HAGERMAN MIDDLE

Set in HAGERMAN, New Mexico, HAGERMAN MIDDLE is a very small intermediate school, one of the schools within HAGERMAN. It works with 70 students across grades 6 through 8. That puts it 79% leaner than the typical public school in New Mexico, which averages around 335 students.

HAGERMAN MIDDLE is one of 3 schools operated by HAGERMAN, a district that teaches 408 students overall.

Demographically, HAGERMAN MIDDLE shows that 76% of the student body identifies as Hispanic. Beyond that, the school records 23% White. The wider county runs roughly 58% Hispanic, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, The school reports having 7 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 10.3:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 12.5:1 average. Around 100% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, HAGERMAN MIDDLE performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 33.4%, the actual is 39.7%, a residual of +6.3 points.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Chaves County shows median household earnings sit near $52,938, roughly 18% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 20%. In all, Chaves County runs 33 public schools (combined enrollment of about 10,504 students), of which HAGERMAN MIDDLE is one.

Nearest neighbor: HAGERMAN ELEMENTARY, around 0.0 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 2 other public schools cluster around HAGERMAN MIDDLE. Among the 4 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), HAGERMAN MIDDLE ranks 1st on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 30.4%.

HAGERMAN MIDDLE operates from a low-density location.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 31%: 102 students in 2018 compared to 70 in 2025. Class-load math has tightened: from 12.4:1 in 2018 to 10.3:1 in 2025.

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