Enrollment
282
Middle
DISTRICT 423 · STATE 335
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ALBUQUERQUE·NCES 350006000056
GARFIELD MIDDLE
3501 SIXTH ST NW, ALBUQUERQUE, NM 87107 · (505) 344-1647 · Bernalillo County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL282 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
11.4:1
25 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.6:1 · STATE 12.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
99%
280 students
DISTRICT 92% · STATE 90%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. 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
32.9%
NM avg 44.2%
Math
12.3%
NM avg 27.2%
What this means: On the NM-MSSA + NM-ASR, New Mexico's statewide test, about 33 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 12 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
24.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
33.6%
based on NM schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-9.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 25% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 34% 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 →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
282
-104 (-27%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
11.4:1
was 13.6:1
% White
10%
was 8%
% Hispanic
85%
was 87%
% Black
1%
was 1%
% Asian
0%
was 0%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About 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.
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Bernalillo County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
673,930
Census ACS
Median income
$69,473
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
38%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
211
85,724 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in ALBUQUERQUE
- VOLCANO VISTA HIGHHigh · 2,089 students
- ATRISCO HERITAGE ACADEMY HSHigh · 1,930 students
- LA CUEVA HIGHHigh · 1,826 students
- SANDIA HIGHHigh · 1,618 students
- ELDORADO HIGHCombined · 1,579 students
- ALBUQUERQUE HIGHHigh · 1,568 students
Other schools in ALBUQUERQUE
- VOLCANO VISTA HIGHHigh · 2,089 students
- ATRISCO HERITAGE ACADEMY HSHigh · 1,930 students
- LA CUEVA HIGHHigh · 1,826 students
- SANDIA HIGHHigh · 1,618 students
- ELDORADO HIGHCombined · 1,579 students
- ALBUQUERQUE HIGHHigh · 1,568 students
Nearby schools
- GORDON BERNELL CHARTER0.4 mi · 175
- LOS PUENTES CHARTER0.5 mi · 139
- VALLEY HIGH0.8 mi · 962
- NATIVE AMERICAN COMMUNITY ACADEMY0.8 mi · 428
- COCHITI ELEMENTARY0.9 mi · 247
- FOOTHILL HIGH SCHOOL1.0 mi · 57
Frequently asked questions
About GARFIELD MIDDLEHow many students attend GARFIELD MIDDLE?
GARFIELD MIDDLE enrolls approximately 282 students in grades 06-08.
Is GARFIELD MIDDLE an elementary, middle, or high school?
GARFIELD MIDDLE is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
How many teachers does GARFIELD MIDDLE have?
GARFIELD MIDDLE employs 25 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 11.4:1.
What is the student diversity at GARFIELD MIDDLE?
Student demographics at GARFIELD MIDDLE are roughly 10% White, 85% Hispanic, 1% Black, 2% Two or more.
What district is GARFIELD MIDDLE in?
GARFIELD MIDDLE is part of ALBUQUERQUE.
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