W D GATTIS MIDDLE SCHOOL

W D GATTIS MIDDLE SCHOOL is one of the well-populated 6-8 campuss in CLOVIS, New Mexico, one of the schools within CLOVIS, with 527 students on its rolls from grades 6 through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 57% bigger than the state mean of about 335.

Within CLOVIS, which oversees 18 schools and 7,780 students, W D GATTIS MIDDLE SCHOOL is one campus in the system.

Demographically, W D GATTIS MIDDLE SCHOOL records that Hispanic students make up the majority at 59%; the rest reads as 26% White, 9% Black, 4% multiracial. That is noticeably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 46%.

On the income-and-resources front, W D GATTIS MIDDLE SCHOOL records 37 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 14.4:1. The state averages around 12.5:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Roughly 88% of students at W D GATTIS MIDDLE SCHOOL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), W D GATTIS MIDDLE SCHOOL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 36.2% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 34.5%.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Curry County put median household income runs about $57,309, 23% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 17%. Across Curry County's 28 public schools (combined enrollment of about 8,777 students), W D GATTIS MIDDLE SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

BARRY ELEMENTARY is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.3 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, W D GATTIS MIDDLE SCHOOL comes 5th of 7 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 37.3%.

The school occupies a rural site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at W D GATTIS MIDDLE SCHOOL has declined 15%, going from 621 students in 2018 to 527 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment climbed from 48% to 59% over that span.

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