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Teachers: what resource would make the biggest difference at KIRTLAND MIDDLE this year?
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Enrollment
372
Middle
DISTRICT 296 · STATE 335
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CENTRAL·NCES 350039000180
KIRTLAND MIDDLE
538 CR 6100, KIRTLAND, NM 87417 · (505) 598-6114 · San Juan County
GRADES 07–08MIDDLE41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL372 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 34% of New Mexico public middle schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+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
12.6:1
30 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.7:1 · STATE 12.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
372 students
DISTRICT 98% · 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 7 | 188 | 51% |
| Grade 8 | 184 | 49% |
Student demographics
41%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 28% · 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
School pathway
Based on grade levels within CENTRAL. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
NM-MSSA + NM-ASR 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
39.1%
NM avg 44.2%
Math
18.4%
NM avg 27.2%
What this means: On the NM-MSSA + NM-ASR, New Mexico's statewide test, about 39 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 18 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
26.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
33.4%
based on NM schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-6.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 27% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 33% 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 KIRTLAND MIDDLE
KIRTLAND MIDDLE's state test result (26.9% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| KIRTLAND MIDDLE this school | 372 | 100.0% | 26.9% |
| ZUNI MIDDLE ZUNI | 240 | 100.0% | 25.8% |
| TSE BIT AI MIDDLE SHIPROCK | 390 | 100.0% | 16.2% |
| CUBA MIDDLE CUBA | 148 | 98.6% | 24.5% |
| TIBBETTS MIDDLE SCHOOL FARMINGTON | 652 | 100.0% | 23.9% |
| MESA ALTA JR HIGH BLOOMFIELD | 316 | 100.0% | 34.2% |
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 KIRTLAND MIDDLE ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In New Mexico | In San Juan County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 26.9% | #68 of 113 | #5 of 8 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 18.4% | #63 of 120 | #5 of 9 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 39.1% | #68 of 122 | #5 of 10 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 372 | #68 of 160 | #8 of 10 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.6:1 | #45 of 101 | #2 of 9 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 40.8% | #58 of 103 | #8 of 9 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 100% | #14 of 116 | #4 of 9 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -21.7% | #37 of 89 | #3 of 9 |
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
372
-60 (-14%) vs 2020
-50% since 1990-91, when it was 750
Student : Teacher
12.6:1
was 15.4:1
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 | 372 | 29.6 | 12.6:1 | 100% (372) |
| 2023-24 | 375 | 33.3 | 11.3:1 | 94% (353) |
| 2022-23 | 430 | 30.8 | 14.0:1 | 100% (430) |
| 2020-21 | 432 | 28 | 15.4:1 | 100% (432) |
| 2017-18 | 475 | 27.9 | 17.0:1 | 100% (475) |
| 2015-16 | 455 | 32 | 14.2:1 | 100% (455) |
| 2010-11 | 516 | 33 | 15.6:1 | 99% (513) |
| 2000-01 | 552 | 40 | 13.8:1 | 71% (393) |
| 1990-91 | 750 | 35 | 21.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for KIRTLAND MIDDLE.
Since 2017-18: students down 22% (475 to 372); teachers up 6% (27.9 to 29.6).
About KIRTLAND MIDDLE
In KIRTLAND, New Mexico, KIRTLAND MIDDLE is a mid-sized middle school. Enrollment stands at 372 students, covering grades 7 through 8.
District-wide, CENTRAL has 16 schools and 4,539 students.
More than half of enrollment at KIRTLAND MIDDLE is Native American: 76%. Other groups make up 9% Hispanic, 8% White, 5% multiracial, and 2% Asian. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, KIRTLAND MIDDLE scores 41%.
The school had 29.6 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25. Its student-to-teacher ratio is 12.6:1. That is in line with the 12.5:1 average for middle schools in New Mexico. The school reported 100% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25. The figure for public schools in San Juan County is close, at 99%.
KIRTLAND MIDDLE earns a C on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 34% of New Mexico public middle schools.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, KIRTLAND MIDDLE would score about 33.4%. It scores 26.9%, 6.5 points below that figure.
Looking at the county, San Juan County, median household income comes to about $55,872, about 18% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 18%. The county's public schools total 62, with about 21,309 students.
Straight-line distance to the nearest public school, KIRTLAND CENTRAL HIGH, is about 0.2 miles. Within five miles are 5 other public schools. KIRTLAND MIDDLE is 3rd of 6 nearby schools by average proficiency rate.
By NCES locale, the school is Rural: Fringe, or in rural territory close to an urban area.
The school shrank from 432 students in 2020-21 to 372 in 2024-25. Federal data show the ratio falling from 15.4:1 to 12.6:1.
The allk12 page for KIRTLAND MIDDLE lets the school community talk about pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
San Juan County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
120,942
Census ACS
Median income
$55,872
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
18%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
18%
Below federal line
Schools in county
62
21,309 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in CENTRAL
- KIRTLAND CENTRAL HIGHHigh · 743 students
- SHIPROCK HIGHHigh · 502 students
- JUDY NELSON ELEMENTARYElementary · 486 students
- TSE BIT AI MIDDLEMiddle · 390 students
- KIRTLAND ELEMENTARYElementary · 388 students
- OJO AMARILLO ELEMENTARYElementary · 280 students
Other schools in KIRTLAND
- KIRTLAND CENTRAL HIGHHigh · 743 students
- JUDY NELSON ELEMENTARYElementary · 486 students
- KIRTLAND ELEMENTARYElementary · 388 students
- KIRTLAND PRE-K EARLY CHILDHOOD CENTERElementary
Other Kirtland Middle schools
One other US public school is named Kirtland Middle. KIRTLAND MIDDLE is the largest of the 2.
- Kirtland Middle SchoolKirtland, OH · 262 students
Nearby schools
- KIRTLAND CENTRAL HIGH0.2 mi · 743
- JUDY NELSON ELEMENTARY1.0 mi · 486
- KIRTLAND ELEMENTARY1.4 mi · 388
- Nenahnezad Community School2.2 mi · 156
- OJO AMARILLO ELEMENTARY3.0 mi · 280
- TIBBETTS MIDDLE SCHOOL6.5 mi · 652
Frequently asked questions
About KIRTLAND MIDDLEHow large is KIRTLAND MIDDLE?
KIRTLAND MIDDLE enrolls approximately 372 students in grades 07-08.
What age range does KIRTLAND MIDDLE serve?
KIRTLAND MIDDLE serves students from grade 07 through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at KIRTLAND MIDDLE?
Approximately 12.6:1 students per teacher at KIRTLAND MIDDLE.
What is the student diversity at KIRTLAND MIDDLE?
Student demographics at KIRTLAND MIDDLE are roughly 8% White, 9% Hispanic, 2% Asian, 5% Two or more.
What district is KIRTLAND MIDDLE in?
KIRTLAND MIDDLE is part of CENTRAL.
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