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SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ROSWELL·NCES 350225000522

SIERRA MIDDLE

615 SOUTH SYCAMORE AVE, ROSWELL, NM 88203 · (575) 627-2850 · Chaves County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE33-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL557 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 25% 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.
  • CBeats 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

Enrollment
557
Middle
DISTRICT 490 · STATE 335
Student : Teacher
13.3:1
42 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.7:1 · STATE 12.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
557 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

GradeStudentsShare
Grade 617131%
Grade 718633%
Grade 820036%
Student demographics
32%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 39% · STATE 55% · US 70%
White
9016%
DISTRICT 22% · STATE 19% · US 43%
Hispanic
44981%
DISTRICT 75% · STATE 63% · US 30%
Black
132%
DISTRICT 2% · STATE 2% · US 15%
Two+
31%
DISTRICT 0% · STATE 4% · US 5%
Native American
10%
DISTRICT 0% · STATE 12% · US 1%
Pacific Islander
10%
DISTRICT 0% · STATE 0% · US 0%
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
Male
30555%
Female
25245%

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Test scores

NM-MSSA + NM-ASR 2024-25 . % Proficient
English Language Arts
36.2%
NM avg 44.2%
Math
13.7%
NM avg 27.2%

What this means: On the NM-MSSA + NM-ASR, New Mexico's statewide test, about 36 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 14 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 · methodology
Tier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
25.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
33.4%
based on NM schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-8.1pp
below demographic expectation

What this means: About 25% 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 SIERRA MIDDLE

SIERRA MIDDLE's state test result (25.3% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.

SchoolStudentsLow-incomeProficient
SIERRA MIDDLE this school557100.0%25.3%
BELEN MIDDLE
BELEN
47599.8%26.4%
SIERRA MIDDLE
LAS CRUCES
69899.7%36.3%
MOUNTAIN VIEW MIDDLE
ROSWELL
481100.0%28.2%
TAYLOR MIDDLE
LOVINGTON
442100.0%32.0%
PICACHO MIDDLE
LAS CRUCES
698100.0%27.2%
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 SIERRA MIDDLE ranks

Among middle schools
MeasureThis schoolIn New MexicoIn Chaves County
State test proficiency
ranked highest first
25.3%#80 of 113N/A
Math proficiency
ranked highest first
13.7%#83 of 120N/A
Reading proficiency
ranked highest first
36.2%#80 of 122N/A
Enrollment
ranked largest first
557#30 of 160#2 of 7
Students per teacher
ranked fewest first
13.3:1#54 of 101N/A
Diversity index
ranked most diverse first
32.4%#70 of 103N/A
Free and reduced lunch
ranked highest share first
100%#41 of 116N/A
Enrollment change since 2017-18
ranked steepest decline first
-15.7%#55 of 89N/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 2024-25
Enrollment
557
-114 (-17%) vs 2020
+34% since 1990-91, when it was 416
Student : Teacher
13.3:1
was 16.4:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Enrollment and staffing by year

School yearStudentsTeachers (FTE)Students per teacherFree and reduced lunch
2024-255574213.3:1100% (557)
2023-245934214.1:1100% (593)
2022-236273916.1:1100% (627)
2020-216714116.4:1100% (671)
2017-1866137.517.6:1100% (661)
2015-166233716.8:1100% (623)
2010-116133517.5:181% (494)
2000-014193014.0:159% (249)
1990-914162318.1:1N/A
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for SIERRA MIDDLE.

Since 2017-18: students down 16% (661 to 557); teachers up 12% (37.5 to 42).

About SIERRA MIDDLE

Among the schools in ROSWELL, New Mexico, is SIERRA MIDDLE, a large middle-grades school. A total of 557 students attend the school, which covers grades 6 through 8. The average for middle schools in New Mexico is about 335 students, so this school is 66% bigger than average.

SIERRA MIDDLE is one school in ROSWELL, a system of 22 schools with 9,184 students.

SIERRA MIDDLE's enrollment is 81% Hispanic. The remaining shares are 16% White and 2% Black. Chaves County as a whole is about 58% Hispanic, so the school's share is higher. Pick two students at random and there is a 32% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.

The school has about 13.3 students per teacher and 42 full-time-equivalent teachers. This ratio sits 0.7 above the 12.5:1 average for middle schools in New Mexico. Federal records put free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at 100%. That tracks the 100% average for public schools in Chaves County.

The allk12 Grade for SIERRA MIDDLE is C. Compared with New Mexico public middle schools, the school scored higher than 25% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.

Based on student poverty, the model expects 33.4% at SIERRA MIDDLE; the school's average proficiency rate on state tests is 25.3%.

SIERRA MIDDLE is located in Chaves County, where the median household income is $52,938, 18% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 20% of residents live below the federal poverty line. SIERRA MIDDLE is one of 33 public schools in the county.

Of nearby public schools, EL CAPITAN ELEMENTARY is the closest, at about 0.4 miles. SIERRA MIDDLE has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. The nearest schools with test data average 32.4%, higher than SIERRA MIDDLE's 25.3%.

The school's locale code, Town: Remote, means it is in a town far from an urbanized area.

Over 4 years, SIERRA MIDDLE's enrollment declined 17%, to 557. The number of students per teacher fell from 16.4 to 13.3 over 4 years.

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Chaves County at a glance

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Population
64,217
Census ACS
Median income
$52,938
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
18%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
20%
Below federal line
Schools in county
33
10,504 students

Quick facts

School name
SIERRA MIDDLE
District
ROSWELL
Address
615 SOUTH SYCAMORE AVE, ROSWELL, NM 88203
Phone
(575) 627-2850
County
Chaves County
Level
Middle
Grade range
06–08
Total enrollment
557
Teachers (FTE)
42
Student–teacher ratio
13.3:1
Free and reduced lunch
557 (100%)
Locale
33-Town: Remote
NCES ID
350225000522
Charter school
No
Virtual school
No

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5 other US public schools in 3 states are named Sierra Middle. SIERRA MIDDLE is the 6th largest of the 6.

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Frequently asked questions

About SIERRA MIDDLE
What is the total enrollment at SIERRA MIDDLE?
SIERRA MIDDLE enrolls approximately 557 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does SIERRA MIDDLE serve?
SIERRA MIDDLE serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at SIERRA MIDDLE?
Approximately 13.3:1 students per teacher at SIERRA MIDDLE.
How diverse is SIERRA MIDDLE?
SIERRA MIDDLE reports a student body of 16% White, 81% Hispanic, 2% Black, 1% Two or more.
Who oversees SIERRA MIDDLE?
SIERRA MIDDLE is overseen by ROSWELL in Chaves County.
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