LOS ALAMITOS MIDDLE

Located at 1100 MT TAYLOR AVE, in GRANTS, New Mexico, LOS ALAMITOS MIDDLE is a mid-tier middle-grades school that educates 416 students (grades 7 through 8), run under GRANTS. Compared to the state average of about 335 students per school, that is 24% bigger than typical.

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

On demographics, LOS ALAMITOS MIDDLE shows that the most-represented group is Native American (46%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Other groups include 40% Hispanic, 10% White.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school employs 37 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 11.2:1. The state averages around 12.5:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 94% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, LOS ALAMITOS MIDDLE performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 34.8%, the actual is 24.0%, a residual of -10.8 points.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Cibola County) reports that the typical household earns roughly $50,759 per year, roughly 17% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 26% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Cibola County runs 18 public schools (combined enrollment of about 3,854 students), of which LOS ALAMITOS MIDDLE is one.

Nearest neighbor: MOUNT TAYLOR ELEMENTARY, around 0.8 miles off. Within five miles, there are 7 other public schools. On composite proficiency, LOS ALAMITOS MIDDLE comes 5th of 5 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 37.4%.

LOS ALAMITOS MIDDLE operates from a town-center location.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count fell 9%: 458 students in 2018 compared to 416 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share decreased from 47% to 40%. Class-load math has narrowed: from 14.4:1 in 2018 to 11.2:1 in 2025.

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