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What's something RIO RANCHO MIDDLE SCHOOL does better than most schools?
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Enrollment
1,024
Middle
DISTRICT 873 · STATE 335
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·RIO RANCHO·NCES 350001000865
RIO RANCHO MIDDLE SCHOOL
1600 LOMA COLORADO DR NE, RIO RANCHO, NM 87144 · (505) 891-5335 · Sandoval County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,024 STUDENTS
A
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 93% of New Mexico public middle schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A+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
17.6:1
58 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 18.9:1 · STATE 12.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
1,022 students
DISTRICT 100% · STATE 90%
Community
1
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 | 305 | 30% |
| Grade 7 | 347 | 34% |
| Grade 8 | 372 | 36% |
Student demographics
56%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 56% · 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
54.3%
NM avg 44.2%
Math
41.1%
NM avg 27.2%
What this means: On the NM-MSSA + NM-ASR, New Mexico's statewide test, about 54 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 41 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of NM schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
50.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
33.5%
based on NM schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+17.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 51% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 33% typical for New Mexico schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 17 points, placing it in New Mexico's top 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 RIO RANCHO MIDDLE SCHOOL
RIO RANCHO MIDDLE SCHOOL's state test result (50.9% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| RIO RANCHO MIDDLE SCHOOL this school | 1,024 | 99.8% | 50.9% |
| CAMINO REAL MIDDLE LAS CRUCES | 933 | 100.0% | 47.9% |
| TONY HILLERMAN MIDDLE SCHOOL ALBUQUERQUE | 860 | 99.4% | 48.5% |
| EAGLE RIDGE MIDDLE RIO RANCHO | 732 | 100.0% | 47.6% |
| MESA MIDDLE LAS CRUCES | 728 | 100.0% | 30.0% |
| SIERRA MIDDLE LAS CRUCES | 698 | 99.7% | 36.3% |
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 RIO RANCHO MIDDLE SCHOOL ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In New Mexico | In Sandoval County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 50.9% | #6 of 113 | N/A |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 41.1% | #12 of 120 | #2 of 7 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 54.3% | #16 of 122 | #4 of 7 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,024 | #1 of 160 | #1 of 10 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.6:1 | #92 of 101 | #4 of 6 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 55.9% | #30 of 103 | #3 of 6 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 99.8% | #49 of 116 | N/A |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -15.8% | #54 of 89 | N/A |
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
1,024
-135 (-12%) vs 2020
-14% since 2010-11, when it was 1,185
Student : Teacher
17.6:1
was 16.3:1
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 | 1,024 | 58.3 | 17.6:1 | 100% (1,022) |
| 2023-24 | 1,125 | 47 | 23.9:1 | 41% (460) |
| 2022-23 | 1,143 | 70.4 | 16.2:1 | 24% (270) |
| 2020-21 | 1,159 | 71 | 16.3:1 | 39% (452) |
| 2017-18 | 1,216 | 69.3 | 17.6:1 | 48% (586) |
| 2015-16 | 1,204 | 74 | 16.3:1 | 49% (590) |
| 2010-11 | 1,185 | 73 | 16.2:1 | 50% (598) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for RIO RANCHO MIDDLE SCHOOL.
Since 2017-18: students down 16% (1,216 to 1,024); teachers down 16% (69.3 to 58.3).
About RIO RANCHO MIDDLE SCHOOL
RIO RANCHO MIDDLE SCHOOL is a large middle school found in RIO RANCHO, New Mexico. The school enrolls 1,024 students, from grades 6 through 8. An average school in this group (middle schools in New Mexico) has about 335 students.
RIO RANCHO operates 20 schools. Combined enrollment is 16,461 students.
RIO RANCHO MIDDLE SCHOOL's enrollment is 62% Hispanic. Other groups include 22% White, 8% multiracial, and 5% Native American. By comparison, Sandoval County residents are about 40% Hispanic. The chance that two students picked at random at RIO RANCHO MIDDLE SCHOOL belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 56%.
A ratio of 17.6:1 comes from the school's 58.3 full-time-equivalent teachers. The 12.5:1 average for middle schools in New Mexico is lower than this school's figure. The lunch program counts 100% of students at RIO RANCHO MIDDLE SCHOOL as eligible for free or reduced-price meals.
The allk12 Grade for RIO RANCHO MIDDLE SCHOOL is A. Compared with New Mexico public middle schools, the school scored higher than 93% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
The BeatsExpectations model predicts 33.5% for RIO RANCHO MIDDLE SCHOOL, given its share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The actual figure is 50.9%. The 17.4-point gap ranks in the top 10% of New Mexico schools.
In Sandoval County (population about 153,604), median household income is about $86,636, roughly 34% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. RIO RANCHO MIDDLE SCHOOL is one of 49 public schools in Sandoval County, which together enroll about 22,445 students.
The shortest distance from RIO RANCHO MIDDLE SCHOOL to another public school is about 0.7 miles, to SHINING STARS PRESCHOOL. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools.
Its NCES locale code is Suburb: Large: the school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
The 2024-25 enrollment of 1,024 was 12% lower than in 2020-21, when it was 1,159. There were more students per teacher in 2024-25 (17.6:1) than in 2020-21 (16.3:1).
Topics for discussion here include school safety, transportation, and start times. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
Sandoval County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
153,604
Census ACS
Median income
$86,636
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
34%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
49
22,445 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in RIO RANCHO
- CLEVELAND HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,596 students
- RIO RANCHO HIGHHigh · 2,568 students
- MOUNTAIN VIEW MIDDLEMiddle · 931 students
- LINCOLN MIDDLEMiddle · 805 students
- ERNEST STAPLETON ELEMENTARYElementary · 798 students
- VISTA GRANDE ELEMENTARYElementary · 786 students
Other schools in RIO RANCHO
- CLEVELAND HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,596 students
- RIO RANCHO HIGHHigh · 2,568 students
- MOUNTAIN VIEW MIDDLEMiddle · 931 students
- LINCOLN MIDDLEMiddle · 805 students
- ERNEST STAPLETON ELEMENTARYElementary · 798 students
- VISTA GRANDE ELEMENTARYElementary · 786 students
Nearby schools
- SHINING STARS PRESCHOOL0.7 mi · 590
- ERNEST STAPLETON ELEMENTARY1.3 mi · 798
- RIO RANCHO HIGH1.5 mi · 2,568
- EAGLE RIDGE MIDDLE1.6 mi · 732
- THE ASK ACADEMY1.8 mi · 558
- INDEPENDENCE HIGH SCHOOL1.8 mi · 156
Frequently asked questions
About RIO RANCHO MIDDLE SCHOOLWhat is the total enrollment at RIO RANCHO MIDDLE SCHOOL?
RIO RANCHO MIDDLE SCHOOL enrolls approximately 1,024 students in grades 06-08.
Is RIO RANCHO MIDDLE SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
RIO RANCHO MIDDLE SCHOOL is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
How many teachers does RIO RANCHO MIDDLE SCHOOL have?
RIO RANCHO MIDDLE SCHOOL employs 58 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 17.6:1.
How diverse is RIO RANCHO MIDDLE SCHOOL?
RIO RANCHO MIDDLE SCHOOL reports a student body of 22% White, 62% Hispanic, 2% Black, 1% Asian, 8% Two or more.
Is RIO RANCHO MIDDLE SCHOOL public or private?
RIO RANCHO MIDDLE SCHOOL is a public K-12 school, overseen by RIO RANCHO.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.