MOUNTAIN VIEW MIDDLE

Located at 500 SOUTH WASHINGTON AVENUE, in ALAMOGORDO, New Mexico, MOUNTAIN VIEW MIDDLE is a middle-of-the-pack intermediate school that serves 479 students (grades 6 through 8), one of the schools within ALAMOGORDO. Compared to the state average of about 335 students per school, that is 43% larger than typical.

MOUNTAIN VIEW MIDDLE is one of 14 schools operated by ALAMOGORDO, a district that serves 5,227 students overall.

Looking at the student body, MOUNTAIN VIEW MIDDLE records that the largest single group is Hispanic at 52%, but no single group is in the majority. Other groups include 32% White, 7% multiracial, 6% Black. That is noticeably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 40%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 33 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 14.5:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 12.5:1 average. Roughly 100% of students at MOUNTAIN VIEW MIDDLE qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

With demographic context factored in, MOUNTAIN VIEW MIDDLE performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 33.4%, the actual is 34.3%, a residual of +0.8 points.

In the broader community, ACS estimates for Otero County put median household income runs about $55,876, 23% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 15%. In all, Otero County runs 26 public schools (combined enrollment of about 7,639 students), of which MOUNTAIN VIEW MIDDLE is one.

DESERT STAR ELEMENTARY is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around MOUNTAIN VIEW MIDDLE. On composite proficiency, MOUNTAIN VIEW MIDDLE comes 5th of 7 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 37.3%.

Geographically, the school is in a town-based area.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at MOUNTAIN VIEW MIDDLE has changed only slightly, going from 488 students in 2018 to 479 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment grew from 46% to 52% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 17.1:1 in 2018 to 14.5:1 today.

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