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MADISON MIDDLE

3501 MOON ST NE, ALBUQUERQUE, NM 87111 · (505) 299-4735 · Bernalillo County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL532 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 70% of New Mexico public middle schools
  • B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
  • A-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

Enrollment
532
Middle
DISTRICT 423 · STATE 335
Student : Teacher
13.4:1
40 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.6:1 · STATE 12.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
530 students
DISTRICT 92% · 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

GradeStudentsShare
Grade 616631%
Grade 716832%
Grade 819837%
Student demographics
63%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 52% · STATE 55% · US 70%
White
12824%
DISTRICT 19% · STATE 19% · US 43%
Hispanic
29155%
DISTRICT 66% · STATE 63% · US 30%
Black
224%
DISTRICT 3% · STATE 2% · US 15%
Asian
204%
DISTRICT 2% · STATE 1% · US 6%
Two+
336%
DISTRICT 5% · STATE 4% · US 5%
Native American
367%
DISTRICT 5% · STATE 12% · US 1%
Pacific Islander
20%
DISTRICT 0% · STATE 0% · US 0%
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
Male
29155%
Female
24145%

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Test scores

NM-MSSA + NM-ASR 2024-25 . % Proficient
English Language Arts
47.7%
NM avg 44.2%
Math
25.0%
NM avg 27.2%

What this means: On the NM-MSSA + NM-ASR, New Mexico's statewide test, about 48 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 25 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 · methodology
Tier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
37.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
33.5%
based on NM schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+4.2pp
above demographic expectation

What this means: About 38% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 34% 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 MADISON MIDDLE

MADISON MIDDLE's state test result (37.7% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.

SchoolStudentsLow-incomeProficient
MADISON MIDDLE this school53299.6%37.7%
JACKSON MIDDLE
ALBUQUERQUE
38099.7%32.1%
CLEVELAND MIDDLE
ALBUQUERQUE
47498.7%38.9%
HOOVER MIDDLE
ALBUQUERQUE
40499.8%46.7%
JEFFERSON MIDDLE
ALBUQUERQUE
61599.3%44.5%
JAMES MONROE MIDDLE
ALBUQUERQUE
63099.4%36.7%
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 MADISON MIDDLE ranks

Among middle schools
MeasureThis schoolIn New MexicoIn Bernalillo County
State test proficiency
ranked highest first
37.7%#25 of 113#10 of 31
Math proficiency
ranked highest first
25.0%#35 of 120#11 of 31
Reading proficiency
ranked highest first
47.7%#28 of 122#10 of 31
Enrollment
ranked largest first
532#34 of 160#6 of 31
Students per teacher
ranked fewest first
13.4:1#57 of 101#25 of 28
Diversity index
ranked most diverse first
63.1%#14 of 103#6 of 28
Free and reduced lunch
ranked highest share first
99.6%#60 of 116#8 of 31
Enrollment change since 2017-18
ranked steepest decline first
-28.6%#21 of 89#14 of 25
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 2024-25
Enrollment
532
-111 (-17%) vs 2020
-50% since 1990-91, when it was 1,056
Student : Teacher
13.4:1
was 14.0:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Enrollment and staffing by year

School yearStudentsTeachers (FTE)Students per teacherFree and reduced lunch
2024-2553239.613.4:1100% (530)
2023-2456542.613.3:1N/A
2022-2360241.814.4:141% (245)
2020-216434614.0:138% (242)
2017-1874543.917.0:145% (332)
2015-167054416.0:147% (329)
2010-117894517.5:133% (263)
2000-019506215.3:115% (145)
1990-911,0566416.5:1N/A
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for MADISON MIDDLE.

Since 2017-18: students down 29% (745 to 532); teachers down 10% (43.9 to 39.6).

About MADISON MIDDLE

MADISON MIDDLE is a large middle school for students in ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico. It reported 532 students in grades 6 through 8 in 2024-25. Middle schools in New Mexico have about 335 students on average; enrollment here is 59% higher.

MADISON MIDDLE is one school in ALBUQUERQUE, a system of 172 schools with 74,800 students.

More than half of the students at MADISON MIDDLE are Hispanic (55%). Beyond that, enrollment is 24% White, 7% Native American, 6% multiracial, and 4% Black. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, MADISON MIDDLE scores 63%.

Its ratio of 13.4:1 is based on 39.6 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average for middle schools in New Mexico is 12.5:1, so this school has more students per teacher. In all, 100% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. On average, public schools in Bernalillo County report 90%.

MADISON MIDDLE holds a B+ allk12 Grade, placing it above 70% of New Mexico public middle schools.

On BeatsExpectations, MADISON MIDDLE is 4.2 points above its prediction, a result in the middle 80% of New Mexico schools.

In the surrounding county, Bernalillo County, the median household earns about $69,473 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 38%, and roughly 11% of residents are in poverty. Bernalillo County has 211 public schools with about 85,724 students, including MADISON MIDDLE.

Among nearby public schools, SOMBRA DEL MONTE ELEMENTARY is closest at about 0.4 miles. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. The nearest schools with test data average 46.0%, higher than MADISON MIDDLE's 37.7%.

The school is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more, according to its NCES locale (City: Large).

The school's student count decreased 17% between the 2020-21 and 2024-25 school years.

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Bernalillo County at a glance

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Population
673,930
Census ACS
Median income
$69,473
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
38%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
211
85,724 students

Quick facts

School name
MADISON MIDDLE
District
ALBUQUERQUE
Address
3501 MOON ST NE, ALBUQUERQUE, NM 87111
Phone
(505) 299-4735
County
Bernalillo County
Level
Middle
Grade range
06–08
Total enrollment
532
Teachers (FTE)
40
Student–teacher ratio
13.4:1
Free and reduced lunch
530 (100%)
Locale
11-City: Large
NCES ID
350006000081
Charter school
No
Virtual school
No

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Frequently asked questions

About MADISON MIDDLE
How large is MADISON MIDDLE?
MADISON MIDDLE enrolls approximately 532 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does MADISON MIDDLE serve?
MADISON MIDDLE serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many teachers does MADISON MIDDLE have?
MADISON MIDDLE employs 40 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.4:1.
What is the student diversity at MADISON MIDDLE?
Student demographics at MADISON MIDDLE are roughly 24% White, 55% Hispanic, 4% Black, 4% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Who oversees MADISON MIDDLE?
MADISON MIDDLE is overseen by ALBUQUERQUE in Bernalillo County.
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