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
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
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. 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 →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
72
+42 (+140%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
8.5:1
was 8.0:1
% White
64%
was 67%
% Hispanic
32%
was 33%
% Black
1%
was 0%
% Asian
0%
was 0%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About MELROSE JUNIOR
MELROSE JUNIOR operates as a rural-scale junior high in MELROSE, New Mexico, overseen by MELROSE. Current enrollment sits at 72 students spanning grades 6 through 8. That puts it 79% below the typical public school in New Mexico, which averages around 335 students.
Across the 3 schools in MELROSE (271 students total), MELROSE JUNIOR accounts for its share of the district's footprint.
On the student-mix side, MELROSE JUNIOR logs that 64% of the student body identifies as White. Other groups include 32% Hispanic, 3% multiracial. That is noticeably more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 54%.
Looking at school resources, On paper, MELROSE JUNIOR has 8 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 8.5:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 12.5:1, putting MELROSE JUNIOR tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 100% of students at MELROSE JUNIOR qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Curry County (around 85%), the school's rate is noticeably above typical.
Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, MELROSE JUNIOR sits in the top 10% of New Mexico schools after the BeatsExpectations adjustment. Predicted proficiency for the school's FRL share is roughly 33.4%; actual is 58.5%, +25.1 points clear of the demographic baseline.
Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Curry County put median household earnings sit near $57,309, 23% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 17%. In all, Curry County runs 28 public schools (combined enrollment of about 8,777 students), of which MELROSE JUNIOR is one.
Nearest neighbor: MELROSE ELEMENTARY, around 0.0 miles off. Within five miles, there are 2 other public schools. On composite proficiency, MELROSE JUNIOR comes 2nd of 4 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 54.3%.
Geographically, the school is in a countryside area.
Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at MELROSE JUNIOR has increased 140%, going from 30 students in 2018 to 72 in 2025.
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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 HIGH15.4 mi · 60
- FLOYD ELEMENTARY15.4 mi · 92
- FLOYD MIDDLE15.4 mi · 72
- HOUSE ELEMENTARY21.7 mi · 20
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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