PECOS MIDDLE

Located at NORTH NM HWY 63, in PECOS, New Mexico, PECOS MIDDLE is an one-room-style junior high that teaches 110 students (grades 6 through 8), run under PECOS. That puts it 67% below the typical public school in New Mexico, which averages around 335 students.

Across the 3 schools in PECOS (434 students total), PECOS MIDDLE accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

For racial and ethnic makeup, PECOS MIDDLE shows that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (95%). The remainder looks like 5% White. By comparison, San Miguel County as a whole is about 75% Hispanic, so the school skews meaningfully more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, PECOS MIDDLE has 5 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 22.0:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 12.5:1, putting PECOS MIDDLE higher than the state norm the norm. About 91% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), PECOS MIDDLE performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 35.6%, the actual is 26.8%, a residual of -8.8 points.

Zooming out to the county, census data for San Miguel County shows median household income runs about $49,431, 27% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 18%. In all, San Miguel County runs 19 public schools (combined enrollment of about 3,156 students), of which PECOS MIDDLE is one.

Nearest neighbor: PECOS HIGH, around 0.1 miles off. Within five miles, there are 2 other public schools. Among the 4 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), PECOS MIDDLE ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 33.9%.

The school occupies a countryside site.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at PECOS MIDDLE has contracted 32%, going from 162 students in 2018 to 110 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio grew from 16.6:1 in 2018 to 22.0:1 today.

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