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Enrollment
276
Middle
DISTRICT 192 · STATE 335
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BERNALILLO·NCES 350021000149
SPARTAN LEARNING ACADEMY
485 CAMINO DON TOMAS, BERNALILLO, NM 87004 · (505) 867-3309 · Sandoval County
GRADES 07–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL276 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
10.5:1
26 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 9.8:1 · STATE 12.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
276 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 | 143 | 52% |
| Grade 8 | 133 | 48% |
Student demographics
52%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 58% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
SPARTAN LEARNING ACADEMY→BERNALILLO HIGH
Based on grade levels within BERNALILLO. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
NM-MSSA + NM-ASR 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
41.0%
NM avg 44.2%
Math
13.3%
NM avg 27.2%
What this means: On the NM-MSSA + NM-ASR, New Mexico's statewide test, about 41 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 13 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
25.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
33.4%
based on NM schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-7.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 26% 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 SPARTAN LEARNING ACADEMY
SPARTAN LEARNING ACADEMY's state test result (25.9% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| SPARTAN LEARNING ACADEMY this school | 276 | 100.0% | 25.9% |
| BERNALILLO ELEMENTARY BERNALILLO | 364 | 100.0% | 18.9% |
| POJOAQUE MIDDLE SANTA FE | 263 | 100.0% | 20.9% |
| HARRISON MIDDLE ALBUQUERQUE | 265 | 99.2% | 20.6% |
| SIERRA VISTA ELEMENTARY LAS VEGAS | 251 | 100.0% | 27.7% |
| TAOS MIDDLE TAOS | 337 | 100.0% | 27.8% |
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 SPARTAN LEARNING ACADEMY ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In New Mexico | In Sandoval County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 25.9% | #74 of 113 | N/A |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 13.3% | #87 of 120 | #5 of 7 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 41.0% | #58 of 122 | #5 of 7 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 276 | #85 of 160 | #6 of 10 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.5:1 | #22 of 101 | #1 of 6 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 52.4% | #40 of 103 | #6 of 6 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 100% | #10 of 116 | N/A |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -38.0% | #9 of 89 | N/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 2024-25Enrollment
276
-174 (-39%) vs 2020
-42% since 1990-91, when it was 479
Student : Teacher
10.5:1
was 14.1:1
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 | 276 | 26.3 | 10.5:1 | 100% (276) |
| 2023-24 | 267 | 32.8 | 8.1:1 | N/A |
| 2022-23 | 412 | 32.8 | 12.6:1 | 100% (412) |
| 2020-21 | 450 | 32 | 14.1:1 | 100% (450) |
| 2017-18 | 445 | 32.6 | 13.7:1 | 100% (445) |
| 2015-16 | 477 | 31 | 15.4:1 | 100% (477) |
| 2010-11 | 454 | 39 | 11.6:1 | 99% (451) |
| 2000-01 | 514 | 37 | 13.9:1 | 99% (511) |
| 1990-91 | 479 | 30 | 16.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for SPARTAN LEARNING ACADEMY.
Since 2017-18: students down 38% (445 to 276); teachers down 19% (32.6 to 26.3).
About SPARTAN LEARNING ACADEMY
SPARTAN LEARNING ACADEMY is a low-enrollment middle-grades school for students in BERNALILLO, New Mexico. It enrolls 276 students in 2024-25. The grades offered are 7 through 8.
BERNALILLO (11 schools, 2,761 students) runs SPARTAN LEARNING ACADEMY.
The largest group at SPARTAN LEARNING ACADEMY is Hispanic students, at 61%. Enrollment also includes 32% Native American and 5% multiracial. Among people living in Sandoval County, the Hispanic share is about 40%. The diversity index for SPARTAN LEARNING ACADEMY is 52%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
With 26.3 full-time-equivalent teachers, the student-to-teacher ratio is about 10.5:1. The average for middle schools in New Mexico is 12.5:1, so this school has fewer students per teacher. Student poverty is often measured by lunch eligibility; at SPARTAN LEARNING ACADEMY, 100% qualify for free or reduced-price lunch.
A school with SPARTAN LEARNING ACADEMY's lunch-eligibility share in New Mexico is predicted to score 33.4%. SPARTAN LEARNING ACADEMY scores 25.9%, 7.5 points below that line.
Five-year Census Bureau estimates for Sandoval County show that the median household earns about $86,636 a year, about 34% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 7%. Across Sandoval County, 49 public schools serve about 22,445 students.
BERNALILLO ELEMENTARY is the nearest public school to SPARTAN LEARNING ACADEMY, about 0.1 miles away. SPARTAN LEARNING ACADEMY is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. Among 5 nearby schools that report test results, SPARTAN LEARNING ACADEMY ranks 4th on proficiency.
For locale, NCES codes SPARTAN LEARNING ACADEMY as Suburb: Large.
A 39% decline took enrollment from 450 in 2020-21 to 276 in 2024-25. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 14.1:1; by 2024-25 it was 10.5:1.
On allk12, people connected to SPARTAN LEARNING ACADEMY can post about special education services, counseling, and support programs. Members of the school community can share what they know.
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 BERNALILLO
- BERNALILLO HIGHHigh · 824 students
- WD CARROLL ELEMENTARYElementary · 399 students
- BERNALILLO ELEMENTARYMiddle · 364 students
- SANTO DOMINGO ELEMENTARYElementary · 206 students
- ALGODONES ELEMENTARYElementary · 184 students
- COCHITI ELEMENTARYElementary · 153 students
Other schools in BERNALILLO
- BERNALILLO HIGHHigh · 824 students
- WD CARROLL ELEMENTARYElementary · 399 students
- BERNALILLO ELEMENTARYMiddle · 364 students
- LA ESCUELITA EARLY CHILDHOODElementary · 117 students
- PLACITAS ELEMENTARYElementary · 112 students
Nearby schools
- BERNALILLO ELEMENTARY0.1 mi · 364
- WD CARROLL ELEMENTARY0.6 mi · 399
- LA ESCUELITA EARLY CHILDHOOD0.6 mi · 117
- BERNALILLO HIGH0.9 mi · 824
- SANDOVAL ACADEMY OF BILINGUAL EDUCATION1.8 mi · 222
- MOUNTAIN VIEW MIDDLE2.2 mi · 931
Frequently asked questions
About SPARTAN LEARNING ACADEMYHow many students attend SPARTAN LEARNING ACADEMY?
SPARTAN LEARNING ACADEMY enrolls approximately 276 students in grades 07-08.
Is SPARTAN LEARNING ACADEMY an elementary, middle, or high school?
SPARTAN LEARNING ACADEMY is a middle school covering grades 07-08.
How many teachers does SPARTAN LEARNING ACADEMY have?
SPARTAN LEARNING ACADEMY employs 26 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 10.5:1.
How diverse is SPARTAN LEARNING ACADEMY?
SPARTAN LEARNING ACADEMY reports a student body of 2% White, 61% Hispanic, 5% Two or more.
Who oversees SPARTAN LEARNING ACADEMY?
SPARTAN LEARNING ACADEMY is overseen by BERNALILLO in Sandoval County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.