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How has EDWARD ORTIZ MIDDLE changed in the last five years, for better or worse?
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Enrollment
416
Middle
DISTRICT 373 · STATE 335
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SANTA FE·NCES 350237000610
EDWARD ORTIZ MIDDLE
4164 SOUTH MEADOWS, SANTA FE, NM 87505 · (505) 467-2300 · Santa Fe County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL416 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 6% of New Mexico public middle schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats 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
9.8:1
42 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.9:1 · STATE 12.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
416 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 | 125 | 30% |
| Grade 7 | 137 | 33% |
| Grade 8 | 154 | 37% |
Student demographics
12%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 34% · 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
Based on grade levels within SANTA FE. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
NM-MSSA + NM-ASR 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
25.9%
NM avg 44.2%
Math
7.2%
NM avg 27.2%
What this means: On the NM-MSSA + NM-ASR, New Mexico's statewide test, about 26 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 7 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of NM schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
18.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
33.4%
based on NM schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-15.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 18% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 33% typical for New Mexico schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 EDWARD ORTIZ MIDDLE
EDWARD ORTIZ MIDDLE's state test result (18.3% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| EDWARD ORTIZ MIDDLE this school | 416 | 100.0% | 18.3% |
| SANTA TERESA MIDDLE SANTA TERESA | 528 | 100.0% | 31.0% |
| WEST LAS VEGAS MIDDLE SCHOOL LAS VEGAS | 345 | 100.0% | 26.2% |
| MILAGRO MIDDLE SANTA FE | 329 | 100.0% | 24.5% |
| CHAPARRAL MIDDLE CHAPARRAL | 546 | 100.0% | 28.0% |
| TRUMAN MIDDLE ALBUQUERQUE | 520 | 99.6% | 16.6% |
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 EDWARD ORTIZ MIDDLE ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In New Mexico |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 18.3% | #105 of 113 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 7.2% | #115 of 120 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 25.9% | #112 of 122 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 416 | #56 of 160 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 9.8:1 | #13 of 101 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 11.5% | #98 of 103 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 100% | #42 of 116 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -26.2% | #27 of 89 |
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
416
-121 (-23%) vs 2020
-29% since 2000-01, when it was 585
Student : Teacher
9.8:1
was 12.2:1
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 | 416 | 42.3 | 9.8:1 | 100% (416) |
| 2023-24 | 447 | 40.8 | 11.0:1 | 99% (442) |
| 2022-23 | 441 | 40.8 | 10.8:1 | 100% (441) |
| 2020-21 | 537 | 44 | 12.2:1 | 100% (537) |
| 2017-18 | 564 | 38.8 | 14.5:1 | 100% (564) |
| 2015-16 | 538 | 45 | 12.0:1 | 99% (535) |
| 2010-11 | 722 | 45 | 16.0:1 | 100% (719) |
| 2000-01 | 585 | 47 | 12.4:1 | 74% (433) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for EDWARD ORTIZ MIDDLE.
Since 2017-18: students down 26% (564 to 416); teachers up 9% (38.8 to 42.3).
About EDWARD ORTIZ MIDDLE
EDWARD ORTIZ MIDDLE is classified as a middle school. It is located in SANTA FE, New Mexico. The school enrolls 416 students, from grades 6 through 8. An average school in this group (middle schools in New Mexico) has about 335 students.
Within SANTA FE, EDWARD ORTIZ MIDDLE is one of 29 schools. The district enrolls 11,182 students.
Most students at EDWARD ORTIZ MIDDLE are Hispanic: 94% of enrollment. The remaining students are 3% White and 2% Native American. Census figures show Santa Fe County is about 48% Hispanic. By the diversity index, EDWARD ORTIZ MIDDLE comes in at 12%.
The school reports 42.3 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to about 9.8 students per teacher. For comparison, middle schools in New Mexico average 12.5:1. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility covers 100% of students. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Santa Fe County is 84%.
Measured against New Mexico public middle schools, EDWARD ORTIZ MIDDLE receives a D. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
On BeatsExpectations, which compares test results with what a school's student poverty level would predict, EDWARD ORTIZ MIDDLE ranks in the bottom 10% in New Mexico. Its average proficiency rate on state tests is 18.3%, against a prediction of 33.4%.
Census estimates describe Santa Fe County this way: median household income is about $79,071, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 46% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 9%. Federal data list 53 public schools in Santa Fe County, with a combined enrollment of about 20,719.
Nearest public school: CESAR CHAVEZ ELEMENTARY, about 0.4 miles away. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. Compared with its nearest neighbors, EDWARD ORTIZ MIDDLE ranks 5th of 6 on average proficiency.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is City: Small: inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.
EDWARD ORTIZ MIDDLE had 537 students in 2020-21 and 416 in 2024-25, a 23% decrease. Staffing shifted too: the ratio moved from 12.2:1 to 9.8:1.
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Santa Fe County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
156,105
Census ACS
Median income
$79,071
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
46%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
53
20,719 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in SANTA FE
- SANTA FE HIGHHigh · 1,491 students
- CAPITAL HIGHHigh · 1,388 students
- EL CAMINO REAL ACADEMY COMMUNITYElementary · 704 students
- NINA OTERO COMMUNITY SCHOOLElementary · 629 students
- PINON ELEMENTARYElementary · 513 students
- EL DORADO COMMUNITY SCHOOLElementary · 432 students
Other schools in SANTA FE
- SANTA FE HIGHHigh · 1,491 students
- NEW MEXICO CONNECTIONS ACADEMYCombined · 1,487 students
- CAPITAL HIGHHigh · 1,388 students
- EL CAMINO REAL ACADEMY COMMUNITYElementary · 704 students
- Santa Fe Indian SchoolHigh · 701 students
- NINA OTERO COMMUNITY SCHOOLElementary · 629 students
Nearby schools
- CESAR CHAVEZ ELEMENTARY0.4 mi · 290
- R.M. SWEENEY ELEMENTARY0.4 mi · 265
- CAPITAL HIGH0.7 mi · 1,388
- NINA OTERO COMMUNITY SCHOOL0.7 mi · 629
- DESERT SAGE ACADEMY1.0 mi · 69
- RAMIREZ THOMAS ELEMENTARY1.0 mi · 417
Frequently asked questions
About EDWARD ORTIZ MIDDLEWhat is the total enrollment at EDWARD ORTIZ MIDDLE?
EDWARD ORTIZ MIDDLE enrolls approximately 416 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does EDWARD ORTIZ MIDDLE serve?
EDWARD ORTIZ MIDDLE serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many teachers does EDWARD ORTIZ MIDDLE have?
EDWARD ORTIZ MIDDLE employs 42 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 9.8:1.
How diverse is EDWARD ORTIZ MIDDLE?
EDWARD ORTIZ MIDDLE reports a student body of 3% White, 94% Hispanic, 0% Black, 0% Asian, 0% Two or more.
Who oversees EDWARD ORTIZ MIDDLE?
EDWARD ORTIZ MIDDLE is overseen by SANTA FE in Santa Fe County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.