Enrollment
72
Middle
DISTRICT 90 · STATE 335
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MELROSE·NCES 350183000898
MELROSE JUNIOR
100 MISSOURI AVE, MELROSE, NM 88124 · (575) 253-4269 · Curry County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE43-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL72 STUDENTS
A
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Scored higher than 94% of New Mexico public middle schools
- ATest 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
Student : Teacher
8.5:1
8 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 8.3:1 · STATE 12.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
72 students
DISTRICT 99% · STATE 90%
Community
0
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 | 25 | 35% |
| Grade 7 | 20 | 28% |
| Grade 8 | 27 | 38% |
Student demographics
49%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 47% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
MELROSE JUNIOR→MELROSE HIGH
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within MELROSE. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
NM-MSSA + NM-ASR 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
71.0%
NM avg 44.2%
Math
33.3%
NM avg 27.2%
What this means: On the NM-MSSA + NM-ASR, New Mexico's statewide test, about 71 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 33 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of NM schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
58.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
33.4%
based on NM schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+25.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 58% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 33% typical for New Mexico schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 25 points, placing it in New Mexico's top 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 MELROSE JUNIOR
MELROSE JUNIOR's state test result (58.5% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| MELROSE JUNIOR this school | 72 | 100.0% | 58.5% |
| EAGLE NEST MIDDLE EAGLE NEST | 57 | 100.0% | N/A |
| EDGEWOOD MIDDLE MORIARTY | 281 | 100.0% | 50.3% |
| ROOSEVELT MIDDLE TIJERAS | 401 | 100.0% | 55.6% |
| MORIARTY MIDDLE MORIARTY | 248 | 99.2% | 24.6% |
| ESTANCIA MIDDLE ESTANCIA | 99 | 100.0% | 38.0% |
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 MELROSE JUNIOR ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In New Mexico | In Curry County |
|---|---|---|---|
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 72 | #134 of 160 | #5 of 6 |
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
72
+19 (+36%) vs 2020
+106% since 2010-11, when it was 35
Student : Teacher
8.5:1
was 26.5:1
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 | 72 | 8.4 | 8.5:1 | 100% (72) |
| 2023-24 | 73 | 4.2 | 17.3:1 | 40% (29) |
| 2022-23 | 48 | 3.6 | 13.5:1 | 44% (21) |
| 2020-21 | 53 | 2 | 26.5:1 | 45% (24) |
| 2017-18 | 30 | 3.8 | 8.0:1 | 50% (15) |
| 2015-16 | 32 | 3 | 10.7:1 | 47% (15) |
| 2010-11 | 35 | 2 | 17.5:1 | 49% (17) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for MELROSE JUNIOR.
Since 2017-18: students up 140% (30 to 72); teachers up 124% (3.8 to 8.4).
About MELROSE JUNIOR
MELROSE JUNIOR sits in MELROSE, New Mexico, and is classified as a middle-grades school. The school enrolls 72 students, from grades 6 through 8. An average school in this group (middle schools in New Mexico) has about 335 students.
Besides MELROSE JUNIOR, MELROSE runs 2 other schools. The district enrolls 271 students.
Roughly 64% of students at MELROSE JUNIOR are White. Other groups include 32% Hispanic and 3% multiracial. By comparison, Curry County residents are about 54% White. MELROSE JUNIOR's diversity index is 49%, against a US figure of 70%.
MELROSE JUNIOR's 8.4 full-time-equivalent teachers put its ratio at 8.5:1. On average, middle schools in New Mexico have 12.5:1, compared with 8.5:1 here. The school's rate of free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is 100%. The gap from the 85% average for public schools in Curry County is 15 points.
Measured against New Mexico public middle schools, MELROSE JUNIOR receives an A. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
In New Mexico, MELROSE JUNIOR is one of the top 10% of schools on BeatsExpectations, with an average proficiency rate on state tests of 58.5% compared with a predicted 33.4%.
Within Curry County, the median household income is $57,309, 23% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 17% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Besides MELROSE JUNIOR, Curry County has 27 other public schools.
MELROSE ELEMENTARY is the closest public school, less than a tenth of a mile away in a straight line. Other public schools within five miles number 2. The nearest schools with test data average 54.3%, lower than MELROSE JUNIOR's 58.5%.
MELROSE JUNIOR is coded as Rural: Remote in federal locale data.
MELROSE JUNIOR's enrollment climbed from 53 in 2020-21 to 72 in 2024-25. Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio fell to 8.5:1, from 26.5:1.
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Curry County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
47,638
Census ACS
Median income
$57,309
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
23%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
17%
Below federal line
Schools in county
28
8,777 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in MELROSE
- MELROSE ELEMENTARYElementary · 120 students
- MELROSE HIGHHigh · 79 students
Other schools in MELROSE
- MELROSE ELEMENTARYElementary · 120 students
- MELROSE HIGHHigh · 79 students
Nearby schools
- MELROSE ELEMENTARY0.0 mi · 120
- MELROSE HIGH0.0 mi · 79
- FLOYD ELEMENTARY15.4 mi · 92
- FLOYD HIGH15.4 mi · 60
- FLOYD MIDDLE15.4 mi · 72
- HOUSE HIGH21.7 mi · 29
Frequently asked questions
About MELROSE JUNIORHow many students attend MELROSE JUNIOR?
MELROSE JUNIOR enrolls approximately 72 students in grades 06-08.
Is MELROSE JUNIOR an elementary, middle, or high school?
MELROSE JUNIOR is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
How many students per teacher at MELROSE JUNIOR?
Approximately 8.5:1 students per teacher at MELROSE JUNIOR.
What is the student diversity at MELROSE JUNIOR?
Student demographics at MELROSE JUNIOR are roughly 64% White, 32% Hispanic, 1% Black, 3% Two or more.
Is MELROSE JUNIOR public or private?
MELROSE JUNIOR is a public K-12 school, overseen by MELROSE.
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