Enrollment
245
Middle
DISTRICT 423 · STATE 335
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ALBUQUERQUE·NCES 350006000112
TAYLOR MIDDLE
8200 GUADALUPE TR NW, LOS RANCHOS DE ALBUQUERQUE, NM 87114 · (505) 898-3666 · Bernalillo County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL245 STUDENTS
C
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 27% of New Mexico public middle schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats 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
9.0:1
27 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.6:1 · STATE 12.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
99%
243 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 | 79 | 32% |
| Grade 7 | 78 | 32% |
| Grade 8 | 88 | 36% |
Student demographics
45%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
32.4%
NM avg 44.2%
Math
18.5%
NM avg 27.2%
What this means: On the NM-MSSA + NM-ASR, New Mexico's statewide test, about 32 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 19 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
25.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
33.6%
based on NM schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-7.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 26% 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 TAYLOR MIDDLE
TAYLOR MIDDLE's state test result (25.7% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| TAYLOR MIDDLE this school | 245 | 99.2% | 25.7% |
| HAYES MIDDLE ALBUQUERQUE | 372 | 99.7% | 15.4% |
| PORTALES JR HIGH PORTALES | 326 | 99.7% | 34.4% |
| TUCUMCARI MIDDLE TUCUMCARI | 213 | 99.5% | 33.1% |
| L.B. JOHNSON MIDDLE ALBUQUERQUE | 491 | 99.2% | 37.8% |
| TAFT MIDDLE ALBUQUERQUE | 243 | 99.6% | 23.2% |
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 TAYLOR MIDDLE ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In New Mexico | In Bernalillo County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 25.7% | #76 of 113 | #17 of 31 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 18.5% | #61 of 120 | #15 of 31 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 32.4% | #91 of 122 | #17 of 31 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 245 | #94 of 160 | #26 of 31 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 9.0:1 | #6 of 101 | #1 of 28 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 45.3% | #53 of 103 | #15 of 28 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 99.2% | #80 of 116 | #23 of 31 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -41.4% | #7 of 89 | #5 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
245
-63 (-20%) vs 2020
-72% since 1990-91, when it was 890
Student : Teacher
9.0:1
was 9.1:1
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 | 245 | 27.2 | 9.0:1 | 99% (243) |
| 2023-24 | 298 | 28.4 | 10.5:1 | N/A |
| 2022-23 | 315 | 32.3 | 9.8:1 | 100% (315) |
| 2020-21 | 308 | 34 | 9.1:1 | 100% (308) |
| 2017-18 | 418 | 28.8 | 14.5:1 | 65% (272) |
| 2015-16 | 493 | 35 | 14.1:1 | 64% (314) |
| 2010-11 | 599 | 45 | 13.3:1 | 54% (322) |
| 2000-01 | 1,146 | 69 | 16.6:1 | 27% (313) |
| 1990-91 | 890 | 48 | 18.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for TAYLOR MIDDLE.
Since 2017-18: students down 41% (418 to 245); teachers down 6% (28.8 to 27.2).
About TAYLOR MIDDLE
TAYLOR MIDDLE, a small middle school, is located in LOS RANCHOS DE ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico. Total enrollment is 245 students, and the grades served are 6 through 8. Middle schools in New Mexico have about 335 students on average; enrollment here is 27% lower.
A total of 172 schools make up ALBUQUERQUE, with 74,800 students enrolled.
Hispanic students are 72% of those enrolled at TAYLOR MIDDLE. Next come 14% White, 7% Native American, 3% multiracial, and 2% Black. That compares with about 49% Hispanic among all Bernalillo County residents. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 45%.
Its staff includes 27.2 full-time-equivalent teachers, for about 9.0 students per teacher. Across middle schools in New Mexico, the average ratio is 12.5:1. TAYLOR MIDDLE has a free or reduced-price lunch rate of 99%. Compared with the 90% average for public schools in Bernalillo County, the school's rate is higher.
Among New Mexico public middle schools, TAYLOR MIDDLE outscored 27%, which works out to a C on the allk12 Grade.
The BeatsExpectations prediction for TAYLOR MIDDLE is 33.6%, and its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 25.7%.
Looking at the county, Bernalillo County, median household income comes to about $69,473, about 38% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 11% of residents are in poverty. The county has 211 public schools and about 85,724 students.
NORTH VALLEY ACADEMY is about 0.2 miles away, making it the nearest public school. Within five miles of TAYLOR MIDDLE, there are at least 8 other public schools. On average proficiency, TAYLOR MIDDLE is 5th of 7 nearby schools with test data.
Locale: Suburb: Large. In NCES terms, the school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
The school shrank from 308 students in 2020-21 to 245 in 2024-25.
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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 LOS RANCHOS DE ALBUQUERQUE
- NORTH VALLEY ACADEMYElementary · 280 students
Other Taylor Middle schools
5 other US public schools in 5 states are named Taylor Middle. TAYLOR MIDDLE is the 6th largest of the 6.
- TAYLOR MIDDLELOVINGTON, NM · 442 students
- Taylor MiddleMillbrae, CA · 756 students
- Taylor Middle SchoolTAYLOR, TX · 602 students
- Taylor Middle SchoolCleves, OH · 599 students
- Taylor Middle SchoolKokomo, IN · 368 students
Nearby schools
- NORTH VALLEY ACADEMY0.2 mi · 280
- LOS RANCHOS ELEMENTARY0.4 mi · 194
- ALAMEDA ELEMENTARY1.4 mi · 212
- TAFT MIDDLE1.5 mi · 243
- ALVARADO ELEMENTARY2.0 mi · 258
- CIBOLA HIGH2.5 mi · 1,517
Frequently asked questions
About TAYLOR MIDDLEHow many students attend TAYLOR MIDDLE?
TAYLOR MIDDLE enrolls approximately 245 students in grades 06-08.
Is TAYLOR MIDDLE an elementary, middle, or high school?
TAYLOR MIDDLE is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
How many teachers does TAYLOR MIDDLE have?
TAYLOR MIDDLE employs 27 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 9.0:1.
How diverse is TAYLOR MIDDLE?
TAYLOR MIDDLE reports a student body of 14% White, 72% Hispanic, 2% Black, 2% Asian, 3% Two or more.
What district is TAYLOR MIDDLE in?
TAYLOR MIDDLE is part of ALBUQUERQUE.
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