THOREAU MIDDLE

THOREAU MIDDLE operates as a middle-of-the-pack middle school in THOREAU, New Mexico, run under GALLUP. Current enrollment sits at 362 students spanning grades 6 through 8.

GALLUP comprises 33 schools with combined enrollment of 12,698 students; THOREAU MIDDLE is among them.

On demographics, THOREAU MIDDLE lists that the largest single group is Native American, at 62% of enrollment; the rest consists of 22% Hispanic, 9% White, 7% multiracial.

On the resource side, The school lists 47 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 7.7:1. The state averages around 12.5:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 83% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), THOREAU MIDDLE sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 37.5%; this one delivers 25.4%.

Zooming out to the county, McKinley County reports that the typical household earns roughly $47,668 per year, roughly 13% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 28% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across McKinley County's 53 public schools (combined enrollment of about 16,807 students), THOREAU MIDDLE is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is THOREAU HIGH, roughly 0.2 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 2 other public schools cluster around THOREAU MIDDLE.

THOREAU MIDDLE operates from a rural location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count climbed 48%: 245 students in 2018 compared to 362 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment increased from 2% to 22% over that span. Class-load math has pulled in: from 15.6:1 in 2018 to 7.7:1 in 2025.

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