VAN BUREN MIDDLE

VAN BUREN MIDDLE operates as an average-sized middle school in ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico, part of ALBUQUERQUE. Current enrollment sits at 344 students spanning grades 6 through 8.

ALBUQUERQUE comprises 171 schools with combined enrollment of 74,041 students; VAN BUREN MIDDLE is among them.

On the student-mix side, VAN BUREN MIDDLE logs that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 75% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school reports 7% White, 6% Black, 6% multiracial, 5% Native American. The wider county runs roughly 49% Hispanic, putting the school's mix considerably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, VAN BUREN MIDDLE records 27 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 12.9:1. The state averages about 12.5:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. An estimated 98% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

With demographic context factored in, VAN BUREN MIDDLE falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 33.8%; this one comes in at 13.2%, -20.6 points off the demographic line.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Bernalillo County indicate median household earnings sit near $69,473, 38% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 11%. Across Bernalillo County's 211 public schools (combined enrollment of about 85,724 students), VAN BUREN MIDDLE is one campus in the mix.

EMERSON ELEMENTARY is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around VAN BUREN MIDDLE. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), VAN BUREN MIDDLE ranks 5th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 24.4%.

VAN BUREN MIDDLE operates from a city-core location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at VAN BUREN MIDDLE has ticked down 34%, going from 522 students in 2018 to 344 in 2025.

In the discussion threads here, posts here usually surface around pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to weigh in.