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What's the biggest difference between TSE BIT AI MIDDLE and what you expected?
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Enrollment
390
Middle
DISTRICT 296 · STATE 335
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CENTRAL·NCES 350039000189
TSE BIT AI MIDDLE
US HWY 64, SHIPROCK, NM 87420 · (505) 368-4741 · San Juan County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE32-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL390 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
12.8:1
31 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.7:1 · STATE 12.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
390 students
DISTRICT 98% · STATE 90%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. 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
23.1%
NM avg 44.2%
Math
10.1%
NM avg 27.2%
What this means: On the NM-MSSA + NM-ASR, New Mexico's statewide test, about 23 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 10 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of NM schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
16.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
33.4%
based on NM schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-17.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 16% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 33% typical for New Mexico schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
390
-85 (-18%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
12.8:1
was 17.6:1
% White
1%
was 0%
% Hispanic
3%
was 0%
% Black
0%
was 0%
% Asian
1%
was 0%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About TSE BIT AI MIDDLE
TSE BIT AI MIDDLE is a 6-8 campus of moderately sized scale in SHIPROCK, New Mexico, overseen by CENTRAL, instructing 390 students in grades 6 through 8.
Within CENTRAL, which oversees 16 schools and 4,539 students, TSE BIT AI MIDDLE is one campus in the system.
On demographics, TSE BIT AI MIDDLE lists that 91% of students identify as Native American, making the school strongly Native American-majority. Beyond that, the school logs 5% multiracial, 3% Hispanic.
On the resource side, The school employs 31 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 12.8:1. That tracks the state average closely. Around 100% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.
After controlling for student poverty, TSE BIT AI MIDDLE is in the bottom 10% of New Mexico public schools. The BeatsExpectations model predicts schools with this FRL share to land around 33.4%; TSE BIT AI MIDDLE posts 16.2%, -17.2 points below that line.
In the area at large, the surrounding county (San Juan County) shows that the typical household earns roughly $55,872 per year, about 18% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 18%. In all, San Juan County runs 62 public schools (combined enrollment of about 21,309 students), of which TSE BIT AI MIDDLE is one.
Nearest neighbor: NIZHONI ELEMENTARY, around 0.2 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, TSE BIT AI MIDDLE comes 4th of 4 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 22.4%.
Geographically, the school is in a town-based area.
Five-year trend. TSE BIT AI MIDDLE's enrollment has edged down 18% since 2018, when it stood at 475 (now 390). Class-load math has fell: from 17.6:1 in 2018 to 12.8:1 in 2025.
On this page, members of the TSE BIT AI MIDDLE community share and discuss open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
San Juan County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
120,942
Census ACS
Median income
$55,872
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
18%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
18%
Below federal line
Schools in county
62
21,309 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in CENTRAL
- KIRTLAND CENTRAL HIGHHigh · 743 students
- SHIPROCK HIGHHigh · 502 students
- JUDY NELSON ELEMENTARYElementary · 486 students
- KIRTLAND ELEMENTARYElementary · 388 students
- KIRTLAND MIDDLEMiddle · 372 students
- OJO AMARILLO ELEMENTARYElementary · 280 students
Other schools in SHIPROCK
- SHIPROCK HIGHHigh · 502 students
- MESA ELEMENTARYElementary · 229 students
- NIZHONI ELEMENTARYElementary · 207 students
- EVA B STOKELY ELEMENTARYElementary · 203 students
- Atsa' Biya' a'zh Community SchoolElementary · 200 students
- Shiprock Northwest High SchoolHigh · 151 students
Nearby schools
- NIZHONI ELEMENTARY0.2 mi · 207
- SHIPROCK HIGH0.8 mi · 502
- EVA B STOKELY ELEMENTARY0.8 mi · 203
- CAREER PREP ALTERNATIVE0.9 mi · 118
- DREAM DINE CHARTER SCHOOL2.1 mi · 24
- MESA ELEMENTARY2.7 mi · 229
Frequently asked questions
About TSE BIT AI MIDDLEHow large is TSE BIT AI MIDDLE?
TSE BIT AI MIDDLE enrolls approximately 390 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does TSE BIT AI MIDDLE serve?
TSE BIT AI MIDDLE serves grades 06-08.
How many students per teacher at TSE BIT AI MIDDLE?
Approximately 12.8:1 students per teacher at TSE BIT AI MIDDLE.
How diverse is TSE BIT AI MIDDLE?
TSE BIT AI MIDDLE reports a student body of 1% White, 3% Hispanic, 1% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Who oversees TSE BIT AI MIDDLE?
TSE BIT AI MIDDLE is overseen by CENTRAL in San Juan County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.