LOVING MIDDLE

Located at 600 SOUTH SIXTH, in LOVING, New Mexico, LOVING MIDDLE is an intimate intermediate school that educates 154 students (grades 6 through 8), part of LOVING. Compared to the state average of about 335 students per school, that is 54% smaller than typical.

LOVING runs 3 schools in total, collectively educating 734 students. LOVING MIDDLE is one of those campuses.

Looking at the student body, LOVING MIDDLE shows that Hispanic students make up the majority at 71%; the rest looks like 28% White. The wider county runs roughly 52% Hispanic, putting the school's mix visibly more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 13 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 11.8:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 12.5:1 average. About 83% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Eddy County (around 46%), the school's rate is noticeably above typical.

After controlling for student poverty, LOVING MIDDLE performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 37.5%, the actual is 38.1%, a residual of +0.7 points.

Around the school, census data for Eddy County shows median household income runs about $78,426, 19% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 11%. LOVING MIDDLE is one of 26 public schools in Eddy County (combined enrollment of about 11,661 students).

LOVING HIGH is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. 2 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 5 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), LOVING MIDDLE ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 37.8%.

Geographically, the school is in an outlying area.

Looking at the recent track record. LOVING MIDDLE's enrollment has expanded 17% since 2018, when it stood at 132 (now 154). The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 13.4:1 in 2018 to 11.8:1 today.

In the discussion threads here, posts here usually surface around science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.