Enrollment
243
Middle
DISTRICT 423 · STATE 335
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ALBUQUERQUE·NCES 350006000111
TAFT MIDDLE
620 SCHULTE RD NW, ALBUQUERQUE, NM 87107 · (505) 344-4389 · Bernalillo County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL243 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 18% 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.
- C-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
11.7:1
21 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.6:1 · STATE 12.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
242 students
DISTRICT 92% · 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 | 72 | 30% |
| Grade 7 | 91 | 37% |
| Grade 8 | 80 | 33% |
Student demographics
21%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 52% · 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
30.2%
NM avg 44.2%
Math
12.1%
NM avg 27.2%
What this means: On the NM-MSSA + NM-ASR, New Mexico's statewide test, about 30 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 12 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
23.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
33.5%
based on NM schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-10.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 23% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 34% 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 TAFT MIDDLE
TAFT MIDDLE's state test result (23.2% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| TAFT MIDDLE this school | 243 | 99.6% | 23.2% |
| R. SARRACINO MIDDLE SOCORRO | 221 | 97.7% | 26.0% |
| WEST LAS VEGAS MIDDLE SCHOOL LAS VEGAS | 345 | 100.0% | 26.2% |
| MILAGRO MIDDLE SANTA FE | 329 | 100.0% | 24.5% |
| HAYES MIDDLE ALBUQUERQUE | 372 | 99.7% | 15.4% |
| CARLOS F. VIGIL MIDDLE ESPANOLA | 379 | 95.3% | 19.0% |
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 TAFT MIDDLE ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In New Mexico | In Bernalillo County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 23.2% | #91 of 113 | #20 of 31 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 12.1% | #96 of 120 | #18 of 31 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 30.2% | #102 of 122 | #20 of 31 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 243 | #95 of 160 | #27 of 31 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.7:1 | #36 of 101 | #15 of 28 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 21.4% | #88 of 103 | #25 of 28 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 99.6% | #64 of 116 | #10 of 31 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -35.7% | #12 of 89 | #9 of 25 |
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
243
-100 (-29%) vs 2020
-67% since 1990-91, when it was 729
Student : Teacher
11.7:1
was 12.7:1
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 | 243 | 20.8 | 11.7:1 | 100% (242) |
| 2023-24 | 267 | 21.3 | 12.5:1 | N/A |
| 2022-23 | 292 | 19.7 | 14.8:1 | 100% (292) |
| 2020-21 | 343 | 27 | 12.7:1 | 100% (343) |
| 2017-18 | 378 | 30.1 | 12.6:1 | 100% (378) |
| 2015-16 | 451 | 37 | 12.2:1 | 72% (326) |
| 2010-11 | 521 | 39 | 13.4:1 | 71% (371) |
| 2000-01 | 628 | 43 | 14.6:1 | 53% (334) |
| 1990-91 | 729 | 56 | 13.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for TAFT MIDDLE.
Since 2017-18: students down 36% (378 to 243); teachers down 31% (30.1 to 20.8).
About TAFT MIDDLE
TAFT MIDDLE is a small middle-grades school in ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico. It enrolled 243 students in grades 6 through 8 for the 2024-25 school year. Enrollment is 27% lower than the average for middle schools in New Mexico, which is about 335.
ALBUQUERQUE (172 schools, 74,800 students) runs TAFT MIDDLE.
The student body at TAFT MIDDLE is 88% Hispanic. Beyond that, enrollment is 5% White and 2% Native American. The Hispanic share of the county population is lower, at 49%. Pick two students at random and there is a 21% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Its 20.8 full-time-equivalent teachers give the school a ratio of 11.7:1. The school has fewer students per teacher than the 12.5:1 average for middle schools in New Mexico. The school's lunch program data list 100% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price meals. That rate is above the 90% average among public schools in Bernalillo County.
Measured against New Mexico public middle schools, TAFT MIDDLE receives a C-. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
TAFT MIDDLE scores 23.2% on state tests, averaged across results. The predicted figure, based on its student poverty level, is 33.5%.
Among Bernalillo County residents, the median household income is $69,473, about 38% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 11%. Besides TAFT MIDDLE, Bernalillo County has 210 other public schools.
The closest other public school is ALVARADO ELEMENTARY, about 0.7 miles away. TAFT MIDDLE has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Ranking the closest schools with test data puts TAFT MIDDLE at 8th of 8.
TAFT MIDDLE falls in the Suburb: Large locale category, used for schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
The school enrolled 243 students in 2024-25, 100 fewer than the 343 it had in 2020-21. Federal data show the ratio falling from 12.7:1 to 11.7:1.
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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
Related schools
Other schools in ALBUQUERQUE
- VOLCANO VISTA HIGHHigh · 2,089 students
- ATRISCO HERITAGE ACADEMY HSHigh · 1,930 students
- LA CUEVA HIGHHigh · 1,826 students
- SANDIA HIGHHigh · 1,618 students
- ELDORADO HIGHCombined · 1,579 students
- ALBUQUERQUE HIGHHigh · 1,568 students
Other schools in ALBUQUERQUE
- VOLCANO VISTA HIGHHigh · 2,089 students
- ATRISCO HERITAGE ACADEMY HSHigh · 1,930 students
- LA CUEVA HIGHHigh · 1,826 students
- SANDIA HIGHHigh · 1,618 students
- ELDORADO HIGHCombined · 1,579 students
- ALBUQUERQUE HIGHHigh · 1,568 students
Other Taft Middle schools
4 other US public schools in 5 states are named Taft Middle. TAFT MIDDLE is the 4th largest of the 5.
- Taft Middle SchoolOklahoma City, OK · 1,096 students
- Taft Middle SchoolCedar Rapids, IA · 593 students
- Taft MiddleSan Diego, CA · 410 students
- Taft Middle SchoolLincoln City, OR · 235 students
Nearby schools
- ALVARADO ELEMENTARY0.7 mi · 258
- LOS RANCHOS ELEMENTARY1.1 mi · 194
- MACARTHUR ELEMENTARY1.3 mi · 241
- MONTESSORI ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.4 mi · 452
- NORTH VALLEY ACADEMY1.4 mi · 280
- TAYLOR MIDDLE1.5 mi · 245
Frequently asked questions
About TAFT MIDDLEWhat is the total enrollment at TAFT MIDDLE?
TAFT MIDDLE enrolls approximately 243 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does TAFT MIDDLE serve?
TAFT MIDDLE serves grades 06-08.
How many students per teacher at TAFT MIDDLE?
Approximately 11.7:1 students per teacher at TAFT MIDDLE.
What is the racial breakdown of students at TAFT MIDDLE?
At TAFT MIDDLE, the student body is approximately 5% White, 88% Hispanic, 1% Black, 2% Asian, 2% Two or more.
What district is TAFT MIDDLE in?
TAFT MIDDLE is part of ALBUQUERQUE.
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