MORIARTY MIDDLE

Set in MORIARTY, New Mexico, MORIARTY MIDDLE is a small intermediate school, overseen by MORIARTY-EDGEWOOD. It instructs 248 students across grades 6 through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 26% below the state mean of about 335.

MORIARTY-EDGEWOOD runs 7 schools in total, collectively educating 2,361 students. MORIARTY MIDDLE is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, MORIARTY MIDDLE records that Hispanic students make up the majority at 60%. Beyond that, the school shows 35% White, 4% multiracial. That is meaningfully more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 43%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, MORIARTY MIDDLE has 17 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 14.6:1. The state averages around 12.5:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. An estimated 99% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

After controlling for student poverty, MORIARTY MIDDLE performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 33.6%, the actual is 24.6%, a residual of -9.0 points.

In the broader community, ACS estimates for Torrance County put the typical household earns roughly $57,842 per year, 17% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 12%. MORIARTY MIDDLE is one of 11 public schools in Torrance County (combined enrollment of about 2,258 students).

MORIARTY HIGH is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 2 other public schools cluster around MORIARTY MIDDLE. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts MORIARTY MIDDLE at 5th of 6; the average score across the group is 44.8%.

The campus sits in a low-density setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at MORIARTY MIDDLE has declined 10%, going from 277 students in 2018 to 248 in 2025.

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