GARFIELD MIDDLE

GARFIELD MIDDLE is a small intermediate school in ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico, run under ALBUQUERQUE. The school caters to 282 students in grades 6 through 8.

ALBUQUERQUE runs 171 schools in total, collectively educating 74,041 students. GARFIELD MIDDLE is one of those campuses.

Looking at the student body, GARFIELD MIDDLE reports that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (85%); the rest consists of 10% White, 2% multiracial. That is visibly more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 49%.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 11.4:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 12.5:1 average. Around 99% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is above Bernalillo County's rate of about 90%.

After controlling for student poverty, GARFIELD MIDDLE sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 33.6%; this one delivers 24.6%.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Bernalillo County put median household earnings sit near $69,473, about 38% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. Across Bernalillo County's 211 public schools (combined enrollment of about 85,724 students), GARFIELD MIDDLE is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is GORDON BERNELL CHARTER, roughly 0.4 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, GARFIELD MIDDLE comes 5th of 5 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 39.5%.

The campus sits in a high-density setting.

Over the past 7-year window. GARFIELD MIDDLE's enrollment has shrank 27% since 2018, when it stood at 386 (now 282). The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 13.6:1 in 2018 to 11.4:1 today.

In the discussion threads here, recent activity here tends to focus on school events, parent volunteer needs, and clubs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.