Enrollment
138
Middle
STATE 335
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SOUTH VALLEY PREP·NCES 350012101076
SOUTH VALLEY PREP
2551 KARSTEN CT SE, ALBUQUERQUE, NM 87102 · (505) 222-5642 · Bernalillo County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE11-CITYCHARTERTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL138 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 44% 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.
- B-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
15.3:1
9 FTE teachers
STATE 12.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
138 students
STATE 90%
Community
0
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 | 40 | 29% |
| Grade 7 | 48 | 35% |
| Grade 8 | 50 | 36% |
Student demographics
12%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
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
39.1%
NM avg 44.2%
Math
10.1%
NM avg 27.2%
What this means: On the NM-MSSA + NM-ASR, New Mexico's statewide test, about 39 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 10 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
28.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
33.4%
based on NM schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-4.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 29% 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 SOUTH VALLEY PREP
SOUTH VALLEY PREP's state test result (28.9% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| SOUTH VALLEY PREP this school | 138 | 100.0% | 28.9% |
| SANTA ROSA MIDDLE SANTA ROSA | 94 | 100.0% | 45.7% |
| UNION ELEMENTARY LAS VEGAS | 90 | 100.0% | 22.7% |
| MEMORIAL MIDDLE LAS VEGAS | 167 | 100.0% | 23.8% |
| JAL JR HIGH JAL | 119 | 100.0% | 35.8% |
| LAZARO LARRY GARCIA MIDDLE MORA | 83 | 98.8% | 41.4% |
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 SOUTH VALLEY PREP ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In New Mexico | In Bernalillo County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 28.9% | #58 of 113 | #16 of 31 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 10.1% | #103 of 120 | #21 of 31 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 39.1% | #67 of 122 | #15 of 31 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 138 | #112 of 160 | #29 of 31 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 100% | #7 of 116 | #3 of 31 |
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
138
-42 (-23%) vs 2020
+57% since 2010-11, when it was 88
Student : Teacher
15.3:1
was 13.8:1
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 | 138 | 9 | 15.3:1 | 100% (138) |
| 2023-24 | 141 | 11 | 12.8:1 | 100% (141) |
| 2022-23 | 188 | 15.5 | 12.2:1 | 100% (188) |
| 2020-21 | 180 | 13 | 13.8:1 | 98% (177) |
| 2017-18 | 154 | 10.3 | 14.9:1 | 98% (151) |
| 2015-16 | 151 | 10 | 15.1:1 | 87% (132) |
| 2010-11 | 88 | 5 | 17.6:1 | 67% (59) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for SOUTH VALLEY PREP.
Since 2017-18: students down 10% (154 to 138); teachers down 13% (10.3 to 9).
About SOUTH VALLEY PREP
In ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico, SOUTH VALLEY PREP is a low-enrollment middle school. Students in grades 6 through 8 make up the school's enrollment of 138 students. By comparison, middle schools in New Mexico enroll about 335 students on average.
SOUTH VALLEY PREP is not part of a larger district; federal data list it as its own local education agency.
SOUTH VALLEY PREP is 93% Hispanic by enrollment. Next come 2% multiracial and 2% Native American. That compares with about 49% Hispanic among all Bernalillo County residents. The diversity index for SOUTH VALLEY PREP is 12%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
A staff of 9 full-time-equivalent teachers puts the student-to-teacher ratio at 15.3:1. The average for middle schools in New Mexico, 12.5:1, is lower. The share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch is 100%. Compared with the 90% average for public schools in Bernalillo County, the school's rate is higher.
On the allk12 Grade, SOUTH VALLEY PREP lands at C+, ahead of 44% of New Mexico public middle schools.
Based on student poverty, the model expects 33.4% at SOUTH VALLEY PREP; the school's average proficiency rate across its state test results is 28.9%.
The school's county is Bernalillo County. According to Census Bureau estimates, the median household earns about $69,473 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 38% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 11%. SOUTH VALLEY PREP shares Bernalillo County with 210 other public schools.
SOUTH VALLEY PREP's nearest public school is EAST SAN JOSE ELEMENTARY (about 0.5 miles). The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. SOUTH VALLEY PREP is 3rd of 4 nearby schools by average proficiency rate.
For locale, NCES codes SOUTH VALLEY PREP as City: Large. SOUTH VALLEY PREP is one of the charter schools in New Mexico.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment fell from 180 to 138, a 23% drop. Staffing shifted too: the ratio moved from 13.8:1 to 15.3:1.
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Bernalillo County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
673,930
Census ACS
Median income
$69,473
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
38%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
211
85,724 students
Quick facts
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- VOLCANO VISTA HIGHHigh · 2,089 students
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- SANDIA HIGHHigh · 1,618 students
- ELDORADO HIGHCombined · 1,579 students
- ALBUQUERQUE HIGHHigh · 1,568 students
Nearby schools
- EAST SAN JOSE ELEMENTARY0.5 mi · 317
- LOWELL ELEMENTARY0.9 mi · 226
- CIEN AGUAS INTERNATIONAL1.0 mi · 419
- WILLIAM W & JOSEPHINE DORN CHARTER COMMUNITY SCHOOL1.1 mi · 49
- ALBUQUERQUE INSTITUTE OF MATH & SCIENCE1.1 mi · 311
- MISSION ACHIEVEMENT AND SUCCESS 1.01.3 mi · 1,193
Frequently asked questions
About SOUTH VALLEY PREPHow many students attend SOUTH VALLEY PREP?
SOUTH VALLEY PREP enrolls approximately 138 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does SOUTH VALLEY PREP serve?
SOUTH VALLEY PREP serves grades 06-08.
How many teachers does SOUTH VALLEY PREP have?
SOUTH VALLEY PREP employs 9 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.3:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at SOUTH VALLEY PREP?
At SOUTH VALLEY PREP, the student body is approximately 1% White, 93% Hispanic, 1% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Is SOUTH VALLEY PREP public or private?
SOUTH VALLEY PREP is a public K-12 school operated as a charter, overseen by SOUTH VALLEY PREP.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.