TAYLOR MIDDLE

TAYLOR MIDDLE is one of the modestly sized middle-grades schools in LOS RANCHOS DE ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico, one of the schools within ALBUQUERQUE, with 245 students on its rolls from grades 6 through 8. Compared to the state average of about 335 students per school, that is 27% below typical.

Across the 171 schools in ALBUQUERQUE (74,041 students total), TAYLOR MIDDLE accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On demographics, TAYLOR MIDDLE logs that 72% of the student body identifies as Hispanic. Other groups include 14% White, 7% Native American, 3% multiracial, 2% Black. By comparison, Bernalillo County as a whole is about 49% Hispanic, so the school skews considerably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, The school employs 27 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 9.0:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 12.5:1, putting TAYLOR MIDDLE tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 99% of students at TAYLOR MIDDLE qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Bernalillo County runs at roughly 90%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, TAYLOR MIDDLE performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 33.6%, the actual is 25.7%, a residual of -7.9 points.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for Bernalillo County put the typical household earns roughly $69,473 per year, about 38% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. Across Bernalillo County's 211 public schools (combined enrollment of about 85,724 students), TAYLOR MIDDLE is one campus in the mix.

NORTH VALLEY ACADEMY is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts TAYLOR MIDDLE at 5th of 7; the average score across the group is 33.3%.

TAYLOR MIDDLE operates from a bedroom-community location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at TAYLOR MIDDLE has contracted 41%, going from 418 students in 2018 to 245 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 21% to 14% across the same window. Class-load math has narrowed: from 14.5:1 in 2018 to 9.0:1 in 2025.

Within the allk12 community for this school, the feed for TAYLOR MIDDLE typically covers pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.