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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