EDWARD ORTIZ MIDDLE

Located at 4164 SOUTH MEADOWS, in SANTA FE, New Mexico, EDWARD ORTIZ MIDDLE is an average-sized 6-8 campus that enrolls 416 students (grades 6 through 8), overseen by SANTA FE. Enrollment runs roughly 24% above the state mean of about 335.

EDWARD ORTIZ MIDDLE is one of 29 schools operated by SANTA FE, a district that hosts 11,182 students overall.

In terms of who attends, EDWARD ORTIZ MIDDLE lists that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (94%). The remainder reads as 3% White, 2% Native American. By comparison, Santa Fe County as a whole is about 48% Hispanic, so the school skews visibly more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 42 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 9.8:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 12.5:1 average. Roughly 100% of students at EDWARD ORTIZ MIDDLE qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Santa Fe County runs at roughly 84%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, On a poverty-adjusted basis, EDWARD ORTIZ MIDDLE sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 33.4%; actual is 18.3%, a gap of -15.1 points.

In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for Santa Fe County put median household income runs about $79,071, about 46% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 9%. Across Santa Fe County's 53 public schools (combined enrollment of about 20,719 students), EDWARD ORTIZ MIDDLE is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: CESAR CHAVEZ ELEMENTARY, around 0.4 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts EDWARD ORTIZ MIDDLE at 5th of 6; the average score across the group is 23.8%.

The campus sits in a metropolitan setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. EDWARD ORTIZ MIDDLE's enrollment has edged down 26% since 2018, when it stood at 564 (now 416). Class-load math has fell: from 14.5:1 in 2018 to 9.8:1 in 2025.

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