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Enrollment
481
Middle
DISTRICT 490 · STATE 335
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ROSWELL·NCES 350225000518
MOUNTAIN VIEW MIDDLE
312 EAST MTN VIEW RD, ROSWELL, NM 88203 · (575) 627-2825 · Chaves County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL481 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 43% 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
17.4:1
28 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.7:1 · STATE 12.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
481 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 | 150 | 31% |
| Grade 7 | 154 | 32% |
| Grade 8 | 177 | 37% |
Student demographics
27%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 39% · 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
37.5%
NM avg 44.2%
Math
15.3%
NM avg 27.2%
What this means: On the NM-MSSA + NM-ASR, New Mexico's statewide test, about 38 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 15 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
28.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
33.4%
based on NM schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-5.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 28% 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 MOUNTAIN VIEW MIDDLE
MOUNTAIN VIEW MIDDLE's state test result (28.2% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| MOUNTAIN VIEW MIDDLE this school | 481 | 100.0% | 28.2% |
| SIERRA MIDDLE ROSWELL | 557 | 100.0% | 25.3% |
| LYNN MIDDLE LAS CRUCES | 507 | 99.8% | 22.1% |
| BELEN MIDDLE BELEN | 475 | 99.8% | 26.4% |
| SIERRA MIDDLE LAS CRUCES | 698 | 99.7% | 36.3% |
| JIMMY CARTER MIDDLE ALBUQUERQUE | 436 | 99.5% | 19.1% |
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 MOUNTAIN VIEW MIDDLE ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In New Mexico | In Chaves County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 28.2% | #59 of 113 | N/A |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 15.3% | #74 of 120 | N/A |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 37.5% | #76 of 122 | N/A |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 481 | #43 of 160 | #3 of 7 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.4:1 | #91 of 101 | N/A |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 26.7% | #79 of 103 | N/A |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 100% | #40 of 116 | N/A |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -9.4% | #71 of 89 | 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
481
-87 (-15%) vs 2020
+22% since 1990-91, when it was 393
Student : Teacher
17.4:1
was 21.0:1
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 | 481 | 27.6 | 17.4:1 | 100% (481) |
| 2023-24 | 473 | 27.3 | 17.4:1 | 100% (473) |
| 2022-23 | 520 | 26.3 | 19.8:1 | 100% (520) |
| 2020-21 | 568 | 27 | 21.0:1 | 100% (568) |
| 2017-18 | 531 | 29.3 | 18.1:1 | 100% (531) |
| 2015-16 | 500 | 30 | 16.7:1 | 100% (500) |
| 2010-11 | 428 | 28 | 15.3:1 | 99% (425) |
| 2000-01 | 387 | 28 | 13.8:1 | 75% (290) |
| 1990-91 | 393 | 20 | 19.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for MOUNTAIN VIEW MIDDLE.
Since 2017-18: students down 9% (531 to 481); teachers down 6% (29.3 to 27.6).
About MOUNTAIN VIEW MIDDLE
MOUNTAIN VIEW MIDDLE is a middle school located in ROSWELL, New Mexico, in Chaves County. Its 481 students are spread across grades 6 through 8. The school's enrollment is 44% above the 335 average for middle schools in New Mexico.
Besides MOUNTAIN VIEW MIDDLE, ROSWELL runs 21 other schools. The district enrolls 9,184 students.
Federal enrollment data show MOUNTAIN VIEW MIDDLE is 85% Hispanic. The school is also 11% White and 3% Black. The Hispanic share of the county population is lower, at 58%. The school's diversity index is 27%, meaning two students picked at random have a 27% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
MOUNTAIN VIEW MIDDLE's 27.6 full-time-equivalent teachers put its ratio at 17.4:1. That is higher than the 12.5:1 average for middle schools in New Mexico. Eligibility for subsidized school meals is 100%. For comparison, public schools in Chaves County average 100%.
Measured against New Mexico public middle schools, MOUNTAIN VIEW MIDDLE receives a C+. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
The allk12 BeatsExpectations score for MOUNTAIN VIEW MIDDLE is -5.2 points: 28.2% actual, 33.4% predicted.
In Chaves County (population about 64,217), the median household income is $52,938, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 18% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 20%. There are 33 public schools in Chaves County, enrolling about 10,504 students in all.
SUNSET ELEMENTARY is the public school closest to MOUNTAIN VIEW MIDDLE, about 1.1 miles away. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Ranking the closest schools with test data puts MOUNTAIN VIEW MIDDLE at 4th of 6.
The school's locale code, Rural: Fringe, means it is in rural territory close to an urban area.
The school enrolled 481 students in 2024-25, 87 fewer than the 568 it had in 2020-21. Staffing shifted too: the ratio moved from 21.0:1 to 17.4:1.
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Chaves County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
64,217
Census ACS
Median income
$52,938
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
18%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
20%
Below federal line
Schools in county
33
10,504 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in ROSWELL
- ROSWELL HIGHHigh · 1,437 students
- GODDARD HIGHHigh · 1,096 students
- BERRENDO MIDDLEMiddle · 571 students
- SIERRA MIDDLEMiddle · 557 students
- DEL NORTE ELEMENTARYElementary · 518 students
- MILITARY HEIGHTS ELEMENTARYElementary · 426 students
Other schools in ROSWELL
- ROSWELL HIGHHigh · 1,437 students
- GODDARD HIGHHigh · 1,096 students
- BERRENDO MIDDLEMiddle · 571 students
- SIERRA MIDDLEMiddle · 557 students
- DEL NORTE ELEMENTARYElementary · 518 students
- MILITARY HEIGHTS ELEMENTARYElementary · 426 students
Other Mountain View Middle schools
15 other US public schools in 8 states are named Mountain View Middle. MOUNTAIN VIEW MIDDLE is the 12th largest of the 16.
- MOUNTAIN VIEW MIDDLERIO RANCHO, NM · 931 students
- MOUNTAIN VIEW MIDDLEALAMOGORDO, NM · 479 students
- Mountain View Middle SchoolMechanicsburg, PA · 1,403 students
- Mountain View MiddleMoreno Valley, CA · 1,114 students
- Mountain View MiddleBeaumont, CA · 978 students
Nearby schools
- SUNSET ELEMENTARY1.1 mi · 253
- UNIVERSITY HIGH1.7 mi · 167
- MONTERREY ELEMENTARY1.8 mi · 373
- SIDNEY GUTIERREZ MIDDLE1.9 mi · 196
- EARLY COLLEGE HIGH SCHOOL2.0 mi · 151
- PECOS ELEMENTARY2.3 mi · 255
Frequently asked questions
About MOUNTAIN VIEW MIDDLEHow many students attend MOUNTAIN VIEW MIDDLE?
MOUNTAIN VIEW MIDDLE enrolls approximately 481 students in grades 06-08.
Is MOUNTAIN VIEW MIDDLE an elementary, middle, or high school?
MOUNTAIN VIEW MIDDLE is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
How many teachers does MOUNTAIN VIEW MIDDLE have?
MOUNTAIN VIEW MIDDLE employs 28 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 17.4:1.
How diverse is MOUNTAIN VIEW MIDDLE?
MOUNTAIN VIEW MIDDLE reports a student body of 11% White, 85% Hispanic, 3% Black, 0% Asian.
What district is MOUNTAIN VIEW MIDDLE in?
MOUNTAIN VIEW MIDDLE is part of ROSWELL.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.