JEFFERSON MIDDLE

Located at 712 GIRARD NE, in ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico, JEFFERSON MIDDLE is a roomy 6-8 campus that works with 615 students (grades 6 through 8), overseen by ALBUQUERQUE. That puts it 84% larger than the typical public school in New Mexico, which averages around 335 students.

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

Demographically, JEFFERSON MIDDLE logs that 60% of the student body identifies as Hispanic. Beyond that, the school reports 24% White, 6% Native American, 4% Black, 4% multiracial. By comparison, Bernalillo County as a whole is about 49% Hispanic, so the school skews meaningfully more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the resource side, On paper, JEFFERSON MIDDLE has 50 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 12.3:1. That tracks the state average closely. About 99% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is noticeably above Bernalillo County's rate of about 90%.

After controlling for student poverty, JEFFERSON MIDDLE sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 33.6%; this one delivers 44.5%.

In the surrounding community, Bernalillo County reports that median household earnings sit near $69,473, 38% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. In all, Bernalillo County runs 211 public schools (combined enrollment of about 85,724 students), of which JEFFERSON MIDDLE is one.

The closest other public school is MONTE VISTA ELEMENTARY, roughly 0.4 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around JEFFERSON MIDDLE. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts JEFFERSON MIDDLE at 5th of 7; the average score across the group is 44.6%.

Geographically, the school is in an inner-city area.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at JEFFERSON MIDDLE has contracted 25%, going from 818 students in 2018 to 615 in 2025. Class-load math has narrowed: from 15.0:1 in 2018 to 12.3:1 in 2025.

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