LYNN MIDDLE

LYNN MIDDLE is a sprawling intermediate school in LAS CRUCES, New Mexico, overseen by LAS CRUCES. The school enrolls 507 students in grades 6 through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 51% larger than the state mean of about 335.

LAS CRUCES runs 39 schools in total, collectively educating 22,670 students. LYNN MIDDLE is one of those campuses.

Demographically, LYNN MIDDLE shows that Hispanic students make up the majority at 79%. Beyond that, the school shows 15% White, 2% Black, 2% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 68% Hispanic, putting the school's mix visibly more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the resource side, On paper, LYNN MIDDLE has 52 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 9.8:1. The state averages around 12.5:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 100% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

After controlling for student poverty, LYNN MIDDLE performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 33.5%, the actual is 22.1%, a residual of -11.3 points.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for Doñan Ana County put the typical household earns roughly $56,848 per year, 32% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 19%. Across Doñan Ana County's 81 public schools (combined enrollment of about 36,561 students), LYNN MIDDLE is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is MESILLA VALLEY LEADERSHIP ACADEMY, roughly 0.1 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), LYNN MIDDLE ranks 7th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 34.0%.

The campus sits in a city-core setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at LYNN MIDDLE has shrank 27%, going from 690 students in 2018 to 507 in 2025. Class-load math has tightened: from 17.7:1 in 2018 to 9.8:1 in 2025.

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