LAGUNA-ACOMA MIDDLE

As a rural-scale middle-grades school in CASA BLANCE, New Mexico, LAGUNA-ACOMA MIDDLE teaches 33 students from grades 7 through 8, run under GRANTS. Enrollment runs roughly 90% below the state mean of about 335.

Across the 12 schools in GRANTS (3,056 students total), LAGUNA-ACOMA MIDDLE accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

For racial and ethnic makeup, LAGUNA-ACOMA MIDDLE records that 88% of students identify as Native American, making the school strongly Native American-majority. Other groups include 9% Hispanic, 3% multiracial.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, LAGUNA-ACOMA MIDDLE has 16 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 2.1:1. The state averages around 12.5:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 100% of students at LAGUNA-ACOMA MIDDLE qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

Around the school, the surrounding county (Cibola County) records that median household earnings sit near $50,759, about 17% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 26%. Across Cibola County's 18 public schools (combined enrollment of about 3,854 students), LAGUNA-ACOMA MIDDLE is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: LAGUNA-ACOMA HIGH, around 0.0 miles off. 5 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint.

The campus sits in a low-density setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. LAGUNA-ACOMA MIDDLE's enrollment has fell 35% since 2018, when it stood at 51 (now 33). Hispanic enrollment moved from 4% to 9% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 9.8:1 in 2018 to 2.1:1 today.

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