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Enrollment
719
Middle
DISTRICT 582 · STATE 335
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LOS LUNAS·NCES 350168000440
LOS LUNAS MIDDLE
220 LUNA AVE, LOS LUNAS, NM 87031 · (505) 866-8231 · Valencia County
GRADES 07–08MIDDLE23-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL719 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 61% of New Mexico public middle schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+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
19.0:1
38 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 20.1:1 · STATE 12.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
718 students
DISTRICT 100% · 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 | 346 | 48% |
| Grade 8 | 373 | 52% |
Student demographics
40%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 41% · 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
50.0%
NM avg 44.2%
Math
22.0%
NM avg 27.2%
What this means: On the NM-MSSA + NM-ASR, New Mexico's statewide test, about 50 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 22 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
34.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
33.4%
based on NM schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+0.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 34% 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 LOS LUNAS MIDDLE
LOS LUNAS MIDDLE's state test result (34.4% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| LOS LUNAS MIDDLE this school | 719 | 99.9% | 34.4% |
| PICACHO MIDDLE LAS CRUCES | 698 | 100.0% | 27.2% |
| RED MOUNTAIN MIDDLE DEMING | 746 | 99.6% | 22.3% |
| VISTA MIDDLE LAS CRUCES | 574 | 100.0% | 33.6% |
| MESA MIDDLE LAS CRUCES | 728 | 100.0% | 30.0% |
| TAYLOR MIDDLE LOVINGTON | 442 | 100.0% | 32.0% |
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 LOS LUNAS MIDDLE ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In New Mexico |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 34.4% | #36 of 113 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 22.0% | #43 of 120 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 50.0% | #24 of 122 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 719 | #15 of 160 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 19.0:1 | #97 of 101 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 39.5% | #60 of 103 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 99.9% | #47 of 116 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -4.5% | #83 of 89 |
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
719
-105 (-13%) vs 2020
-17% since 1990-91, when it was 866
Student : Teacher
19.0:1
was 22.9:1
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 | 719 | 37.8 | 19.0:1 | 100% (718) |
| 2023-24 | 754 | 34.8 | 21.7:1 | 94% (712) |
| 2022-23 | 799 | 37.8 | 21.1:1 | 100% (799) |
| 2020-21 | 824 | 36 | 22.9:1 | 60% (498) |
| 2017-18 | 753 | 36.8 | 20.5:1 | 57% (431) |
| 2015-16 | 714 | 35 | 20.4:1 | 60% (427) |
| 2010-11 | 761 | 41 | 18.6:1 | 78% (595) |
| 2000-01 | 692 | 43 | 16.1:1 | 100% (689) |
| 1990-91 | 866 | 41 | 21.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for LOS LUNAS MIDDLE.
Since 2017-18: students down 5% (753 to 719); teachers up 3% (36.8 to 37.8).
About LOS LUNAS MIDDLE
LOS LUNAS MIDDLE is a large middle-grades school that serves part of LOS LUNAS, New Mexico. A federal count lists 719 students at the school, in grades 7 through 8. Average enrollment for middle schools in New Mexico is about 335, so this school runs 115% bigger than that.
Across its 16 schools, LOS LUNAS enrolls 8,207 students. LOS LUNAS MIDDLE is one of those schools.
Hispanic students are the majority at LOS LUNAS MIDDLE, with 76% of enrollment. The school is also 16% White, 5% Native American, and 2% multiracial. The Hispanic share of the county population is lower, at 61%. The school's diversity index is 40%, meaning two students picked at random have a 40% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
The school reported 37.8 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25 and a ratio of 19.0:1. The school has more students per teacher than the 12.5:1 average for middle schools in New Mexico. Eligible students account for 100% of enrollment in the free or reduced-price lunch program. For comparison, public schools in Valencia County average 100%.
LOS LUNAS MIDDLE is graded B by allk12, scoring above 61% of New Mexico public middle schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
When test results are adjusted for free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, LOS LUNAS MIDDLE is within a point of its prediction. Actual: 34.4%. Predicted: 33.4%.
In Valencia County (population about 78,458), the median household income is $58,933, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 21% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 13%. There are 27 public schools in Valencia County, enrolling about 11,956 students in all.
The closest public school to LOS LUNAS MIDDLE is RAYMOND GABALDON ELEMENTARY, about 0.3 miles away. LOS LUNAS MIDDLE is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. The nearest schools with test data average 34.3%, lower than LOS LUNAS MIDDLE's 34.4%.
NCES assigns LOS LUNAS MIDDLE the locale Suburb: Small, meaning in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population under 100,000.
Enrollment dropped 13% from its 2020-21 level of 824. Its ratio of students to teachers was 22.9:1 in 2020-21, and 19.0:1 in 2024-25.
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Valencia County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
78,458
Census ACS
Median income
$58,933
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
21%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
13%
Below federal line
Schools in county
27
11,956 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in LOS LUNAS
- LOS LUNAS HIGHHigh · 1,460 students
- VALENCIA HIGHHigh · 960 students
- SUNDANCE ELEMENTARYElementary · 617 students
- KATHERINE GALLEGOS ELEMENTARYElementary · 605 students
- BOSQUE FARMS ELEMENTARYElementary · 458 students
- LOS LUNAS ELEMENTARYElementary · 458 students
Other schools in LOS LUNAS
- LOS LUNAS HIGHHigh · 1,460 students
- VALENCIA HIGHHigh · 960 students
- SUNDANCE ELEMENTARYElementary · 617 students
- KATHERINE GALLEGOS ELEMENTARYElementary · 605 students
- SCHOOL OF DREAMS ACADEMYCombined · 478 students
- BOSQUE FARMS ELEMENTARYElementary · 458 students
Nearby schools
- RAYMOND GABALDON ELEMENTARY0.3 mi · 365
- LOS LUNAS ELEMENTARY0.5 mi · 458
- SCHOOL OF DREAMS ACADEMY0.6 mi · 478
- KATHERINE GALLEGOS ELEMENTARY0.7 mi · 605
- CENTURY ALT HIGH1.4 mi · 353
- LOS LUNAS HIGH1.6 mi · 1,460
Frequently asked questions
About LOS LUNAS MIDDLEWhat is the total enrollment at LOS LUNAS MIDDLE?
LOS LUNAS MIDDLE enrolls approximately 719 students in grades 07-08.
What grades does LOS LUNAS MIDDLE serve?
LOS LUNAS MIDDLE serves grades 07-08.
How many teachers does LOS LUNAS MIDDLE have?
LOS LUNAS MIDDLE employs 38 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 19.0:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at LOS LUNAS MIDDLE?
At LOS LUNAS MIDDLE, the student body is approximately 16% White, 76% Hispanic, 1% Black, 0% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Who oversees LOS LUNAS MIDDLE?
LOS LUNAS MIDDLE is overseen by LOS LUNAS in Valencia County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.