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
C-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 23% of New Mexico public middle schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats 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
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, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 87 | 31% |
| Grade 7 | 96 | 34% |
| Grade 8 | 99 | 35% |
Student demographics
26%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 52% · 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
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 →
Schools most like GARFIELD MIDDLE
GARFIELD MIDDLE's state test result (24.6% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| GARFIELD MIDDLE this school | 282 | 99.3% | 24.6% |
| MESA MIDDLE ROSWELL | 350 | 100.0% | 25.4% |
| LOVINGTON 6TH GRADE ACADEMY LOVINGTON | 232 | 100.0% | 43.0% |
| JOHN ADAMS MIDDLE ALBUQUERQUE | 420 | 99.5% | 20.6% |
| SNELL MIDDLE BAYARD | 201 | 100.0% | 27.1% |
| WASHINGTON MIDDLE ALBUQUERQUE | 248 | 99.2% | 17.3% |
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 GARFIELD MIDDLE ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In New Mexico | In Bernalillo County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 24.6% | #83 of 113 | #18 of 31 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 12.3% | #94 of 120 | #17 of 31 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 32.9% | #87 of 122 | #16 of 31 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 282 | #83 of 160 | #23 of 31 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.4:1 | #34 of 101 | #14 of 28 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 26.5% | #80 of 103 | #21 of 28 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 99.3% | #75 of 116 | #19 of 31 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -26.9% | #24 of 89 | #16 of 25 |
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
282
-78 (-22%) vs 2020
-53% since 1990-91, when it was 605
Student : Teacher
11.4:1
was 10.9:1
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 | 282 | 24.7 | 11.4:1 | 99% (280) |
| 2023-24 | 303 | 25.1 | 12.1:1 | N/A |
| 2022-23 | 315 | 26.1 | 12.1:1 | 100% (315) |
| 2020-21 | 360 | 33 | 10.9:1 | 100% (360) |
| 2017-18 | 386 | 28.3 | 13.6:1 | 100% (386) |
| 2015-16 | 336 | 27 | 12.4:1 | 100% (336) |
| 2010-11 | 356 | 30 | 11.9:1 | 90% (319) |
| 2000-01 | 644 | 47 | 13.7:1 | 72% (463) |
| 1990-91 | 605 | 40 | 15.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for GARFIELD MIDDLE.
Since 2017-18: students down 27% (386 to 282); teachers down 13% (28.3 to 24.7).
About GARFIELD MIDDLE
GARFIELD MIDDLE is a low-enrollment middle school in ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico, (ZIP code 87107). It offers grades 6 through 8 and has 282 students enrolled.
ALBUQUERQUE, which runs GARFIELD MIDDLE, has 172 schools and 74,800 students.
The share of students at GARFIELD MIDDLE who are Hispanic is 85%. Other groups include 10% White and 2% multiracial. By comparison, Bernalillo County residents are about 49% Hispanic. A diversity index of 26% means there is a 26% chance two randomly chosen students at GARFIELD MIDDLE are from different groups.
The school's 24.7 full-time-equivalent teachers translate to a student-to-teacher ratio of 11.4:1. Middle schools in New Mexico have an average ratio of 12.5:1. At GARFIELD MIDDLE, 99% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25. The rate at public schools in Bernalillo County averages 90%, lower than here.
GARFIELD MIDDLE earns a C- on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 23% of New Mexico public middle schools.
The school's average proficiency rate across its state test results is 24.6%. For its free or reduced-price lunch share, the predicted value is 33.6%.
Census data for Bernalillo County show the median household earns about $69,473 a year, 38% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Public schools in Bernalillo County number 211, with about 85,724 students.
Measured in a straight line, GORDON BERNELL CHARTER is about 0.4 miles from GARFIELD MIDDLE. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. The nearest schools with test data average 39.5%, higher than GARFIELD MIDDLE's 24.6%.
Locale: City: Large. In NCES terms, the school is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Over the 4 years from 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment fell 22%.
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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
Other Garfield Middle schools
5 other US public schools in 5 states are named Garfield Middle. GARFIELD MIDDLE is the 5th largest of the 6.
- Garfield Middle SchoolGARFIELD, NJ · 971 students
- Garfield Middle SchoolHamilton, OH · 814 students
- Garfield Middle SchoolRevere, MA · 542 students
- Garfield Middle SchoolLakewood, OH · 457 students
- Garfield Middle SchoolGarfield, WA · 31 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.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.