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Alumni: what's one memory from L.B. JOHNSON MIDDLE that still sticks with you?
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Enrollment
491
Middle
DISTRICT 423 · STATE 335
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ALBUQUERQUE·NCES 350006000065
L.B. JOHNSON MIDDLE
6811 TAYLOR RANCH DR NW, ALBUQUERQUE, NM 87120 · (505) 898-1492 · Bernalillo County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL491 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 70% of New Mexico public middle schools
- B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-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
10.2:1
48 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.6:1 · STATE 12.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
99%
487 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 | 153 | 31% |
| Grade 7 | 179 | 36% |
| Grade 8 | 159 | 32% |
Student demographics
41%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
52.7%
NM avg 44.2%
Math
24.4%
NM avg 27.2%
What this means: On the NM-MSSA + NM-ASR, New Mexico's statewide test, about 53 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 24 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
37.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
33.6%
based on NM schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+4.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 38% 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 L.B. JOHNSON MIDDLE
L.B. JOHNSON MIDDLE's state test result (37.8% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| L.B. JOHNSON MIDDLE this school | 491 | 99.2% | 37.8% |
| JAMES MONROE MIDDLE ALBUQUERQUE | 630 | 99.4% | 36.7% |
| HAYES MIDDLE ALBUQUERQUE | 372 | 99.7% | 15.4% |
| TAYLOR MIDDLE LOS RANCHOS DE ALBUQUERQUE | 245 | 99.2% | 25.7% |
| LYNN MIDDLE LAS CRUCES | 507 | 99.8% | 22.1% |
| TONY HILLERMAN MIDDLE SCHOOL ALBUQUERQUE | 860 | 99.4% | 48.5% |
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 L.B. JOHNSON MIDDLE ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In New Mexico | In Bernalillo County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 37.8% | #24 of 113 | #9 of 31 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 24.4% | #37 of 120 | #12 of 31 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 52.7% | #18 of 122 | #7 of 31 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 491 | #42 of 160 | #8 of 31 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.2:1 | #15 of 101 | #7 of 28 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 40.9% | #56 of 103 | #17 of 28 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 99.2% | #79 of 116 | #22 of 31 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -38.2% | #8 of 89 | #6 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
491
-170 (-26%) vs 2020
-59% since 2000-01, when it was 1,196
Student : Teacher
10.2:1
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 | 491 | 48 | 10.2:1 | 99% (487) |
| 2023-24 | 571 | 41.2 | 13.9:1 | 78% (444) |
| 2022-23 | 585 | 46 | 12.7:1 | 42% (244) |
| 2020-21 | 661 | 54 | 12.2:1 | 41% (273) |
| 2017-18 | 794 | 58.9 | 13.5:1 | 43% (340) |
| 2015-16 | 893 | 62 | 14.4:1 | 43% (386) |
| 2010-11 | 990 | 63 | 15.7:1 | 34% (339) |
| 2000-01 | 1,196 | 73 | 16.4:1 | 14% (162) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for L.B. JOHNSON MIDDLE.
Since 2017-18: students down 38% (794 to 491); teachers down 19% (58.9 to 48).
About L.B. JOHNSON MIDDLE
L.B. JOHNSON MIDDLE is a middle school in ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico, reachable at (505) 898-1492. There are 491 students enrolled, covering grades 6 through 8. Across middle schools in New Mexico, the average enrollment is about 335.
ALBUQUERQUE is made up of 172 schools with 74,800 students in all.
The student body at L.B. JOHNSON MIDDLE is 76% Hispanic. Beyond that, enrollment is 13% White, 4% multiracial, 3% Native American, and 3% Asian. The Hispanic share of the county population is lower, at 49%. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 41, compared with 70 nationally.
There are 48 full-time-equivalent teachers at L.B. JOHNSON MIDDLE, giving a ratio of 10.2:1. Middle schools in New Mexico have an average ratio of 12.5:1. By family income, 99% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. That is higher than the 90% average for public schools in Bernalillo County.
L.B. JOHNSON MIDDLE holds a B+ allk12 Grade, placing it above 70% of New Mexico public middle schools.
On the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure, L.B. JOHNSON MIDDLE is 4.2 points above the average proficiency rate across its state test results predicted for its free or reduced-price lunch share: 37.8% actual, 33.6% predicted. That is outside both the top and bottom 10% in New Mexico.
Census data for Bernalillo County show the median household earns about $69,473 a year, 38% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 11% of people live in poverty. Counting L.B. JOHNSON MIDDLE, Bernalillo County has 211 public schools.
MARIE M HUGHES ELEMENTARY, about 0.5 miles away, is the closest public school. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. L.B. JOHNSON MIDDLE places 4th of 7 on proficiency among the closest schools that report scores.
The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as City: Large, meaning it is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
The school shrank from 661 students in 2020-21 to 491 in 2024-25. Staffing shifted too: the ratio moved from 12.2:1 to 10.2:1.
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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
Nearby schools
- MARIE M HUGHES ELEMENTARY0.5 mi · 417
- CHAMIZA ELEMENTARY0.6 mi · 249
- PETROGLYPH ELEMENTARY1.8 mi · 498
- CHAPARRAL ELEMENTARY2.2 mi · 523
- SUNSET VIEW ELEMENTARY2.3 mi · 407
- JAMES MONROE MIDDLE2.4 mi · 630
Frequently asked questions
About L.B. JOHNSON MIDDLEWhat is the total enrollment at L.B. JOHNSON MIDDLE?
L.B. JOHNSON MIDDLE enrolls approximately 491 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does L.B. JOHNSON MIDDLE serve?
L.B. JOHNSON MIDDLE serves grades 06-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at L.B. JOHNSON MIDDLE?
The student-to-teacher ratio at L.B. JOHNSON MIDDLE is approximately 10.2:1 (48 FTE teachers).
How diverse is L.B. JOHNSON MIDDLE?
L.B. JOHNSON MIDDLE reports a student body of 13% White, 76% Hispanic, 2% Black, 3% Asian, 4% Two or more.
What district is L.B. JOHNSON MIDDLE in?
L.B. JOHNSON MIDDLE is part of ALBUQUERQUE.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.