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Enrollment
630
Middle
DISTRICT 423 · STATE 335
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ALBUQUERQUE·NCES 350006000825
JAMES MONROE MIDDLE
6100 PARADISE BLVD NW, ALBUQUERQUE, NM 87114 · (505) 897-0101 · Bernalillo County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL630 STUDENTS
B+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 65% of New Mexico public middle schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+Beats 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
12.4:1
51 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.6:1 · STATE 12.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
99%
626 students
DISTRICT 92% · STATE 90%
Community
1
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 | 199 | 32% |
| Grade 7 | 196 | 31% |
| Grade 8 | 235 | 37% |
Student demographics
49%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
49.4%
NM avg 44.2%
Math
27.4%
NM avg 27.2%
What this means: On the NM-MSSA + NM-ASR, New Mexico's statewide test, about 49 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 27 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
36.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
33.6%
based on NM schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+3.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 37% 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 JAMES MONROE MIDDLE
JAMES MONROE MIDDLE's state test result (36.7% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| JAMES MONROE MIDDLE this school | 630 | 99.4% | 36.7% |
| L.B. JOHNSON MIDDLE ALBUQUERQUE | 491 | 99.2% | 37.8% |
| TONY HILLERMAN MIDDLE SCHOOL ALBUQUERQUE | 860 | 99.4% | 48.5% |
| CAMINO REAL MIDDLE LAS CRUCES | 933 | 100.0% | 47.9% |
| JEFFERSON MIDDLE ALBUQUERQUE | 615 | 99.3% | 44.5% |
| HAYES MIDDLE ALBUQUERQUE | 372 | 99.7% | 15.4% |
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 JAMES MONROE MIDDLE ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In New Mexico | In Bernalillo County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 36.7% | #28 of 113 | #12 of 31 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 27.4% | #31 of 120 | #8 of 31 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 49.4% | #25 of 122 | #9 of 31 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 630 | #23 of 160 | #4 of 31 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.4:1 | #44 of 101 | #20 of 28 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 49.0% | #46 of 103 | #14 of 28 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 99.4% | #72 of 116 | #16 of 31 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -37.3% | #10 of 89 | #7 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
630
-261 (-29%) vs 2020
-37% since 2010-11, when it was 1,000
Student : Teacher
12.4:1
was 14.1:1
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 | 630 | 50.6 | 12.4:1 | 99% (626) |
| 2023-24 | 659 | 46.8 | 14.1:1 | 77% (509) |
| 2022-23 | 689 | 49.7 | 13.9:1 | 45% (307) |
| 2020-21 | 891 | 63 | 14.1:1 | 38% (340) |
| 2017-18 | 1,005 | 57.9 | 17.4:1 | 50% (500) |
| 2015-16 | 999 | 57 | 17.5:1 | 50% (501) |
| 2010-11 | 1,000 | 59 | 16.9:1 | 40% (402) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for JAMES MONROE MIDDLE.
Since 2017-18: students down 37% (1,005 to 630); teachers down 13% (57.9 to 50.6).
About JAMES MONROE MIDDLE
Families in ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico, are served by JAMES MONROE MIDDLE, a high-enrollment middle school. School enrollment was 630 students in 2024-25, in grades 6 through 8. The average among middle schools in New Mexico is roughly 335 students; this school is 88% bigger than that.
The 172 schools of ALBUQUERQUE, including JAMES MONROE MIDDLE, enroll 74,800 students.
JAMES MONROE MIDDLE is 69% Hispanic by enrollment. Beyond that, enrollment is 16% White, 5% multiracial, 5% Native American, and 3% Black. In Bernalillo County overall, about 49% of residents are Hispanic. Pick two students at random and there is a 49% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
The teaching staff at JAMES MONROE MIDDLE is 50.6 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the ratio is 12.4:1. That matches the 12.5:1 average for middle schools in New Mexico fairly closely. About 99% of students, or 626, qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. For comparison, public schools in Bernalillo County average 90%.
The allk12 Grade for JAMES MONROE MIDDLE is B+. Compared with New Mexico public middle schools, the school scored higher than 65% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
JAMES MONROE MIDDLE sits between the top and bottom 10% of New Mexico schools on BeatsExpectations, with an actual average proficiency rate on state tests of 36.7% and a predicted 33.6%.
Federal survey data for Bernalillo County show that the median household income is $69,473, roughly 38% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. There are 211 public schools in Bernalillo County, enrolling about 85,724 students in all.
Nearby, SUNSET VIEW ELEMENTARY is about 0.1 miles away. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. Nearby schools average 40.9% on proficiency, and JAMES MONROE MIDDLE is below that at 36.7%.
The NCES locale for JAMES MONROE MIDDLE is City: Large, which covers schools inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment at JAMES MONROE MIDDLE declined 29% between 2020-21 and 2024-25, from 891 to 630 students. The ratio of students to teachers went from 14.1:1 to 12.4:1 over the same years.
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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 James Monroe Middle schools
One other US public school is named James Monroe Middle. JAMES MONROE MIDDLE is the largest of the 2.
- James Monroe MiddleRidgecrest, CA · 490 students
Nearby schools
- SUNSET VIEW ELEMENTARY0.1 mi · 407
- SIERRA VISTA ELEMENTARY0.7 mi · 402
- VENTANA RANCH ELEMENTARY0.9 mi · 573
- COYOTE WILLOW FAMILY SCHOOL1.3 mi · 280
- VOLCANO VISTA HIGH1.4 mi · 2,089
- TONY HILLERMAN MIDDLE SCHOOL1.5 mi · 860
Frequently asked questions
About JAMES MONROE MIDDLEHow large is JAMES MONROE MIDDLE?
JAMES MONROE MIDDLE enrolls approximately 630 students in grades 06-08.
Is JAMES MONROE MIDDLE an elementary, middle, or high school?
JAMES MONROE MIDDLE is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
How many students per teacher at JAMES MONROE MIDDLE?
Approximately 12.4:1 students per teacher at JAMES MONROE MIDDLE.
How diverse is JAMES MONROE MIDDLE?
JAMES MONROE MIDDLE reports a student body of 16% White, 69% Hispanic, 3% Black, 2% Asian, 5% Two or more.
What district is JAMES MONROE MIDDLE in?
JAMES MONROE MIDDLE is part of ALBUQUERQUE.
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