Enrollment
224
Middle
DISTRICT 410 · STATE 335
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·GALLUP·NCES 350111000861
NAVAJO MIDDLE SCHOOL
1 WEST WALNUT AVE, NAVAJO, NM 87328 · (505) 721-5300 · McKinley County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE43-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL224 STUDENTS
D
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 10% of New Mexico public middle schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats 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
5.0:1
45 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 6.5:1 · STATE 12.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
72%
161 students
DISTRICT 84% · STATE 90%
Community
0
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 | 58 | 26% |
| Grade 7 | 70 | 31% |
| Grade 8 | 96 | 43% |
Student demographics
62%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 55% · 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
26.5%
NM avg 44.2%
Math
8.5%
NM avg 27.2%
What this means: On the NM-MSSA + NM-ASR, New Mexico's statewide test, about 27 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 9 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of NM schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
21.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
40.2%
based on NM schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-18.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 22% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 40% typical for New Mexico schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 NAVAJO MIDDLE SCHOOL
NAVAJO MIDDLE SCHOOL's state test result (21.6% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| NAVAJO MIDDLE SCHOOL this school | 224 | 71.9% | 21.6% |
| TOHATCHI MIDDLE TOHATCHI | 297 | 79.1% | 25.0% |
| CROWNPOINT MIDDLE CROWNPOINT | 226 | 80.5% | 27.6% |
| THOREAU MIDDLE THOREAU | 362 | 83.1% | 25.4% |
| GALLUP MIDDLE GALLUP | 480 | 82.9% | 29.2% |
| CHIEF MANUELITO MIDDLE GALLUP | 634 | 85.8% | 25.5% |
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 NAVAJO MIDDLE SCHOOL ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In New Mexico | In McKinley County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 21.6% | #95 of 113 | #8 of 8 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 8.5% | #110 of 120 | #8 of 8 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 26.5% | #111 of 122 | #8 of 8 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 224 | #99 of 160 | #8 of 8 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 5.0:1 | #2 of 101 | #2 of 6 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 62.3% | #16 of 103 | #2 of 8 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 71.9% | #106 of 116 | #8 of 8 |
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
224
+87 (+64%) vs 2020
+76% since 2010-11, when it was 127
Student : Teacher
5.0:1
was 13.7:1
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 | 224 | 45 | 5.0:1 | 72% (161) |
| 2023-24 | 195 | 10 | 19.5:1 | 89% (173) |
| 2022-23 | 188 | 8 | 23.5:1 | 100% (188) |
| 2020-21 | 137 | 10 | 13.7:1 | 100% (137) |
| 2017-18 | 145 | 9 | 16.1:1 | 100% (145) |
| 2015-16 | 121 | 6 | 20.2:1 | 100% (121) |
| 2010-11 | 127 | 12 | 10.6:1 | 98% (124) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for NAVAJO MIDDLE SCHOOL.
Since 2017-18: students up 54% (145 to 224); teachers up 400% (9 to 45).
About NAVAJO MIDDLE SCHOOL
This page covers NAVAJO MIDDLE SCHOOL, a low-enrollment middle-grades school in NAVAJO, New Mexico. A federal count lists 224 students at the school, in grades 6 through 8. Average enrollment for middle schools in New Mexico is about 335, so this school runs 33% smaller than that.
GALLUP serves 12,698 students across 33 schools.
A majority of students at NAVAJO MIDDLE SCHOOL, 54%, are Native American. The next largest groups are 26% Hispanic, 12% White, and 7% multiracial. The chance that two students picked at random at NAVAJO MIDDLE SCHOOL belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 62%.
The count of teachers at NAVAJO MIDDLE SCHOOL is 45 full-time equivalents, for a ratio of 5.0:1. Among middle schools in New Mexico, the typical ratio is 12.5:1. The school counts 161 students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, or 72%. For comparison, public schools in McKinley County average 85%.
allk12 grades NAVAJO MIDDLE SCHOOL a D. The grade compares the school only with New Mexico public middle schools, because each state gives its own test.
The allk12 BeatsExpectations score for NAVAJO MIDDLE SCHOOL is -18.6 points, in the bottom 10% of New Mexico. Its average proficiency rate on state tests is 21.6%, and the predicted rate is 40.2%.
Within McKinley County, median household income is about $47,668, about 13% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 28% of residents are in poverty. Federal data list 53 public schools in McKinley County, with a combined enrollment of about 16,807.
NAVAJO PINE HIGH is the public school closest to NAVAJO MIDDLE SCHOOL, less than a tenth of a mile away. Inside a five-mile radius, there are 3 other public schools.
In the federal locale system, NAVAJO MIDDLE SCHOOL is coded Rural: Remote, for schools in rural territory far from an urban area.
NAVAJO MIDDLE SCHOOL had 137 students in 2020-21 and 224 in 2024-25, according to federal records. Those counts may cover different grade spans. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 13.7:1 in 2020-21 to 5.0:1 in 2024-25.
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McKinley County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
70,431
Census ACS
Median income
$47,668
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
13%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
28%
Below federal line
Schools in county
53
16,807 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in GALLUP
- GALLUP CENTRAL ALTERNATIVEHigh · 1,244 students
- MIYAMURA HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,237 students
- GALLUP HIGHHigh · 796 students
- JOHN F. KENNEDY MIDDLEMiddle · 648 students
- CHIEF MANUELITO MIDDLEMiddle · 634 students
- GALLUP MIDDLEMiddle · 480 students
Other schools in NAVAJO
- NAVAJO ELEMENTARYElementary · 310 students
- NAVAJO PINE HIGHHigh · 140 students
- DZIT DIT LOOL SCHOOL OF EMPOWERMENT ACTION AND PERSEVERANCEHigh · 56 students
- Crystal Boarding SchoolElementary · 54 students
Nearby schools
- NAVAJO PINE HIGH0.1 mi · 140
- DZIT DIT LOOL SCHOOL OF EMPOWERMENT ACTION AND PERSEVERANCE0.4 mi · 56
- NAVAJO ELEMENTARY0.5 mi · 310
- Integrated Preschool10.0 mi · 39
- Tsehootsooi Primary Learning Center10.0 mi · 430
- Window Rock High School10.7 mi · 548
Frequently asked questions
About NAVAJO MIDDLE SCHOOLHow many students attend NAVAJO MIDDLE SCHOOL?
NAVAJO MIDDLE SCHOOL enrolls approximately 224 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does NAVAJO MIDDLE SCHOOL serve?
NAVAJO MIDDLE SCHOOL serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at NAVAJO MIDDLE SCHOOL?
Approximately 5.0:1 students per teacher at NAVAJO MIDDLE SCHOOL.
How diverse is NAVAJO MIDDLE SCHOOL?
NAVAJO MIDDLE SCHOOL reports a student body of 12% White, 26% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Asian, 7% Two or more.
What district is NAVAJO MIDDLE SCHOOL in?
NAVAJO MIDDLE SCHOOL is part of GALLUP.
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