Enrollment
222
Middle
DISTRICT 423 · STATE 335
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ALBUQUERQUE·NCES 350006000098
POLK MIDDLE
2220 RAYMAC RD SW, ALBUQUERQUE, NM 87105 · (505) 877-6444 · Bernalillo County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL222 STUDENTS
C-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 16% of New Mexico public middle schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-Beats 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
9.2:1
24 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.6:1 · STATE 12.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
96%
214 students
DISTRICT 92% · 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 | 78 | 35% |
| Grade 7 | 70 | 32% |
| Grade 8 | 74 | 33% |
Student demographics
32%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 52% · 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
27.8%
NM avg 44.2%
Math
9.6%
NM avg 27.2%
What this means: On the NM-MSSA + NM-ASR, New Mexico's statewide test, about 28 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 10 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
23.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
34.3%
based on NM schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-11.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 23% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 34% typical for New Mexico schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among New Mexico's top nor bottom 10%.
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 POLK MIDDLE
POLK MIDDLE's state test result (23.3% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| POLK MIDDLE this school | 222 | 96.4% | 23.3% |
| WASHINGTON MIDDLE ALBUQUERQUE | 248 | 99.2% | 17.3% |
| LOVINGTON 6TH GRADE ACADEMY LOVINGTON | 232 | 100.0% | 43.0% |
| SNELL MIDDLE BAYARD | 201 | 100.0% | 27.1% |
| GARFIELD MIDDLE ALBUQUERQUE | 282 | 99.3% | 24.6% |
| MESA MIDDLE ROSWELL | 350 | 100.0% | 25.4% |
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 POLK MIDDLE ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In New Mexico | In Bernalillo County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 23.3% | #90 of 113 | #19 of 31 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 9.6% | #107 of 120 | #22 of 31 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 27.8% | #108 of 122 | #23 of 31 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 222 | #100 of 160 | #28 of 31 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 9.2:1 | #8 of 101 | #2 of 28 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 31.8% | #71 of 103 | #19 of 28 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 96.4% | #90 of 116 | #29 of 31 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -29.5% | #17 of 89 | #13 of 25 |
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
222
-76 (-26%) vs 2020
-60% since 1990-91, when it was 558
Student : Teacher
9.2:1
was 11.5:1
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 | 222 | 24.2 | 9.2:1 | 96% (214) |
| 2023-24 | 256 | 20.2 | 12.7:1 | N/A |
| 2022-23 | 269 | 22.7 | 11.8:1 | 100% (269) |
| 2020-21 | 298 | 26 | 11.5:1 | 100% (298) |
| 2017-18 | 315 | 23.5 | 13.4:1 | 100% (315) |
| 2015-16 | 338 | 25 | 13.5:1 | 100% (338) |
| 2010-11 | 456 | 33 | 13.8:1 | 99% (453) |
| 2000-01 | 577 | 41 | 14.1:1 | 78% (452) |
| 1990-91 | 558 | 31 | 18.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for POLK MIDDLE.
Since 2017-18: students down 30% (315 to 222); teachers up 3% (23.5 to 24.2).
About POLK MIDDLE
POLK MIDDLE is a small middle school. Its address is in ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico. The school serves grades 6 through 8. Enrollment is 222 students. That is 34% below the average of about 335 students for middle schools in New Mexico.
ALBUQUERQUE (172 schools, 74,800 students) runs POLK MIDDLE.
Hispanic students are 82% of those enrolled at POLK MIDDLE. Next come 8% White, 5% multiracial, and 4% Native American. That compares with about 49% Hispanic among all Bernalillo County residents. A diversity index of 32% means there is a 32% chance two randomly chosen students at POLK MIDDLE are from different groups.
POLK MIDDLE has 24.2 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of about 9.2:1. Middle schools in New Mexico have an average ratio of 12.5:1. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch, often used to gauge student poverty, is 96%.
Among New Mexico public middle schools, POLK MIDDLE outscored 16%, which works out to a C- on the allk12 Grade.
The model predicts 34.3% for a school in New Mexico with POLK MIDDLE's free or reduced-price lunch share. POLK MIDDLE posts 23.3%.
In Bernalillo County, the median household earns about $69,473 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 38%, and roughly 11% of residents are in poverty. Across Bernalillo County, 211 public schools serve about 85,724 students.
A public school about 1.5 miles away, LOS PADILLAS ELEMENTARY, is the closest to POLK MIDDLE. POLK MIDDLE has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Among 8 nearby schools that report test results, POLK MIDDLE ranks 4th on proficiency.
The school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more, according to its NCES locale (Suburb: Large).
Enrollment in 2024-25 stood at 222, compared with 298 in 2020-21. There were fewer students per teacher in 2024-25 (9.2:1) than in 2020-21 (11.5:1).
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Bernalillo County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
673,930
Census ACS
Median income
$69,473
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
38%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
211
85,724 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in ALBUQUERQUE
- VOLCANO VISTA HIGHHigh · 2,089 students
- ATRISCO HERITAGE ACADEMY HSHigh · 1,930 students
- LA CUEVA HIGHHigh · 1,826 students
- SANDIA HIGHHigh · 1,618 students
- ELDORADO HIGHCombined · 1,579 students
- ALBUQUERQUE HIGHHigh · 1,568 students
Other schools in ALBUQUERQUE
- VOLCANO VISTA HIGHHigh · 2,089 students
- ATRISCO HERITAGE ACADEMY HSHigh · 1,930 students
- LA CUEVA HIGHHigh · 1,826 students
- SANDIA HIGHHigh · 1,618 students
- ELDORADO HIGHCombined · 1,579 students
- ALBUQUERQUE HIGHHigh · 1,568 students
Other Polk Middle schools
One other US public school is named Polk Middle. POLK MIDDLE is the 2nd largest of the 2.
- Polk Middle SchoolCARROLLTON, TX · 974 students
Nearby schools
- LOS PADILLAS ELEMENTARY1.5 mi · 202
- PAJARITO ELEMENTARY1.7 mi · 301
- MOUNTAIN VIEW ELEMENTARY2.7 mi · 233
- HARRISON MIDDLE3.1 mi · 265
- ADOBE ACRES ELEMENTARY3.2 mi · 303
- EL CAMINO REAL ACADEMY3.3 mi · 342
Frequently asked questions
About POLK MIDDLEHow many students attend POLK MIDDLE?
POLK MIDDLE enrolls approximately 222 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does POLK MIDDLE serve?
POLK MIDDLE serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at POLK MIDDLE?
Approximately 9.2:1 students per teacher at POLK MIDDLE.
How diverse is POLK MIDDLE?
POLK MIDDLE reports a student body of 8% White, 82% Hispanic, 2% Black, 0% Asian, 5% Two or more.
What district is POLK MIDDLE in?
POLK MIDDLE is part of ALBUQUERQUE.
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