EDGEWOOD MIDDLE

Set in MORIARTY, New Mexico, EDGEWOOD MIDDLE is a low-enrollment middle school, part of MORIARTY-EDGEWOOD. It enrolls 281 students across grades 6 through 8.

MORIARTY-EDGEWOOD comprises 7 schools with combined enrollment of 2,361 students; EDGEWOOD MIDDLE is among them.

In terms of who attends, EDGEWOOD MIDDLE logs that the most-represented group is Hispanic (47%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. The remainder reads as 44% White, 8% multiracial. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

In terms of school funding signals, The school reports having 21 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 13.5:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 12.5:1 average. Roughly 100% of students at EDGEWOOD MIDDLE qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is higher than Santa Fe County's rate of about 84%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), EDGEWOOD MIDDLE is in the OUTPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations model, which fits a per-state line through proficiency and FRL share. Schools with this campus's poverty mix typically land near 33.4%; this one delivers 50.3%, a residual of +16.9 points.

Across the wider county, census data for Santa Fe County shows median household income runs about $79,071, roughly 46% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. EDGEWOOD MIDDLE is one of 53 public schools in Santa Fe County (combined enrollment of about 20,719 students).

Nearest neighbor: ESTANCIA VALLEY CLASSICAL ACADEMY, around 1.4 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 4 other public schools cluster around EDGEWOOD MIDDLE. On composite proficiency, EDGEWOOD MIDDLE comes 4th of 5 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 51.9%.

EDGEWOOD MIDDLE operates from a rural location.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 19%: 346 students in 2018 compared to 281 in 2025. The White share of enrollment decreased from 55% to 44% over that span. Class-load math has fell: from 16.8:1 in 2018 to 13.5:1 in 2025.

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