SIERRA MIDDLE

As an expansive intermediate school in ROSWELL, New Mexico, SIERRA MIDDLE works with 557 students from grades 6 through 8, one of the schools within ROSWELL. By comparison, New Mexico's public schools average about 335 students each, so SIERRA MIDDLE sits 66% larger than that benchmark.

ROSWELL runs 22 schools in total, collectively educating 9,184 students. SIERRA MIDDLE is one of those campuses.

In terms of who attends, SIERRA MIDDLE reports that nearly all students (81%) are Hispanic. Other groups include 16% White, 2% Black. The wider county runs roughly 58% Hispanic, putting the school's mix visibly more Hispanic than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, SIERRA MIDDLE has 42 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 13.3:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 12.5:1 average. About 100% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, SIERRA MIDDLE performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 33.4%, the actual is 25.3%, a residual of -8.1 points.

In the area at large, census data for Chaves County shows median household income runs about $52,938, roughly 18% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 20% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Chaves County runs 33 public schools (combined enrollment of about 10,504 students), of which SIERRA MIDDLE is one.

Nearest neighbor: EL CAPITAN ELEMENTARY, around 0.4 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around SIERRA MIDDLE. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), SIERRA MIDDLE ranks 6th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 32.4%.

The campus sits in a town-based setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 16%: 661 students in 2018 compared to 557 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment increased from 74% to 81% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 17.6:1 in 2018 to 13.3:1 today.

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