WEST LAS VEGAS MIDDLE SCHOOL

WEST LAS VEGAS MIDDLE SCHOOL is one of the medium-sized intermediate schools in LAS VEGAS, New Mexico, operated by WEST LAS VEGAS, with 345 students on its rolls from grades 6 through 8.

WEST LAS VEGAS runs 10 schools in total, collectively educating 1,601 students. WEST LAS VEGAS MIDDLE SCHOOL is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, WEST LAS VEGAS MIDDLE SCHOOL reports that 93% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority. Other groups include 4% White. That is meaningfully more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 75%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school lists 21 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 16.8:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 12.5:1, putting WEST LAS VEGAS MIDDLE SCHOOL higher than the state norm the norm. About 100% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), WEST LAS VEGAS MIDDLE SCHOOL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 33.4%; this one delivers 26.2%.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (San Miguel County) shows that the typical household earns roughly $49,431 per year, about 27% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 18%. In all, San Miguel County runs 19 public schools (combined enrollment of about 3,156 students), of which WEST LAS VEGAS MIDDLE SCHOOL is one.

The closest other public school is WEST LAS VEGAS HIGH SCHOOL, roughly 0.2 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around WEST LAS VEGAS MIDDLE SCHOOL. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts WEST LAS VEGAS MIDDLE SCHOOL at 1st of 5; the average score across the group is 20.5%.

The school occupies a town-based site.

Over the past 7-year window. WEST LAS VEGAS MIDDLE SCHOOL's enrollment has ticked up 17% since 2018, when it stood at 295 (now 345). White enrollment moved from 12% to 4% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio rose from 15.5:1 in 2018 to 16.8:1 today.

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