POJOAQUE MIDDLE

POJOAQUE MIDDLE is a 6-8 campus of intimate scale in SANTA FE, New Mexico, overseen by POJOAQUE, instructing 263 students in grades 7 through 8. That puts it 21% below the typical public school in New Mexico, which averages around 335 students.

Within POJOAQUE, which oversees 5 schools and 1,500 students, POJOAQUE MIDDLE is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, POJOAQUE MIDDLE lists that Hispanic students make up the majority at 78%. The remainder reads as 19% Native American, 3% White. The wider county runs roughly 48% Hispanic, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Hispanic than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, POJOAQUE MIDDLE records 14 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 19.0:1. The state averages around 12.5:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Roughly 100% of students at POJOAQUE MIDDLE qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is noticeably above Santa Fe County's rate of about 84%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), POJOAQUE MIDDLE tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 33.4% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 20.9%.

Around the school, the surrounding county (Santa Fe County) logs that median household income runs about $79,071, 46% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 9%. Across Santa Fe County's 53 public schools (combined enrollment of about 20,719 students), POJOAQUE MIDDLE is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: SIXTH GRADE ACADEMY, around 0.0 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 4 other public schools cluster around POJOAQUE MIDDLE. On composite proficiency, POJOAQUE MIDDLE comes 5th of 5 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 27.8%.

The school occupies a rural site.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at POJOAQUE MIDDLE has contracted 21%, going from 332 students in 2018 to 263 in 2025.

In the discussion threads here, members of the POJOAQUE MIDDLE community share and discuss open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.