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Enrollment
650
Middle
DISTRICT 575 · STATE 335
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·GADSDEN·NCES 350108000631
GADSDEN MIDDLE
1301 WEST WASHINGTON, ANTHONY, NM 88021 · (575) 882-6203 · Doña Ana County
GRADES 07–08MIDDLE41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL650 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 48% 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.
- B-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
13.5:1
48 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.5:1 · STATE 12.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
649 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 7 | 312 | 48% |
| Grade 8 | 338 | 52% |
Student demographics
4%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 7% · 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
44.5%
NM avg 44.2%
Math
18.8%
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 19 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
30.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
33.4%
based on NM schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-3.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 30% 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 GADSDEN MIDDLE
GADSDEN MIDDLE's state test result (30.4% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| GADSDEN MIDDLE this school | 650 | 99.8% | 30.4% |
| SANTA TERESA MIDDLE SANTA TERESA | 528 | 100.0% | 31.0% |
| CHAPARRAL MIDDLE CHAPARRAL | 546 | 100.0% | 28.0% |
| EDWARD ORTIZ MIDDLE SANTA FE | 416 | 100.0% | 18.3% |
| TRUMAN MIDDLE ALBUQUERQUE | 520 | 99.6% | 16.6% |
| RED MOUNTAIN MIDDLE DEMING | 746 | 99.6% | 22.3% |
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 GADSDEN MIDDLE ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In New Mexico | In Doña Ana County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 30.4% | #50 of 113 | #6 of 11 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 18.8% | #57 of 120 | #7 of 11 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 44.5% | #46 of 122 | #6 of 11 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 650 | #20 of 160 | #5 of 12 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.5:1 | #60 of 101 | #9 of 11 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 4.2% | #103 of 103 | #11 of 11 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 99.8% | #48 of 116 | #8 of 11 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -11.9% | #66 of 89 | #6 of 9 |
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
650
-108 (-14%) vs 2020
-59% since 1990-91, when it was 1,592
Student : Teacher
13.5:1
was 13.1:1
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 | 650 | 48 | 13.5:1 | 100% (649) |
| 2023-24 | 658 | 51.1 | 12.9:1 | 100% (658) |
| 2022-23 | 661 | 48.6 | 13.6:1 | 100% (661) |
| 2020-21 | 758 | 58 | 13.1:1 | 100% (758) |
| 2017-18 | 738 | 53.5 | 13.8:1 | 100% (738) |
| 2015-16 | 818 | 60 | 13.6:1 | 100% (818) |
| 2010-11 | 849 | 61 | 13.9:1 | 100% (846) |
| 2000-01 | 923 | 57 | 16.2:1 | 100% (920) |
| 1990-91 | 1,592 | 79 | 20.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for GADSDEN MIDDLE.
Since 2017-18: students down 12% (738 to 650); teachers down 10% (53.5 to 48).
About GADSDEN MIDDLE
GADSDEN MIDDLE is a large middle school in New Mexico, located in ANTHONY. It had 650 students in 2024-25, spanning grades 7 through 8. Middle schools in New Mexico have about 335 students on average; enrollment here is 94% higher.
GADSDEN, which runs GADSDEN MIDDLE, has 26 schools and 11,739 students.
The share of Hispanic students at GADSDEN MIDDLE is 98%. Doña Ana County as a whole is about 68% Hispanic, so the school's share is higher. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, GADSDEN MIDDLE scores 4%.
On staff are 48 full-time-equivalent teachers; the student-to-teacher ratio is 13.5:1. Middle schools in New Mexico average 12.5:1, 1.0 fewer students per teacher than here. GADSDEN MIDDLE has a free or reduced-price lunch rate of 100%. The figure for public schools in Doña Ana County is close, at 98%.
GADSDEN MIDDLE holds a B- allk12 Grade, placing it above 48% of New Mexico public middle schools.
The BeatsExpectations prediction for GADSDEN MIDDLE is 33.4%, and its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 30.4%.
Looking at the county, Doña Ana County, the median household earns about $56,848 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 32%, and roughly 19% of residents are in poverty. Doña Ana County has 81 public schools with about 36,561 students, including GADSDEN MIDDLE.
GADSDEN MIDDLE is about 1.6 miles from Anthony Elementary School, its nearest public school. GADSDEN MIDDLE has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. GADSDEN MIDDLE's average proficiency of 30.4% compares with 41.7% for its nearest scored neighbors.
The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as Rural: Fringe, meaning it is in rural territory close to an urban area.
Over 4 years, enrollment decreased by 108 students, from 758 to 650.
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Doña Ana County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
224,266
Census ACS
Median income
$56,848
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
32%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
19%
Below federal line
Schools in county
81
36,561 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in GADSDEN
- GADSDEN HIGHHigh · 1,219 students
- SANTA TERESA HIGHHigh · 1,154 students
- CHAPARRAL HIGHHigh · 1,067 students
- RIVERSIDE ELEMENTARYElementary · 550 students
- CHAPARRAL MIDDLEMiddle · 546 students
- SANTA TERESA MIDDLEMiddle · 528 students
Other schools in ANTHONY
- GADSDEN HIGHHigh · 1,219 students
- CHAPARRAL HIGHHigh · 1,067 students
- SUNRISE ELEMENTARYElementary · 406 students
- LOMA LINDA ELEMENTARYElementary · 398 students
- LA UNION ELEMENTARYElementary · 340 students
- BERINO ELEMENTARYElementary · 300 students
Other Gadsden Middle schools
One other US public school is named Gadsden Middle. GADSDEN MIDDLE is the largest of the 2.
- Gadsden Middle SchoolGadsden, AL · 438 students
Nearby schools
- Anthony Elementary School1.6 mi · 312
- ANTHONY ELEMENTARY1.7 mi · 163
- GADSDEN HIGH1.7 mi · 1,219
- GADSDEN ELEMENTARY1.7 mi · 379
- Anthony Middle School1.7 mi · 170
- ANTHONY ON-TRACK PREK CENTER1.7 mi · 136
Frequently asked questions
About GADSDEN MIDDLEHow large is GADSDEN MIDDLE?
GADSDEN MIDDLE enrolls approximately 650 students in grades 07-08.
What age range does GADSDEN MIDDLE serve?
GADSDEN MIDDLE serves students from grade 07 through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at GADSDEN MIDDLE?
Approximately 13.5:1 students per teacher at GADSDEN MIDDLE.
What is the racial breakdown of students at GADSDEN MIDDLE?
At GADSDEN MIDDLE, the student body is approximately 2% White, 98% Hispanic, 0% Two or more.
What district is GADSDEN MIDDLE in?
GADSDEN MIDDLE is part of GADSDEN.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.