VISTA MIDDLE

VISTA MIDDLE is a 6-8 campus of well-populated scale in LAS CRUCES, New Mexico, run under LAS CRUCES, serveing 574 students in grades 6 through 8. That puts it 71% larger than the typical public school in New Mexico, which averages around 335 students.

VISTA MIDDLE is one of 39 schools operated by LAS CRUCES, a district that instructs 22,670 students overall.

In terms of who attends, VISTA MIDDLE logs that 86% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority. Other groups include 9% White. That is noticeably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 68%.

Looking at school resources, On paper, VISTA MIDDLE has 56 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 10.3:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 12.5:1 average. Roughly 100% of students at VISTA MIDDLE qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

With demographic context factored in, VISTA MIDDLE tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 33.4% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 33.6%.

In the broader community, Doñan Ana County reports that the typical household earns roughly $56,848 per year, about 32% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 19% of residents live below the federal poverty line. VISTA MIDDLE is one of 81 public schools in Doñan Ana County (combined enrollment of about 36,561 students).

COLUMBIA ELEMENTARY is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, VISTA MIDDLE comes 6th of 8 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 37.5%.

The campus sits in a city-core setting.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 19%: 713 students in 2018 compared to 574 in 2025. The White share of enrollment decreased from 15% to 9% over that span. Class-load math has fell: from 18.0:1 in 2018 to 10.3:1 in 2025.

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