS
A
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Scored higher than 88% of New Mexico public middle schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats 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
14.2:1
52 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 18.9:1 · STATE 12.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
732 students
DISTRICT 100% · STATE 90%
Community
1
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 6 | 218 | 30% |
| Grade 7 | 244 | 33% |
| Grade 8 | 270 | 37% |
Student demographics
54%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 56% · 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
Test scores
NM-MSSA + NM-ASR 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
56.3%
NM avg 44.2%
Math
32.2%
NM avg 27.2%
What this means: On the NM-MSSA + NM-ASR, New Mexico's statewide test, about 56 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 32 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
47.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
33.4%
based on NM schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+14.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 48% 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 EAGLE RIDGE MIDDLE
EAGLE RIDGE MIDDLE's state test result (47.6% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| EAGLE RIDGE MIDDLE this school | 732 | 100.0% | 47.6% |
| VALENCIA MIDDLE SCHOOL LOS LUNAS | 445 | 99.8% | 27.7% |
| RIO RANCHO MIDDLE SCHOOL RIO RANCHO | 1,024 | 99.8% | 50.9% |
| LOS LUNAS MIDDLE LOS LUNAS | 719 | 99.9% | 34.4% |
| RUIDOSO MIDDLE RUIDOSO | 373 | 99.7% | 41.8% |
| PICACHO MIDDLE LAS CRUCES | 698 | 100.0% | 27.2% |
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 EAGLE RIDGE MIDDLE ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In New Mexico | In Sandoval County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 47.6% | #10 of 113 | N/A |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 32.2% | #20 of 120 | #4 of 7 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 56.3% | #13 of 122 | #3 of 7 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 732 | #13 of 160 | #4 of 10 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.2:1 | #70 of 101 | #2 of 6 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 53.6% | #35 of 103 | #5 of 6 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 100% | #2 of 116 | N/A |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -16.0% | #52 of 89 | N/A |
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
732
-143 (-16%) vs 2020
-16% since 2000-01, when it was 874
Student : Teacher
14.2:1
was 14.8:1
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 | 732 | 51.6 | 14.2:1 | 100% (732) |
| 2023-24 | 777 | 44.5 | 17.5:1 | 47% (364) |
| 2022-23 | 823 | 56.7 | 14.5:1 | 100% (823) |
| 2020-21 | 875 | 59 | 14.8:1 | 42% (371) |
| 2017-18 | 871 | 50.4 | 17.3:1 | 57% (498) |
| 2015-16 | 820 | 51 | 16.1:1 | 58% (476) |
| 2010-11 | 848 | 49 | 17.3:1 | 64% (539) |
| 2000-01 | 874 | 58 | 15.1:1 | 34% (301) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for EAGLE RIDGE MIDDLE.
Since 2017-18: students down 16% (871 to 732); teachers up 2% (50.4 to 51.6).
About EAGLE RIDGE MIDDLE
EAGLE RIDGE MIDDLE is a large middle school found in RIO RANCHO, New Mexico. The school reports 732 students in grades 6 through 8. The school's enrollment is 119% larger than the 335 average for middle schools in New Mexico.
EAGLE RIDGE MIDDLE is in RIO RANCHO, a district with 16,461 students across 20 schools.
By race and ethnicity, EAGLE RIDGE MIDDLE is 62% Hispanic. The school is also 26% White, 8% multiracial, and 2% Native American. That is higher than the 40% Hispanic share among all Sandoval County residents. The chance that two students picked at random at EAGLE RIDGE MIDDLE belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 54%.
With 51.6 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25, the ratio at EAGLE RIDGE MIDDLE was 14.2:1. Among middle schools in New Mexico, the typical ratio is 12.5:1. EAGLE RIDGE MIDDLE's free or reduced-price lunch eligibility rate is 100%.
EAGLE RIDGE MIDDLE is graded A by allk12, scoring above 88% of New Mexico public middle schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Compared with New Mexico schools that have similar shares of low-income students, EAGLE RIDGE MIDDLE's results are 14.2 points above predicted: 47.6% against 33.4%.
Among Sandoval County residents, median household income is about $86,636, roughly 34% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Federal data list 49 public schools in Sandoval County, with a combined enrollment of about 22,445.
Nearest public school: ERNEST STAPLETON ELEMENTARY, about 0.4 miles away. The five-mile area around EAGLE RIDGE MIDDLE holds at least 8 other public schools. Nearby schools average 42.3% on proficiency, and EAGLE RIDGE MIDDLE is above that at 47.6%.
Its location is classified as Suburb: Large by the National Center for Education Statistics.
Federal counts put enrollment at 875 in 2020-21 and 732 in 2024-25, a 16% decrease.
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Sandoval County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
153,604
Census ACS
Median income
$86,636
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
34%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
49
22,445 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in RIO RANCHO
- CLEVELAND HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,596 students
- RIO RANCHO HIGHHigh · 2,568 students
- RIO RANCHO MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 1,024 students
- MOUNTAIN VIEW MIDDLEMiddle · 931 students
- LINCOLN MIDDLEMiddle · 805 students
- ERNEST STAPLETON ELEMENTARYElementary · 798 students
Other schools in RIO RANCHO
- CLEVELAND HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,596 students
- RIO RANCHO HIGHHigh · 2,568 students
- RIO RANCHO MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 1,024 students
- MOUNTAIN VIEW MIDDLEMiddle · 931 students
- LINCOLN MIDDLEMiddle · 805 students
- ERNEST STAPLETON ELEMENTARYElementary · 798 students
Other Eagle Ridge Middle schools
2 other US public schools in 3 states are named Eagle Ridge Middle. EAGLE RIDGE MIDDLE is the 2nd largest of the 3.
- Eagle Ridge MiddleAshburn, VA · 1,258 students
- Eagle Ridge Middle SchoolSAVAGE, MN · 46 students
Nearby schools
- ERNEST STAPLETON ELEMENTARY0.4 mi · 798
- RIO RANCHO HIGH0.9 mi · 2,568
- LINCOLN MIDDLE1.1 mi · 805
- RIO RANCHO MIDDLE SCHOOL1.6 mi · 1,024
- SHINING STARS PRESCHOOL1.7 mi · 590
- THE ASK ACADEMY2.2 mi · 558
Frequently asked questions
About EAGLE RIDGE MIDDLEHow large is EAGLE RIDGE MIDDLE?
EAGLE RIDGE MIDDLE enrolls approximately 732 students in grades 06-08.
Is EAGLE RIDGE MIDDLE an elementary, middle, or high school?
EAGLE RIDGE MIDDLE is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at EAGLE RIDGE MIDDLE?
The student-to-teacher ratio at EAGLE RIDGE MIDDLE is approximately 14.2:1 (52 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at EAGLE RIDGE MIDDLE?
At EAGLE RIDGE MIDDLE, the student body is approximately 26% White, 62% Hispanic, 1% Black, 0% Asian, 8% Two or more.
What district is EAGLE RIDGE MIDDLE in?
EAGLE RIDGE MIDDLE is part of RIO RANCHO.
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