RED MOUNTAIN MIDDLE

RED MOUNTAIN MIDDLE, a sizable middle school in DEMING, New Mexico, one of the schools within DEMING, teaches 746 students, covering grades 7 through 8. By comparison, New Mexico's public schools average about 335 students each, so RED MOUNTAIN MIDDLE sits 123% larger than that benchmark.

Within DEMING, which oversees 13 schools and 5,116 students, RED MOUNTAIN MIDDLE is one campus in the system.

Looking at the student body, RED MOUNTAIN MIDDLE logs that nearly all students (88%) are Hispanic. Other groups include 10% White. By comparison, Luna County as a whole is about 67% Hispanic, so the school skews visibly more Hispanic than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, RED MOUNTAIN MIDDLE lists 49 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 15.1:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 12.5:1, putting RED MOUNTAIN MIDDLE higher than the state norm the norm. Roughly 100% of students at RED MOUNTAIN MIDDLE qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

With demographic context factored in, RED MOUNTAIN MIDDLE tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 33.5% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 22.3%.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Luna County) shows that median household earnings sit near $36,419, 15% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 24%. Across Luna County's 13 public schools (combined enrollment of about 5,116 students), RED MOUNTAIN MIDDLE is one campus in the mix.

BATAAN ELEMENTARY is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, RED MOUNTAIN MIDDLE comes 4th of 5 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 29.4%.

The school occupies a countryside site.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at RED MOUNTAIN MIDDLE has ticked down 9%, going from 821 students in 2018 to 746 in 2025.

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