TRUMAN MIDDLE

Set in ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico, TRUMAN MIDDLE is a well-populated middle-grades school, overseen by ALBUQUERQUE. It educates 520 students across grades 6 through 8. By comparison, New Mexico's public schools average about 335 students each, so TRUMAN MIDDLE sits 55% above that benchmark.

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

On demographics, TRUMAN MIDDLE shows that 93% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority. The remainder breaks down as 3% White. By comparison, Bernalillo County as a whole is about 49% Hispanic, so the school skews noticeably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the resource side, TRUMAN MIDDLE lists 52 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 10.1:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 12.5:1 average. An estimated 100% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Bernalillo County runs at roughly 90%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, On a poverty-adjusted basis, TRUMAN MIDDLE sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 33.5%; actual is 16.6%, a gap of -16.9 points.

In the broader community, Bernalillo County reports that median household income runs about $69,473, roughly 38% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. TRUMAN MIDDLE is one of 211 public schools in Bernalillo County (combined enrollment of about 85,724 students).

Nearest neighbor: SOLARE COLLEGIATE CHARTER SCHOOL, around 0.6 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), TRUMAN MIDDLE ranks 8th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 26.7%.

The school occupies an inner-city site.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count fell 45%: 945 students in 2018 compared to 520 in 2025. Class-load math has fell: from 12.7:1 in 2018 to 10.1:1 in 2025.

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