Enrollment
167
Middle
DISTRICT 209 · STATE 335
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LAS VEGAS CITY·NCES 350153000403
MEMORIAL MIDDLE
1236 5TH STREET, LAS VEGAS, NM 87701 · (505) 454-5710 · San Miguel County
GRADES 07–08MIDDLE33-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL167 STUDENTS
C-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 21% of New Mexico public middle schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats 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
11.4:1
15 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.9:1 · STATE 12.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
167 students
DISTRICT 100% · 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 7 | 79 | 47% |
| Grade 8 | 88 | 53% |
Student demographics
19%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 18% · 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
MEMORIAL MIDDLE→ROBERTSON HIGH
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within LAS VEGAS CITY. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
NM-MSSA + NM-ASR 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
31.6%
NM avg 44.2%
Math
9.9%
NM avg 27.2%
What this means: On the NM-MSSA + NM-ASR, New Mexico's statewide test, about 32 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 10 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
23.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
33.4%
based on NM schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-9.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 24% 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 MEMORIAL MIDDLE
MEMORIAL MIDDLE's state test result (23.8% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| MEMORIAL MIDDLE this school | 167 | 100.0% | 23.8% |
| JAL JR HIGH JAL | 119 | 100.0% | 35.8% |
| DEXTER MIDDLE DEXTER | 178 | 100.0% | 26.4% |
| SIERRA VISTA ELEMENTARY LAS VEGAS | 251 | 100.0% | 27.7% |
| HARRISON MIDDLE ALBUQUERQUE | 265 | 99.2% | 20.6% |
| SOUTH VALLEY PREP ALBUQUERQUE | 138 | 100.0% | 28.9% |
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 MEMORIAL MIDDLE ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In New Mexico | In San Miguel County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 23.8% | #88 of 113 | N/A |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 9.9% | #106 of 120 | N/A |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 31.6% | #97 of 122 | N/A |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 167 | #107 of 160 | #3 of 6 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 100% | #30 of 116 | N/A |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -31.0% | #16 of 89 | N/A |
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
167
-54 (-24%) vs 2020
-74% since 1990-91, when it was 634
Student : Teacher
11.4:1
was 13.0:1
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 | 167 | 14.6 | 11.4:1 | 100% (167) |
| 2023-24 | 179 | 15.4 | 11.7:1 | 38% (68) |
| 2022-23 | 168 | 16.2 | 10.4:1 | 100% (168) |
| 2020-21 | 221 | 17 | 13.0:1 | 100% (221) |
| 2017-18 | 242 | 14.4 | 16.8:1 | 100% (242) |
| 2015-16 | 391 | 25 | 15.6:1 | 100% (391) |
| 2010-11 | 386 | 33 | 11.7:1 | 66% (253) |
| 2000-01 | 584 | 43 | 13.6:1 | 64% (376) |
| 1990-91 | 634 | 40 | 15.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for MEMORIAL MIDDLE.
Since 2017-18: students down 31% (242 to 167); teachers up 1% (14.4 to 14.6).
About MEMORIAL MIDDLE
MEMORIAL MIDDLE is a small middle-grades school with its address in LAS VEGAS, New Mexico. It enrolls 167 students in 2024-25. The grades offered are 7 through 8. It has 50% fewer students than the average for middle schools in New Mexico (about 335).
The district for MEMORIAL MIDDLE is LAS VEGAS CITY, with 5 schools and 1,121 students.
Of every 100 students at MEMORIAL MIDDLE, about 90 are Hispanic. The remaining students are 7% White and 3% Native American. Census figures show San Miguel County is about 75% Hispanic. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 19, compared with 70 nationally.
Classroom staffing at MEMORIAL MIDDLE totals 14.6 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 11.4:1. Compared with the 12.5:1 average for middle schools in New Mexico, this school's ratio is lower. Federal data show 100% of students (167) are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch.
On the allk12 Grade, MEMORIAL MIDDLE lands at C-, ahead of 21% of New Mexico public middle schools.
Compared with New Mexico schools that have similar shares of low-income students, MEMORIAL MIDDLE's results are 9.6 points below predicted: 23.8% against 33.4%.
American Community Survey estimates for San Miguel County show that median household income comes to about $49,431, roughly 27% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 18% of residents live below the federal poverty line. San Miguel County counts 19 public schools with about 3,156 students.
MEMORIAL MIDDLE's closest public school neighbor is ROBERTSON HIGH, less than a tenth of a mile away. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. Ranking the closest schools with test data puts MEMORIAL MIDDLE at 4th of 6.
The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as Town: Remote, meaning it is in a town far from an urbanized area.
From 221 students in 2020-21, enrollment fell to 167 by 2024-25. From 2020-21 to 2024-25, the ratio dropped from 13.0:1 to 11.4:1.
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San Miguel County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
26,850
Census ACS
Median income
$49,431
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
27%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
18%
Below federal line
Schools in county
19
3,156 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in LAS VEGAS CITY
- ROBERTSON HIGHHigh · 331 students
- LOS NINOS ELEMENTARYElementary · 314 students
- SIERRA VISTA ELEMENTARYMiddle · 251 students
- MIKE SENA ELEMENTARYElementary · 58 students
- LVCS EARLY CHILDHOODElementary
Other schools in LAS VEGAS
- WEST LAS VEGAS HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 442 students
- WEST LAS VEGAS MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 345 students
- ROBERTSON HIGHHigh · 331 students
- LOS NINOS ELEMENTARYElementary · 314 students
- SIERRA VISTA ELEMENTARYMiddle · 251 students
- LUIS E. ARMIJO ELEMENTARYElementary · 229 students
Other Memorial Middle schools
24 other US public schools in 13 states are named Memorial Middle. MEMORIAL MIDDLE is the 22nd largest of the 25.
- Memorial Middle SchoolHOUSTON, TX · 1,236 students
- Memorial Middle School - 04Sioux Falls, SD · 1,133 students
- Memorial Middle SchoolEDINBURG, TX · 1,045 students
- MEMORIAL MIDDLE SCHOOLTAMPA, FL · 973 students
- Memorial Middle SchoolMentor, OH · 852 students
Nearby schools
- ROBERTSON HIGH0.1 mi · 331
- WEST LAS VEGAS HIGH SCHOOL0.8 mi · 442
- WLV FAMILY PARTNERSHIP0.9 mi · 30
- DON CECILIO MARTINEZ ELEMENTARY1.0 mi · 189
- WEST LAS VEGAS MIDDLE SCHOOL1.0 mi · 345
- LOS NINOS ELEMENTARY1.1 mi · 314
Frequently asked questions
About MEMORIAL MIDDLEHow many students attend MEMORIAL MIDDLE?
MEMORIAL MIDDLE enrolls approximately 167 students in grades 07-08.
What age range does MEMORIAL MIDDLE serve?
MEMORIAL MIDDLE serves students from grade 07 through grade 08.
How many teachers does MEMORIAL MIDDLE have?
MEMORIAL MIDDLE employs 15 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 11.4:1.
What is the student diversity at MEMORIAL MIDDLE?
Student demographics at MEMORIAL MIDDLE are roughly 7% White, 90% Hispanic, 1% Two or more.
Who oversees MEMORIAL MIDDLE?
MEMORIAL MIDDLE is overseen by LAS VEGAS CITY in San Miguel County.
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