GALLUP MIDDLE

GALLUP MIDDLE is one of the mid-sized 6-8 campuss in GALLUP, New Mexico, part of GALLUP, with 480 students on its rolls from grades 6 through 8. That puts it 43% larger than the typical public school in New Mexico, which averages around 335 students.

GALLUP MIDDLE is one of 33 schools operated by GALLUP, a district that works with 12,698 students overall.

In terms of who attends, GALLUP MIDDLE lists that 49% of students identify as Native American, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Beyond that, the school logs 31% Hispanic, 12% White, 6% multiracial.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, GALLUP MIDDLE has 58 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 8.3:1. The state averages around 12.5:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 83% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

After controlling for student poverty, GALLUP MIDDLE sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 37.5%; this one delivers 29.2%.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for McKinley County put the typical household earns roughly $47,668 per year, about 13% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 28%. Across McKinley County's 53 public schools (combined enrollment of about 16,807 students), GALLUP MIDDLE is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: RED ROCK ELEMENTARY, around 0.5 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), GALLUP MIDDLE ranks 4th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 32.2%.

Geographically, the school is in a town-center area.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at GALLUP MIDDLE has ticked up 7%, going from 450 students in 2018 to 480 in 2025. Class-load math has pulled in: from 16.1:1 in 2018 to 8.3:1 in 2025.

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