English Language Arts
35.7%
State avg 44.2%
District avg 47.1%
County avg 35.8%
District avg 47.1%
County avg 35.8%
Test scores
See how it ranks: all New Mexico schools by score · Torrance County schools by score
NM-MSSA + NM-ASR, SY 2024-25
All grades, all students. % Proficient.Mathematics
13.4%
State avg 27.2%
District avg 29.7%
County avg 22.8%
District avg 29.7%
County avg 22.8%
Science
15.9%
State avg 37.0%
District avg 36.4%
County avg 30.5%
District avg 36.4%
County avg 30.5%
What this means: On the NM-MSSA + NM-ASR, New Mexico's statewide test, about 36 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level, about 13 of 100 do math at grade level, and about 16 of 100 are at grade level in science. Across all New Mexico schools, those numbers are about 44, 27, and 37.
Rank: MORIARTY MIDDLE places #82 of 113 New Mexico middle schools for state test proficiency.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
24.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
33.6%
based on NM schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-9.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 25% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 34% 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 →
By grade, SY 2024-25
School score vs state average per tested grade.| Grade | English Language Arts | Mathematics | Science | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| School | State | n tested | School | State | n tested | School | State | n tested | |
| All grades | 35.7% | 44.2% | 216 | 13.4% | 27.2% | 216 | 15.9% | 37.0% | 69 |
1-year history
All grades, all students. MORIARTY New Mexico avgEnglish Language Arts
| Year | School | District | County | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SY 2024-25 | 35.7% | 47.1% | 35.8% | 44.2% |
Mathematics
| Year | School | District | County | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SY 2024-25 | 13.4% | 29.7% | 22.8% | 27.2% |
Science
| Year | School | District | County | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SY 2024-25 | 15.9% | 36.4% | 30.5% | 37.0% |
How to read these scores
What is NM-MSSA + NM-ASR?
NM-MSSA + NM-ASR is the statewide standardized test administered by New Mexico public schools.
What does "% Proficient" mean?
It is the share of students at the school who performed at grade level or above on the test, summed across the top two of four performance levels. A higher number is better.
What does 35.7% mean for English Language Arts at MORIARTY MIDDLE?
It means about 35.7 percent of students tested at MORIARTY MIDDLE performed at grade level or above on the NM-MSSA + NM-ASR English Language Arts test in 2024-25. The statewide average for New Mexico that year was 44.2%. The other students fell into the lower performance levels.
How is the state average calculated?
It is a weighted average, not a simple average of each school's number. We multiply each public school's score by how many of its students tested, add those together for all schools in New Mexico, and divide by the total students tested that year. This way a big school with 1,500 students counts more than a small school with 50 students, which is the right way to ask "how did the typical student do this year?". District and county averages on this page use the same method, just scoped to that district or county.
Where does this data come from?
New Mexico Public Education Department, NM-MSSA (ELA + Math) + NM-ASR (Science). School-level All Students subgroup from web.ped.nm.gov public CSV downloads. Headline metric is the cumulative "Proficient + Above" rate (top 2 of 4 MSSA performance levels: Not Proficient / Nearing / Proficient / Advanced).
How often is it updated?
NM-MSSA + NM-ASR is administered once a year (spring). Results are released by the state in the summer or early fall. We refresh this page after each annual release.