JAMES MONROE MIDDLE

JAMES MONROE MIDDLE is a 6-8 campus of expansive scale in ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico, one of the schools within ALBUQUERQUE, educateing 630 students in grades 6 through 8. Compared to the state average of about 335 students per school, that is 88% above typical.

Within ALBUQUERQUE, which oversees 171 schools and 74,041 students, JAMES MONROE MIDDLE is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, JAMES MONROE MIDDLE records that 69% of the student body identifies as Hispanic. Other groups include 16% White, 5% multiracial, 5% Native American, 3% Black. The wider county runs roughly 49% Hispanic, putting the school's mix noticeably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, JAMES MONROE MIDDLE has 51 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 12.4:1. The state averages about 12.5:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. An estimated 99% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is noticeably above Bernalillo County's rate of about 90%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, JAMES MONROE MIDDLE tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 33.6% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 36.7%.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Bernalillo County shows the typical household earns roughly $69,473 per year, 38% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Bernalillo County's 211 public schools (combined enrollment of about 85,724 students), JAMES MONROE MIDDLE is one campus in the mix.

SUNSET VIEW ELEMENTARY is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, JAMES MONROE MIDDLE comes 6th of 6 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 40.9%.

JAMES MONROE MIDDLE operates from a downtown location.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at JAMES MONROE MIDDLE has declined 37%, going from 1,005 students in 2018 to 630 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share declined from 28% to 16%. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 17.4:1 in 2018 to 12.4:1 today.

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