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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
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
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. 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 →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
1,024
-192 (-16%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
17.6:1
was 17.6:1
% White
22%
was 30%
% Hispanic
62%
was 56%
% Black
2%
was 4%
% Asian
1%
was 1%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About RIO RANCHO MIDDLE SCHOOL
Set in RIO RANCHO, New Mexico, RIO RANCHO MIDDLE SCHOOL is a high-enrollment 6-8 campus, operated by RIO RANCHO. It hosts 1,024 students across grades 6 through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 206% above the state mean of about 335.
RIO RANCHO MIDDLE SCHOOL is one of 20 schools operated by RIO RANCHO, a district that hosts 16,461 students overall.
In terms of who attends, RIO RANCHO MIDDLE SCHOOL logs that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 62% of enrollment; the rest is composed of 22% White, 8% multiracial, 5% Native American. The wider county runs roughly 40% Hispanic, putting the school's mix considerably more Hispanic than the area baseline.
Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, RIO RANCHO MIDDLE SCHOOL has 58 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 17.6:1. The state averages around 12.5:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. An estimated 100% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.
Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, RIO RANCHO MIDDLE SCHOOL sits in the top 10% of New Mexico schools after the BeatsExpectations adjustment. Predicted proficiency for the school's FRL share is roughly 33.5%; actual is 50.9%, +17.4 points clear of the demographic baseline.
Zooming out to the county, census data for Sandoval County shows median household earnings sit near $86,636, about 34% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. RIO RANCHO MIDDLE SCHOOL is one of 49 public schools in Sandoval County (combined enrollment of about 22,445 students).
Nearest neighbor: SHINING STARS PRESCHOOL, around 0.7 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around RIO RANCHO MIDDLE SCHOOL.
The campus sits in a suburban setting.
Trend over the last 7 years. RIO RANCHO MIDDLE SCHOOL's enrollment has fell 16% since 2018, when it stood at 1,216 (now 1,024). Over the same period, the White share fell from 30% to 22%.
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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.
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