TUCUMCARI MIDDLE

TUCUMCARI MIDDLE operates as a compact junior high in TUCUMCARI, New Mexico, operated by TUCUMCARI. Current enrollment sits at 213 students spanning grades 6 through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 36% leaner than the state mean of about 335.

Across the 3 schools in TUCUMCARI (911 students total), TUCUMCARI MIDDLE accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On demographics, TUCUMCARI MIDDLE records that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 70% of enrollment. The remainder consists of 22% White, 3% Black, 2% multiracial. That is visibly more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 45%.

On the income-and-resources front, TUCUMCARI MIDDLE lists 16 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 13.7:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 12.5:1 average. Around 100% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Quay County runs at roughly 87%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, TUCUMCARI MIDDLE sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 33.5%; this one delivers 33.1%.

In the area at large, census data for Quay County shows the typical household earns roughly $41,946 per year, roughly 20% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 20%. TUCUMCARI MIDDLE is one of 13 public schools in Quay County (combined enrollment of about 1,405 students).

TUCUMCARI HIGH is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 2 other public schools cluster around TUCUMCARI MIDDLE. Among the 4 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), TUCUMCARI MIDDLE ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 50.7%.

The school occupies a small-town site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count remained close to its prior level: 217 students in 2018 compared to 213 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 33% to 22% across the same window.

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