MILAGRO MIDDLE

MILAGRO MIDDLE, a middle-of-the-pack junior high in SANTA FE, New Mexico, one of the schools within SANTA FE, caters to 329 students, covering grades 7 through 8.

Across the 29 schools in SANTA FE (11,182 students total), MILAGRO MIDDLE accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On demographics, MILAGRO MIDDLE shows that nearly all students (90%) are Hispanic. Beyond that, the school lists 7% White. That is meaningfully more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 48%.

Looking at school resources, MILAGRO MIDDLE reports 28 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 11.9:1. That tracks the state average closely. About 100% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Santa Fe County (around 84%), the school's rate is north of typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, MILAGRO MIDDLE tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 33.4% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 24.5%.

In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for Santa Fe County put median household earnings sit near $79,071, roughly 46% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 9%. In all, Santa Fe County runs 53 public schools (combined enrollment of about 20,719 students), of which MILAGRO MIDDLE is one.

Nearest neighbor: NEW MEXICO CONNECTIONS ACADEMY, around 0.4 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 5 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), MILAGRO MIDDLE ranks 5th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 33.4%.

The campus sits in a metropolitan setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count shrank 45%: 600 students in 2018 compared to 329 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 85% to 90% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 13.9:1 in 2018 to 11.9:1 today.

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