1
Enrollment
507
Middle
DISTRICT 606 · STATE 335
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LAS CRUCES·NCES 350150000388
LYNN MIDDLE
950 SOUTH WALNUT ST, LAS CRUCES, NM 88001 · (575) 527-9445 · Doña Ana County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL507 STUDENTS
C-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 15% of New Mexico public middle schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-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
9.8:1
52 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.9:1 · STATE 12.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
506 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 6 | 164 | 32% |
| Grade 7 | 186 | 37% |
| Grade 8 | 157 | 31% |
Student demographics
36%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 34% · 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
30.6%
NM avg 44.2%
Math
12.2%
NM avg 27.2%
What this means: On the NM-MSSA + NM-ASR, New Mexico's statewide test, about 31 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 12 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
22.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
33.5%
based on NM schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-11.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 22% 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 LYNN MIDDLE
LYNN MIDDLE's state test result (22.1% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| LYNN MIDDLE this school | 507 | 99.8% | 22.1% |
| SIERRA MIDDLE LAS CRUCES | 698 | 99.7% | 36.3% |
| MESA MIDDLE LAS CRUCES | 728 | 100.0% | 30.0% |
| MOUNTAIN VIEW MIDDLE ROSWELL | 481 | 100.0% | 28.2% |
| TAYLOR MIDDLE LOVINGTON | 442 | 100.0% | 32.0% |
| BELEN MIDDLE BELEN | 475 | 99.8% | 26.4% |
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 LYNN MIDDLE ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In New Mexico | In Doña Ana County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 22.1% | #94 of 113 | #11 of 11 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 12.2% | #95 of 120 | #11 of 11 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 30.6% | #101 of 122 | #11 of 11 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 507 | #41 of 160 | #10 of 12 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 9.8:1 | #12 of 101 | #1 of 11 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 35.8% | #64 of 103 | #2 of 11 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 99.8% | #50 of 116 | #9 of 11 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -26.5% | #25 of 89 | #1 of 9 |
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
507
-148 (-23%) vs 2020
-47% since 1990-91, when it was 949
Student : Teacher
9.8:1
was 17.7:1
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 | 507 | 51.5 | 9.8:1 | 100% (506) |
| 2023-24 | 513 | 39.5 | 13.0:1 | 99% (509) |
| 2022-23 | 534 | 39 | 13.7:1 | 100% (534) |
| 2020-21 | 655 | 37 | 17.7:1 | 100% (655) |
| 2017-18 | 690 | 39 | 17.7:1 | 100% (690) |
| 2015-16 | 753 | 47 | 16.0:1 | 100% (753) |
| 2010-11 | 724 | 54 | 13.4:1 | 73% (532) |
| 2000-01 | 668 | 48 | 13.9:1 | 71% (472) |
| 1990-91 | 949 | 52 | 18.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for LYNN MIDDLE.
Since 2017-18: students down 27% (690 to 507); teachers up 32% (39 to 51.5).
About LYNN MIDDLE
LYNN MIDDLE is a middle school located in LAS CRUCES, New Mexico, in Doña Ana County. Students in grades 6 through 8 make up the school's enrollment of 507 students. Middle schools in New Mexico average about 335 students, which makes this school 51% larger than average.
LAS CRUCES oversees LYNN MIDDLE and 38 other schools, with 22,670 students in total.
The share of Hispanic students at LYNN MIDDLE is 79%, a majority. Smaller groups are 15% White, 2% Black, and 2% multiracial. For comparison, the population of Doña Ana County is roughly 68% Hispanic. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 36, compared with 70 nationally.
The school lists 51.5 full-time-equivalent teachers and a student-to-teacher ratio of 9.8:1. The average for middle schools in New Mexico is 12.5:1, so this school has fewer students per teacher. A total of 506 students, or 100%, are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. That is in line with the 98% average for public schools in Doña Ana County.
LYNN MIDDLE earns a C- on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 15% of New Mexico public middle schools.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, LYNN MIDDLE would score about 33.5%. It scores 22.1%, 11.3 points below that figure.
In Doña Ana County, the median household earns about $56,848 a year, about 32% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 19% of residents are in poverty. Doña Ana County has 81 public schools with about 36,561 students, including LYNN MIDDLE.
Among nearby public schools, MESILLA VALLEY LEADERSHIP ACADEMY is closest at less than a tenth of a mile. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. LYNN MIDDLE places 7th of 7 on proficiency among the closest schools that report scores.
LYNN MIDDLE is inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000, a location NCES labels City: Mid-size.
Since 2020-21, enrollment has fallen 23%, from 655 to 507. The number of students per teacher dropped from 17.7 to 9.8 over 4 years.
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Doña Ana County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
224,266
Census ACS
Median income
$56,848
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
32%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
19%
Below federal line
Schools in county
81
36,561 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in LAS CRUCES
- ORGAN MOUNTAIN HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,128 students
- CENTENNIAL HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,713 students
- LAS CRUCES HIGHHigh · 1,703 students
- MAYFIELD HIGHHigh · 1,327 students
- CAMINO REAL MIDDLEMiddle · 933 students
- MESA MIDDLEMiddle · 728 students
Other schools in LAS CRUCES
- ORGAN MOUNTAIN HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,128 students
- CENTENNIAL HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,713 students
- LAS CRUCES HIGHHigh · 1,703 students
- MAYFIELD HIGHHigh · 1,327 students
- CAMINO REAL MIDDLEMiddle · 933 students
- MESA MIDDLEMiddle · 728 students
Nearby schools
- MESILLA VALLEY LEADERSHIP ACADEMY0.1 mi · 94
- CONLEE ELEMENTARY0.6 mi · 417
- HERMOSA HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY0.7 mi · 408
- LAS MONTANAS CHARTER0.8 mi · 201
- VALLEY VIEW ELEMENTARY1.0 mi · 343
- UNIVERSITY HILLS ELEMENTARY1.1 mi · 363
Frequently asked questions
About LYNN MIDDLEHow many students attend LYNN MIDDLE?
LYNN MIDDLE enrolls approximately 507 students in grades 06-08.
Is LYNN MIDDLE an elementary, middle, or high school?
LYNN MIDDLE is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
How many students per teacher at LYNN MIDDLE?
Approximately 9.8:1 students per teacher at LYNN MIDDLE.
What is the student diversity at LYNN MIDDLE?
Student demographics at LYNN MIDDLE are roughly 15% White, 79% Hispanic, 2% Black, 1% Asian, 2% Two or more.
What district is LYNN MIDDLE in?
LYNN MIDDLE is part of LAS CRUCES.
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