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
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
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. 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 →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
224
+79 (+54%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
5.0:1
was 16.1:1
% White
12%
was 0%
% Hispanic
26%
was 1%
% Black
1%
was 0%
% Asian
1%
was 0%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About NAVAJO MIDDLE SCHOOL
NAVAJO MIDDLE SCHOOL is a 6-8 campus of low-enrollment scale in NAVAJO, New Mexico, overseen by GALLUP, works with 224 students in grades 6 through 8. Compared to the state average of about 335 students per school, that is 33% below typical.
Within GALLUP, which oversees 33 schools and 12,698 students, NAVAJO MIDDLE SCHOOL is one campus in the system.
On the student-mix side, NAVAJO MIDDLE SCHOOL records that the largest single group is Native American at 54%, but no single group is in the majority. Beyond that, the school logs 26% Hispanic, 12% White, 7% multiracial.
In terms of school funding signals, NAVAJO MIDDLE SCHOOL reports 45 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 5.0:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 12.5:1 average. An estimated 72% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, McKinley County runs at roughly 85%, so the school's eligibility rate is below the surrounding baseline.
On a demographically-adjusted basis, On a poverty-adjusted basis, NAVAJO MIDDLE SCHOOL sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 40.2%; actual is 21.6%, a gap of -18.6 points.
In the broader community, census data for McKinley County shows median household earnings sit near $47,668, about 13% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 28%. Across McKinley County's 53 public schools (combined enrollment of about 16,807 students), NAVAJO MIDDLE SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.
NAVAJO PINE HIGH is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. 3 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.
The school occupies a low-density site.
Looking at the recent track record. NAVAJO MIDDLE SCHOOL's enrollment has climbed 54% since 2018, when it stood at 145 (now 224). Hispanic enrollment moved from 1% to 26% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 16.1:1 in 2018 to 5.0:1 today.
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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
- Tsehootsooi Primary Learning Center10.0 mi · 430
- Integrated Preschool10.0 mi · 39
- 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.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.