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Enrollment
728
Middle
DISTRICT 606 · STATE 335
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LAS CRUCES·NCES 350150001063
MESA MIDDLE
7225 JORNADA RD NORTH, LAS CRUCES, NM 88012 · (575) 527-9510 · Doña Ana County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL728 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 46% 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.
- B-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
15.7:1
47 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.9:1 · STATE 12.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
728 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 | 277 | 38% |
| Grade 7 | 200 | 27% |
| Grade 8 | 251 | 34% |
Student demographics
32%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
41.8%
NM avg 44.2%
Math
14.3%
NM avg 27.2%
What this means: On the NM-MSSA + NM-ASR, New Mexico's statewide test, about 42 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 14 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
30.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
33.4%
based on NM schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-3.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 30% 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 MESA MIDDLE
MESA MIDDLE's state test result (30.0% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| MESA MIDDLE this school | 728 | 100.0% | 30.0% |
| SIERRA MIDDLE LAS CRUCES | 698 | 99.7% | 36.3% |
| LYNN MIDDLE LAS CRUCES | 507 | 99.8% | 22.1% |
| PICACHO MIDDLE LAS CRUCES | 698 | 100.0% | 27.2% |
| VISTA MIDDLE LAS CRUCES | 574 | 100.0% | 33.6% |
| TAYLOR MIDDLE LOVINGTON | 442 | 100.0% | 32.0% |
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 MESA MIDDLE ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In New Mexico | In Doña Ana County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 30.0% | #55 of 113 | #8 of 11 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 14.3% | #80 of 120 | #10 of 11 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 41.8% | #54 of 122 | #7 of 11 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 728 | #14 of 160 | #2 of 12 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.7:1 | #83 of 101 | #11 of 11 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 31.6% | #72 of 103 | #4 of 11 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 100% | #29 of 116 | #7 of 11 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +19.1% | #3 of 12 | 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
728
-25 (-3%) vs 2020
+73% since 2010-11, when it was 422
Student : Teacher
15.7:1
was 17.1:1
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 | 728 | 46.5 | 15.7:1 | 100% (728) |
| 2023-24 | 718 | 48 | 14.9:1 | 99% (714) |
| 2022-23 | 803 | 50.5 | 15.9:1 | 100% (803) |
| 2020-21 | 753 | 44 | 17.1:1 | 100% (753) |
| 2017-18 | 611 | 37.5 | 16.3:1 | 100% (611) |
| 2015-16 | 649 | 39 | 16.6:1 | 100% (646) |
| 2010-11 | 422 | 35 | 12.1:1 | 72% (303) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for MESA MIDDLE.
Since 2017-18: students up 19% (611 to 728); teachers up 24% (37.5 to 46.5).
About MESA MIDDLE
MESA MIDDLE is a high-enrollment middle-grades school with an address in LAS CRUCES, New Mexico. It is open to students in grades 6 through 8 and enrolls 728 students. Middle schools in New Mexico have about 335 students on average; enrollment here is 117% higher.
LAS CRUCES includes 39 schools. Together they enroll 22,670 students.
Of every 100 students at MESA MIDDLE, about 82 are Hispanic. The school is also 12% White and 2% multiracial. That is higher than the 68% Hispanic share among all Doña Ana County residents. A diversity index of 32% means there is a 32% chance two randomly chosen students at MESA MIDDLE are from different groups.
Its staff includes 46.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, for about 15.7 students per teacher. Across middle schools in New Mexico, the average ratio is 12.5:1. MESA MIDDLE has a free or reduced-price lunch rate of 100%. Public schools in Doña Ana County average a similar 98%.
MESA MIDDLE holds a B- allk12 Grade, placing it above 46% of New Mexico public middle schools.
MESA MIDDLE sits between the top and bottom 10% of New Mexico schools on BeatsExpectations, with an actual average proficiency rate across its state test results of 30.0% and a predicted 33.4%.
In Doña Ana County, home to about 224,266 people, the median household earns about $56,848 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 32% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 19%. Public schools in Doña Ana County number 81, with about 36,561 students.
MONTE VISTA ELEMENTARY, about 0.4 miles away, is the closest public school. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 39.5%; MESA MIDDLE's is 30.0%, ranking 6th of 7.
The NCES locale for MESA MIDDLE is Rural: Fringe, which covers schools in rural territory close to an urban area.
The 2020-21-to-2024-25 change in enrollment was a 3% decline, from 753 to 728. Its ratio of students to teachers was 17.1:1 in 2020-21, and 15.7:1 in 2024-25.
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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
- MONTE VISTA ELEMENTARYElementary · 706 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
- MONTE VISTA ELEMENTARYElementary · 706 students
Other Mesa Middle schools
3 other US public schools in 3 states are named Mesa Middle. MESA MIDDLE is the 2nd largest of the 4.
- MESA MIDDLEROSWELL, NM · 350 students
- Mesa Middle SchoolCASTLE ROCK, CO · 852 students
- Mesa MiddleArroyo Grande, CA · 474 students
Nearby schools
- MONTE VISTA ELEMENTARY0.4 mi · 706
- ORGAN MOUNTAIN HIGH SCHOOL1.9 mi · 2,128
- SONOMA ELEMENTARY2.6 mi · 660
- SUNRISE ELEMENTARY2.7 mi · 363
- CESAR CHAVEZ ELEMENTARY2.7 mi · 492
- HIGHLAND ELEMENTARY2.8 mi · 704
Frequently asked questions
About MESA MIDDLEWhat is the total enrollment at MESA MIDDLE?
MESA MIDDLE enrolls approximately 728 students in grades 06-08.
Is MESA MIDDLE an elementary, middle, or high school?
MESA MIDDLE is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
How many students per teacher at MESA MIDDLE?
Approximately 15.7:1 students per teacher at MESA MIDDLE.
What is the racial breakdown of students at MESA MIDDLE?
At MESA MIDDLE, the student body is approximately 12% White, 82% Hispanic, 2% Black, 1% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Is MESA MIDDLE public or private?
MESA MIDDLE is a public K-12 school, overseen by LAS CRUCES.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.