LAZARO LARRY GARCIA MIDDLE

Set in MORA, New Mexico, LAZARO LARRY GARCIA MIDDLE is an one-room-style 6-8 campus, operated by MORA. It educates 83 students across grades 6 through 8. By comparison, New Mexico's public schools average about 335 students each, so LAZARO LARRY GARCIA MIDDLE sits 75% smaller than that benchmark.

LAZARO LARRY GARCIA MIDDLE is one of 4 schools operated by MORA, a district that caters to 399 students overall.

Demographically, LAZARO LARRY GARCIA MIDDLE records that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (98%); the rest breaks down as 2% White. By comparison, Mora County as a whole is about 74% Hispanic, so the school skews visibly more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, LAZARO LARRY GARCIA MIDDLE reports 8 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 10.1:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 12.5:1, putting LAZARO LARRY GARCIA MIDDLE tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 99% of students at LAZARO LARRY GARCIA MIDDLE qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, LAZARO LARRY GARCIA MIDDLE performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 33.7%, the actual is 41.4%, a residual of +7.7 points.

In the broader community, ACS estimates for Mora County put the typical household earns roughly $53,663 per year, 34% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 12%. Across Mora County's 6 public schools (combined enrollment of about 459 students), LAZARO LARRY GARCIA MIDDLE is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is MORA ELEMENTARY, roughly 0.1 miles away. Within five miles, there are 2 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts LAZARO LARRY GARCIA MIDDLE at 2nd of 5; the average score across the group is 33.6%.

LAZARO LARRY GARCIA MIDDLE operates from a countryside location.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at LAZARO LARRY GARCIA MIDDLE has grew 8%, going from 77 students in 2018 to 83 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment expanded from 94% to 98% over that span. Class-load math has narrowed: from 14.5:1 in 2018 to 10.1:1 in 2025.

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