1
Enrollment
420
Middle
DISTRICT 423 · STATE 335
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ALBUQUERQUE·NCES 350006000019
JOHN ADAMS MIDDLE
5401 GLENRIO RD NW, ALBUQUERQUE, NM 87105 · (505) 831-0400 · Bernalillo County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL420 STUDENTS
D
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 11% of New Mexico public middle schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats 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
9.8:1
43 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.6:1 · STATE 12.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
418 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 | 166 | 40% |
| Grade 7 | 134 | 32% |
| Grade 8 | 120 | 29% |
Student demographics
29%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
32.3%
NM avg 44.2%
Math
10.2%
NM avg 27.2%
What this means: On the NM-MSSA + NM-ASR, New Mexico's statewide test, about 32 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 10 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
33.5%
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 JOHN ADAMS MIDDLE
JOHN ADAMS MIDDLE's state test result (20.6% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| JOHN ADAMS MIDDLE this school | 420 | 99.5% | 20.6% |
| MESA MIDDLE ROSWELL | 350 | 100.0% | 25.4% |
| VISTA MIDDLE LAS CRUCES | 574 | 100.0% | 33.6% |
| TRUMAN MIDDLE ALBUQUERQUE | 520 | 99.6% | 16.6% |
| GARFIELD MIDDLE ALBUQUERQUE | 282 | 99.3% | 24.6% |
| ERNIE PYLE MIDDLE ALBUQUERQUE | 409 | 99.5% | 17.3% |
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 JOHN ADAMS MIDDLE ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In New Mexico | In Bernalillo County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 20.6% | #100 of 113 | #22 of 31 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 10.2% | #102 of 120 | #20 of 31 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 32.3% | #94 of 122 | #18 of 31 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 420 | #54 of 160 | #12 of 31 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 9.8:1 | #11 of 101 | #5 of 28 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 29.0% | #77 of 103 | #20 of 28 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 99.5% | #68 of 116 | #13 of 31 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -26.2% | #26 of 89 | #17 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
420
-68 (-14%) vs 2020
-67% since 1990-91, when it was 1,283
Student : Teacher
9.8:1
was 12.2:1
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 | 420 | 42.9 | 9.8:1 | 100% (418) |
| 2023-24 | 413 | 33.2 | 12.4:1 | N/A |
| 2022-23 | 462 | 38.2 | 12.1:1 | 100% (462) |
| 2020-21 | 488 | 40 | 12.2:1 | 100% (488) |
| 2017-18 | 569 | 46.1 | 12.3:1 | 100% (569) |
| 2015-16 | 618 | 41 | 15.1:1 | 100% (618) |
| 2010-11 | 769 | 54 | 14.2:1 | 89% (684) |
| 2000-01 | 752 | 46 | 16.4:1 | 70% (524) |
| 1990-91 | 1,283 | 73 | 17.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for JOHN ADAMS MIDDLE.
Since 2017-18: students down 26% (569 to 420); teachers down 7% (46.1 to 42.9).
About JOHN ADAMS MIDDLE
JOHN ADAMS MIDDLE operates as a mid-sized middle-grades school in ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico. In all, 420 students attend the school in grades 6 through 8. That puts enrollment 25% larger than the 335-student average for middle schools in New Mexico.
Across its 172 schools, ALBUQUERQUE enrolls 74,800 students. JOHN ADAMS MIDDLE is one of those schools.
The share of Hispanic students at JOHN ADAMS MIDDLE is 84%. Next come 6% White, 5% Native American, and 4% multiracial. The county population is about 49% Hispanic. The diversity index for JOHN ADAMS MIDDLE is 29%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
JOHN ADAMS MIDDLE has a student-to-teacher ratio of 9.8:1, with 42.9 full-time-equivalent teachers. Statewide, middle schools in New Mexico average 12.5:1. The school has 100% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. It compares with 90% for public schools in Bernalillo County.
Among New Mexico public middle schools, JOHN ADAMS MIDDLE outscored 11%, which works out to a D on the allk12 Grade.
Based on student poverty, the model expects 33.5% at JOHN ADAMS MIDDLE; the school's average proficiency rate across its state test results is 20.6%.
The school is in Bernalillo County, where median household income comes to about $69,473, about 38% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 11% of residents are in poverty. JOHN ADAMS MIDDLE shares Bernalillo County with 210 other public schools.
LAVALAND ELEMENTARY, about 0.6 miles away, is the closest public school. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. JOHN ADAMS MIDDLE is 6th of 6 nearby schools by average proficiency rate.
In the federal locale system, JOHN ADAMS MIDDLE is coded City: Large, for schools inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Federal enrollment counts decreased from 488 (2020-21) to 420 (2024-25). Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio dropped to 9.8:1, from 12.2:1.
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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 John Adams Middle schools
6 other US public schools in 6 states are named John Adams Middle. JOHN ADAMS MIDDLE is the 7th largest of the 7.
- John Adams Middle SchoolEDISON, NJ · 930 students
- John Adams Middle SchoolROCHESTER, MN · 867 students
- John Adams MiddleSanta Monica, CA · 806 students
- John Adams Middle SchoolCharleston, WV · 740 students
- John Adams MiddleLos Angeles, CA · 676 students
Nearby schools
- LAVALAND ELEMENTARY0.6 mi · 369
- ALBUQUERQUE TALENT DEVELOPMENT CHARTER0.6 mi · 119
- CHRISTINE DUNCAN HERITAGE ACADEMY0.7 mi · 534
- WEST MESA HIGH0.9 mi · 1,565
- SUSIE RAYOS MARMON ELEMENTARY1.1 mi · 507
- REGINALD CHAVEZ ELEMENTARY1.2 mi · 174
Frequently asked questions
About JOHN ADAMS MIDDLEHow many students attend JOHN ADAMS MIDDLE?
JOHN ADAMS MIDDLE enrolls approximately 420 students in grades 06-08.
Is JOHN ADAMS MIDDLE an elementary, middle, or high school?
JOHN ADAMS MIDDLE is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
How many teachers does JOHN ADAMS MIDDLE have?
JOHN ADAMS MIDDLE employs 43 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 9.8:1.
What is the student diversity at JOHN ADAMS MIDDLE?
Student demographics at JOHN ADAMS MIDDLE are roughly 6% White, 84% Hispanic, 1% Black, 0% Asian, 4% Two or more.
What district is JOHN ADAMS MIDDLE in?
JOHN ADAMS MIDDLE is part of ALBUQUERQUE.
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