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Enrollment
528
Middle
DISTRICT 575 · STATE 335
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·GADSDEN·NCES 350108000660
SANTA TERESA MIDDLE
4800 MCNUTT RD, SANTA TERESA, NM 88008 · (575) 882-6203 · Doña Ana County
GRADES 07–08MIDDLE41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL528 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 50% of New Mexico public middle schools
- B-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats 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
13.8:1
38 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.5:1 · STATE 12.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
528 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 7 | 237 | 45% |
| Grade 8 | 291 | 55% |
Student demographics
7%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 7% · 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
47.0%
NM avg 44.2%
Math
20.3%
NM avg 27.2%
What this means: On the NM-MSSA + NM-ASR, New Mexico's statewide test, about 47 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 20 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
31.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
33.4%
based on NM schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-2.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 31% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 33% 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 SANTA TERESA MIDDLE
SANTA TERESA MIDDLE's state test result (31.0% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| SANTA TERESA MIDDLE this school | 528 | 100.0% | 31.0% |
| CHAPARRAL MIDDLE CHAPARRAL | 546 | 100.0% | 28.0% |
| GADSDEN MIDDLE ANTHONY | 650 | 99.8% | 30.4% |
| EDWARD ORTIZ MIDDLE SANTA FE | 416 | 100.0% | 18.3% |
| TRUMAN MIDDLE ALBUQUERQUE | 520 | 99.6% | 16.6% |
| ERNIE PYLE MIDDLE ALBUQUERQUE | 409 | 99.5% | 17.3% |
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 SANTA TERESA MIDDLE ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In New Mexico | In Doña Ana County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 31.0% | #49 of 113 | #5 of 11 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 20.3% | #48 of 120 | #4 of 11 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 47.0% | #32 of 122 | #2 of 11 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 528 | #35 of 160 | #9 of 12 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.8:1 | #63 of 101 | #10 of 11 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 7.3% | #100 of 103 | #9 of 11 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 100% | #24 of 116 | #3 of 11 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -20.7% | #41 of 89 | #3 of 9 |
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
528
-88 (-14%) vs 2020
-36% since 1990-91, when it was 827
Student : Teacher
13.8:1
was 14.0:1
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 | 528 | 38.3 | 13.8:1 | 100% (528) |
| 2023-24 | 602 | 44 | 13.7:1 | 100% (602) |
| 2022-23 | 625 | 42.3 | 14.8:1 | 100% (625) |
| 2020-21 | 616 | 44 | 14.0:1 | 100% (616) |
| 2017-18 | 666 | 42.2 | 15.8:1 | 100% (666) |
| 2015-16 | 724 | 44 | 16.4:1 | 100% (724) |
| 2010-11 | 642 | 46 | 14.0:1 | 100% (639) |
| 2000-01 | 608 | 42 | 14.5:1 | 100% (605) |
| 1990-91 | 827 | 50 | 16.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for SANTA TERESA MIDDLE.
Since 2017-18: students down 21% (666 to 528); teachers down 9% (42.2 to 38.3).
About SANTA TERESA MIDDLE
SANTA TERESA MIDDLE operates as a large middle-grades school in SANTA TERESA, New Mexico. Students in grades 7 through 8 attend, and enrollment is 528 students. The typical figure for middle schools in New Mexico is about 335 students.
The district, GADSDEN, has 11,739 students enrolled across 26 schools.
Federal enrollment data show SANTA TERESA MIDDLE is 96% Hispanic. It is also 3% White. Doña Ana County's residents are about 68% Hispanic, 28 points below the school's share. Pick two students at random and there is a 7% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
SANTA TERESA MIDDLE operates with 38.3 full-time-equivalent teachers, a ratio of about 13.8:1. That is higher than the 12.5:1 average for middle schools in New Mexico. About 100% of students at the school meet free or reduced-price lunch income limits. That tracks the 98% average for public schools in Doña Ana County.
allk12 grades SANTA TERESA MIDDLE a B-. The grade compares the school only with New Mexico public middle schools, because each state gives its own test.
Given its share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, SANTA TERESA MIDDLE would be expected to post about 33.4%. Its actual average proficiency rate on state tests is 31.0%.
Within Doña Ana County, the median household income is $56,848, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 32%, and about 19% of people live in poverty. Besides SANTA TERESA MIDDLE, Doña Ana County has 80 other public schools.
The closest other public school is GADSDEN ADMIN COMPLEX PREK CENTER, about 0.6 miles away. SANTA TERESA MIDDLE has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. SANTA TERESA MIDDLE's average proficiency of 31.0% compares with 45.3% for its nearest scored neighbors.
SANTA TERESA MIDDLE is in rural territory close to an urban area, a location NCES labels Rural: Fringe.
Federal data show a 14% enrollment decrease, from 616 in 2020-21 to 528 in 2024-25.
The SANTA TERESA MIDDLE community page is open for posts about sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
Doña Ana County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
224,266
Census ACS
Median income
$56,848
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
32%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
19%
Below federal line
Schools in county
81
36,561 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in GADSDEN
- GADSDEN HIGHHigh · 1,219 students
- SANTA TERESA HIGHHigh · 1,154 students
- CHAPARRAL HIGHHigh · 1,067 students
- GADSDEN MIDDLEMiddle · 650 students
- RIVERSIDE ELEMENTARYElementary · 550 students
- CHAPARRAL MIDDLEMiddle · 546 students
Other schools in SANTA TERESA
- SANTA TERESA HIGHHigh · 1,154 students
- SANTA TERESA ELEMENTARYElementary · 484 students
Nearby schools
- GADSDEN ADMIN COMPLEX PREK CENTER0.6 mi · 135
- The Linguistic Academy of El Paso-Cultural Demo Site0.9 mi · 374
- RIVERSIDE ELEMENTARY1.6 mi · 550
- Don Haskins PK-81.7 mi · 1,405
- El Paso Academy West2.2 mi · 113
- Zach White Elementary School2.7 mi · 395
Frequently asked questions
About SANTA TERESA MIDDLEHow many students attend SANTA TERESA MIDDLE?
SANTA TERESA MIDDLE enrolls approximately 528 students in grades 07-08.
What grades does SANTA TERESA MIDDLE serve?
SANTA TERESA MIDDLE serves grades 07-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at SANTA TERESA MIDDLE?
The student-to-teacher ratio at SANTA TERESA MIDDLE is approximately 13.8:1 (38 FTE teachers).
How diverse is SANTA TERESA MIDDLE?
SANTA TERESA MIDDLE reports a student body of 3% White, 96% Hispanic, 0% Black.
Is SANTA TERESA MIDDLE public or private?
SANTA TERESA MIDDLE is a public K-12 school, overseen by GADSDEN.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.