Enrollment
344
Middle
DISTRICT 423 · STATE 335
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ALBUQUERQUE·NCES 350006000117
VAN BUREN MIDDLE
700 LOUISIANA SE, ALBUQUERQUE, NM 87108 · (505) 268-3833 · Bernalillo County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL344 STUDENTS
F
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 1% of New Mexico public middle schools
- FTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- FBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded New Mexico public middle schools
Student : Teacher
12.9:1
27 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.6:1 · STATE 12.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
98%
338 students
DISTRICT 92% · STATE 90%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 111 | 32% |
| Grade 7 | 115 | 33% |
| Grade 8 | 118 | 34% |
Student demographics
42%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 52% · STATE 55% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). 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
16.5%
NM avg 44.2%
Math
7.6%
NM avg 27.2%
What this means: On the NM-MSSA + NM-ASR, New Mexico's statewide test, about 17 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 8 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
13.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
33.8%
based on NM schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-20.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 13% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 34% 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 →
Schools most like VAN BUREN MIDDLE
VAN BUREN MIDDLE's state test result (13.2% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| VAN BUREN MIDDLE this school | 344 | 98.3% | 13.2% |
| KENNEDY MIDDLE ALBUQUERQUE | 296 | 98.3% | 18.4% |
| MCKINLEY MIDDLE ALBUQUERQUE | 434 | 99.5% | 17.5% |
| SOLARE COLLEGIATE CHARTER SCHOOL ALBUQUERQUE | 314 | 100.0% | 36.8% |
| WILSON MIDDLE ALBUQUERQUE | 359 | 97.5% | 13.1% |
| MOUNTAIN VIEW MIDDLE ROSWELL | 481 | 100.0% | 28.2% |
Matched among New Mexico middle schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where VAN BUREN MIDDLE ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In New Mexico | In Bernalillo County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 13.2% | #112 of 113 | #30 of 31 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 7.6% | #112 of 120 | #25 of 31 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 16.5% | #122 of 122 | #31 of 31 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 344 | #74 of 160 | #19 of 31 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.9:1 | #50 of 101 | #23 of 28 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 41.9% | #55 of 103 | #16 of 28 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 98.3% | #86 of 116 | #27 of 31 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -34.1% | #13 of 89 | #10 of 25 |
Ranked against other public middle schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
344
-187 (-35%) vs 2020
-58% since 1990-91, when it was 817
Student : Teacher
12.9:1
was 17.1:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 344 | 26.7 | 12.9:1 | 98% (338) |
| 2023-24 | 331 | 25.3 | 13.1:1 | N/A |
| 2022-23 | 398 | 27.9 | 14.3:1 | 100% (398) |
| 2020-21 | 531 | 31 | 17.1:1 | 100% (531) |
| 2017-18 | 522 | 40.4 | 12.9:1 | 100% (522) |
| 2015-16 | 561 | 47 | 11.9:1 | 100% (561) |
| 2010-11 | 589 | 42 | 14.0:1 | 99% (586) |
| 2000-01 | 679 | 51 | 13.3:1 | 78% (529) |
| 1990-91 | 817 | 50 | 16.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for VAN BUREN MIDDLE.
Since 2017-18: students down 34% (522 to 344); teachers down 34% (40.4 to 26.7).
About VAN BUREN MIDDLE
VAN BUREN MIDDLE is a mid-sized middle school in ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico, under ALBUQUERQUE. The school runs grades 6 through 8 and enrolls 344 students.
VAN BUREN MIDDLE falls under ALBUQUERQUE, which has 172 schools enrolling 74,800 students.
More than half of the students at VAN BUREN MIDDLE are Hispanic (75%). Other reported shares: 7% White, 6% Black, 6% multiracial, and 5% Native American. That compares with about 49% Hispanic among all Bernalillo County residents. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 42%.
VAN BUREN MIDDLE has a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.9:1, with 26.7 full-time-equivalent teachers. The 12.5:1 average for middle schools in New Mexico is close to this figure. The school has 98% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch.
VAN BUREN MIDDLE holds an F allk12 Grade, placing it above 1% of New Mexico public middle schools.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, VAN BUREN MIDDLE would score about 33.8%. It scores 13.2%, a bottom-10% result among New Mexico schools on BeatsExpectations.
For the population of Bernalillo County, median household income comes to about $69,473, roughly 38% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 11%. Bernalillo County counts 211 public schools with about 85,724 students.
A public school about 0.2 miles away, EMERSON ELEMENTARY, is the closest to VAN BUREN MIDDLE. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of VAN BUREN MIDDLE. On proficiency, VAN BUREN MIDDLE is behind the 24.4% nearby average, ranking 5th of 7.
The school's locale code, City: Large, means it is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment decreased by 35% across 4 years, from 531 in 2020-21 to 344 in 2024-25. Its ratio of students to teachers was 17.1:1 in 2020-21, and 12.9:1 in 2024-25.
VAN BUREN MIDDLE has a community page on allk12 for topics such as athletics, class schedules, and weather closures. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
Bernalillo County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
673,930
Census ACS
Median income
$69,473
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
38%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
211
85,724 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in ALBUQUERQUE
- VOLCANO VISTA HIGHHigh · 2,089 students
- ATRISCO HERITAGE ACADEMY HSHigh · 1,930 students
- LA CUEVA HIGHHigh · 1,826 students
- SANDIA HIGHHigh · 1,618 students
- ELDORADO HIGHCombined · 1,579 students
- ALBUQUERQUE HIGHHigh · 1,568 students
Other schools in ALBUQUERQUE
- VOLCANO VISTA HIGHHigh · 2,089 students
- ATRISCO HERITAGE ACADEMY HSHigh · 1,930 students
- LA CUEVA HIGHHigh · 1,826 students
- SANDIA HIGHHigh · 1,618 students
- ELDORADO HIGHCombined · 1,579 students
- ALBUQUERQUE HIGHHigh · 1,568 students
Other Van Buren Middle schools
2 other US public schools in 2 states are named Van Buren Middle. VAN BUREN MIDDLE is the 2nd largest of the 3.
- Van Buren Middle SchoolKettering, OH · 598 students
- Van Buren Middle SchoolVan Buren, OH · 237 students
Nearby schools
- EMERSON ELEMENTARY0.2 mi · 334
- VOZ COLLEGIATE PREPARATORY CHARTER SCHOOL0.6 mi · 134
- WHERRY ELEMENTARY0.7 mi · 240
- WILSON MIDDLE0.7 mi · 359
- LA MESA ELEMENTARY1.0 mi · 415
- CESAR CHAVEZ COMMUNITY SCHOOL1.0 mi · 181
Frequently asked questions
About VAN BUREN MIDDLEHow many students attend VAN BUREN MIDDLE?
VAN BUREN MIDDLE enrolls approximately 344 students in grades 06-08.
Is VAN BUREN MIDDLE an elementary, middle, or high school?
VAN BUREN MIDDLE is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at VAN BUREN MIDDLE?
The student-to-teacher ratio at VAN BUREN MIDDLE is approximately 12.9:1 (27 FTE teachers).
How diverse is VAN BUREN MIDDLE?
VAN BUREN MIDDLE reports a student body of 7% White, 75% Hispanic, 6% Black, 1% Asian, 6% Two or more.
What district is VAN BUREN MIDDLE in?
VAN BUREN MIDDLE is part of ALBUQUERQUE.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.