WASHINGTON MIDDLE

WASHINGTON MIDDLE operates as a compact 6-8 campus in ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico, part of ALBUQUERQUE. Current enrollment sits at 248 students spanning grades 6 through 8. By comparison, New Mexico's public schools average about 335 students each, so WASHINGTON MIDDLE sits 26% leaner than that benchmark.

Within ALBUQUERQUE, which oversees 171 schools and 74,041 students, WASHINGTON MIDDLE is one campus in the system.

Looking at the student body, WASHINGTON MIDDLE shows that 87% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority. Beyond that, the school logs 5% White, 4% Native American, 2% Black. By comparison, Bernalillo County as a whole is about 49% Hispanic, so the school skews meaningfully more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 21 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 11.9:1 students per teacher. The state averages about 12.5:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Around 99% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Bernalillo County runs at roughly 90%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, WASHINGTON MIDDLE is in the bottom 10% of New Mexico public schools. The BeatsExpectations model predicts schools with this FRL share to land around 33.6%; WASHINGTON MIDDLE posts 17.3%, -16.3 points below that line.

In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for Bernalillo County put the typical household earns roughly $69,473 per year, roughly 38% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. WASHINGTON MIDDLE is one of 211 public schools in Bernalillo County (combined enrollment of about 85,724 students).

SIEMBRA LEADERSHIP HIGH SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.5 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts WASHINGTON MIDDLE at 4th of 4; the average score across the group is 33.9%.

The campus sits in a metropolitan setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 46%: 461 students in 2018 compared to 248 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share edged down from 91% to 87%. Class-load math has pulled in: from 15.8:1 in 2018 to 11.9:1 in 2025.

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