Enrollment
265
Middle
DISTRICT 423 · STATE 335
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ALBUQUERQUE·NCES 350006000060
HARRISON MIDDLE
3912 ISLETA BLVD SW, ALBUQUERQUE, NM 87105 · (505) 877-1279 · Bernalillo County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL265 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
9.7:1
27 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.6:1 · STATE 12.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
99%
263 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 | 81 | 31% |
| Grade 7 | 86 | 32% |
| Grade 8 | 98 | 37% |
Student demographics
16%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
25.3%
NM avg 44.2%
Math
6.6%
NM avg 27.2%
What this means: On the NM-MSSA + NM-ASR, New Mexico's statewide test, about 25 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 7 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
20.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
33.6%
based on NM schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-13.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 21% 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 HARRISON MIDDLE
HARRISON MIDDLE's state test result (20.6% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| HARRISON MIDDLE this school | 265 | 99.2% | 20.6% |
| SIERRA VISTA ELEMENTARY LAS VEGAS | 251 | 100.0% | 27.7% |
| MEMORIAL MIDDLE LAS VEGAS | 167 | 100.0% | 23.8% |
| POJOAQUE MIDDLE SANTA FE | 263 | 100.0% | 20.9% |
| GARFIELD MIDDLE ALBUQUERQUE | 282 | 99.3% | 24.6% |
| HATCH VALLEY MIDDLE HATCH | 253 | 93.7% | 31.5% |
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 HARRISON MIDDLE ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In New Mexico | In Bernalillo County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 20.6% | #99 of 113 | #21 of 31 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 6.6% | #118 of 120 | #29 of 31 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 25.3% | #116 of 122 | #28 of 31 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 265 | #86 of 160 | #24 of 31 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 9.7:1 | #10 of 101 | #4 of 28 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 16.2% | #93 of 103 | #26 of 28 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 99.2% | #76 of 116 | #20 of 31 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -35.8% | #11 of 89 | #8 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
265
-152 (-36%) vs 2020
-70% since 1990-91, when it was 879
Student : Teacher
9.7:1
was 13.0:1
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 | 265 | 27.3 | 9.7:1 | 99% (263) |
| 2023-24 | 308 | 27.6 | 11.2:1 | 100% (307) |
| 2022-23 | 343 | 27.3 | 12.6:1 | 100% (343) |
| 2020-21 | 417 | 32 | 13.0:1 | 100% (417) |
| 2017-18 | 413 | 28 | 14.8:1 | 100% (412) |
| 2015-16 | 652 | 51 | 12.8:1 | 100% (652) |
| 2010-11 | 848 | 61 | 13.9:1 | 100% (845) |
| 2000-01 | 672 | 45 | 14.9:1 | 100% (669) |
| 1990-91 | 879 | 49 | 17.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for HARRISON MIDDLE.
Since 2017-18: students down 36% (413 to 265); teachers down 2% (28 to 27.3).
About HARRISON MIDDLE
HARRISON MIDDLE is classified as a middle school. It is located in ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico. The school serves grades 6 through 8. Enrollment is 265 students. By comparison, middle schools in New Mexico enroll about 335 students on average.
ALBUQUERQUE runs 172 schools with a combined 74,800 students. HARRISON MIDDLE is one of them.
HARRISON MIDDLE is 91% Hispanic by enrollment. Next come 6% White and 3% Native American. That compares with about 49% Hispanic among all Bernalillo County residents. The diversity index for HARRISON MIDDLE is 16%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
The student-to-teacher ratio is 9.7:1. The school has 27.3 full-time-equivalent teachers. By comparison, the average for middle schools in New Mexico is 12.5:1. In all, 99% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. That is 9 points above the 90% average for public schools in Bernalillo County.
The BeatsExpectations prediction for HARRISON MIDDLE is 33.6%, and its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 20.6%.
The school's county is Bernalillo County. According to Census Bureau estimates, median household income comes to about $69,473, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 38%, and roughly 11% of residents are in poverty. There are 211 public schools in the county, enrolling about 85,724, HARRISON MIDDLE among them.
EL CAMINO REAL ACADEMY is about 0.4 miles from HARRISON MIDDLE, the shortest distance to any other public school. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. On state test proficiency, HARRISON MIDDLE ranks 4th in a group of 8 nearby schools.
The school's federal locale classification is Suburb: Large.
The school's enrollment fell 36% from 2020-21 to 2024-25. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 13.0:1; by 2024-25 it was 9.7:1.
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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 Harrison Middle schools
4 other US public schools in 5 states are named Harrison Middle. HARRISON MIDDLE is the 5th largest of the 5.
- Harrison Middle SchoolHarrison, OH · 1,069 students
- HARRISON MIDDLE SCHOOLHARRISON, AR · 865 students
- Harrison Middle SchoolSunnyside, WA · 820 students
- Harrison Middle SchoolHARRISON, MI · 279 students
Nearby schools
- EL CAMINO REAL ACADEMY0.4 mi · 342
- ADOBE ACRES ELEMENTARY0.5 mi · 303
- BARCELONA ELEMENTARY1.2 mi · 202
- MOUNTAIN VIEW ELEMENTARY1.3 mi · 233
- NAVAJO ELEMENTARY2.0 mi · 344
- ERNIE PYLE MIDDLE2.1 mi · 409
Frequently asked questions
About HARRISON MIDDLEHow many students attend HARRISON MIDDLE?
HARRISON MIDDLE enrolls approximately 265 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does HARRISON MIDDLE serve?
HARRISON MIDDLE serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at HARRISON MIDDLE?
Approximately 9.7:1 students per teacher at HARRISON MIDDLE.
How diverse is HARRISON MIDDLE?
HARRISON MIDDLE reports a student body of 6% White, 91% Hispanic.
Who oversees HARRISON MIDDLE?
HARRISON MIDDLE is overseen by ALBUQUERQUE in Bernalillo County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.