TONY HILLERMAN MIDDLE SCHOOL

Set in ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico, TONY HILLERMAN MIDDLE SCHOOL is an expansive intermediate school, overseen by ALBUQUERQUE. It educates 860 students across grades 6 through 8. Compared to the state average of about 335 students per school, that is 157% above typical.

ALBUQUERQUE runs 171 schools in total, collectively educating 74,041 students. TONY HILLERMAN MIDDLE SCHOOL is one of those campuses.

In terms of who attends, TONY HILLERMAN MIDDLE SCHOOL reports that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 63% of enrollment; the rest reads as 21% White, 7% multiracial, 5% Native American, 2% Black. The wider county runs roughly 49% Hispanic, putting the school's mix visibly more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 61 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 14.0:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 12.5:1 average. Roughly 99% of students at TONY HILLERMAN MIDDLE SCHOOL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Bernalillo County (around 90%), the school's rate is north of typical.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, TONY HILLERMAN MIDDLE SCHOOL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 33.5%; this one delivers 48.5%.

Around the school, Bernalillo County reports that median household earnings sit near $69,473, about 38% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 11%. TONY HILLERMAN MIDDLE SCHOOL is one of 211 public schools in Bernalillo County (combined enrollment of about 85,724 students).

Nearest neighbor: VOLCANO VISTA HIGH, around 0.2 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around TONY HILLERMAN MIDDLE SCHOOL. On composite proficiency, TONY HILLERMAN MIDDLE SCHOOL comes 1st of 6 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 37.6%.

Geographically, the school is in a rural area.

Looking at the recent track record. TONY HILLERMAN MIDDLE SCHOOL's enrollment has ticked down 25% since 2018, when it stood at 1,141 (now 860). White enrollment moved from 30% to 21% across the same window. Class-load math has narrowed: from 18.6:1 in 2018 to 14.0:1 in 2025.

On the community side, recent activity here tends to focus on pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. Members of the school community can share what they know.