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What's the biggest difference between WILSON MIDDLE and what you expected?
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Enrollment
359
Middle
DISTRICT 423 · STATE 335
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ALBUQUERQUE·NCES 350006000122
WILSON MIDDLE
1138 CARDENAS DR SE, ALBUQUERQUE, NM 87108 · (505) 268-3961 · Bernalillo County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL359 STUDENTS
F
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 0% of New Mexico public middle schools
- FTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- FBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded New Mexico public middle schools
Student : Teacher
11.0:1
33 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.6:1 · STATE 12.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
97%
350 students
DISTRICT 92% · STATE 90%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 124 | 35% |
| Grade 7 | 105 | 29% |
| Grade 8 | 130 | 36% |
Student demographics
50%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 52% · STATE 55% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
NM-MSSA + NM-ASR 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
19.7%
NM avg 44.2%
Math
7.3%
NM avg 27.2%
What this means: On the NM-MSSA + NM-ASR, New Mexico's statewide test, about 20 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 7 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New Mexico schools, those numbers are about 44 and 27.
Source: NM-MSSA + NM-ASR. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of NM schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
13.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
34.0%
based on NM schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-20.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 13% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 34% typical for New Mexico schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like WILSON MIDDLE
WILSON MIDDLE's state test result (13.1% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| WILSON MIDDLE this school | 359 | 97.5% | 13.1% |
| VAN BUREN MIDDLE ALBUQUERQUE | 344 | 98.3% | 13.2% |
| W D GATTIS MIDDLE SCHOOL CLOVIS | 527 | 88.2% | 34.5% |
| KENNEDY MIDDLE ALBUQUERQUE | 296 | 98.3% | 18.4% |
| YUCCA MIDDLE CLOVIS | 480 | 85.4% | 34.0% |
| MOUNTAIN VIEW MIDDLE ALAMOGORDO | 479 | 100.0% | 34.3% |
Matched among New Mexico middle schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where WILSON MIDDLE ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In New Mexico | In Bernalillo County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 13.1% | #113 of 113 | #31 of 31 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 7.3% | #113 of 120 | #26 of 31 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 19.7% | #120 of 122 | #30 of 31 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 359 | #71 of 160 | #18 of 31 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.0:1 | #27 of 101 | #12 of 28 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 50.4% | #45 of 103 | #13 of 28 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 97.5% | #88 of 116 | #28 of 31 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -20.6% | #42 of 89 | #23 of 25 |
Ranked against other public middle schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
359
-68 (-16%) vs 2020
-51% since 1990-91, when it was 727
Student : Teacher
11.0:1
was 11.2:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 359 | 32.6 | 11.0:1 | 97% (350) |
| 2023-24 | 373 | 30.1 | 12.4:1 | N/A |
| 2022-23 | 401 | 38.7 | 10.4:1 | 100% (401) |
| 2020-21 | 427 | 38 | 11.2:1 | 100% (427) |
| 2017-18 | 452 | 31.6 | 14.3:1 | 100% (452) |
| 2015-16 | 500 | 37 | 13.5:1 | 100% (500) |
| 2010-11 | 498 | 36 | 13.8:1 | 83% (414) |
| 2000-01 | 722 | 49 | 14.7:1 | 68% (489) |
| 1990-91 | 727 | 43 | 16.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for WILSON MIDDLE.
Since 2017-18: students down 21% (452 to 359); teachers up 3% (31.6 to 32.6).
About WILSON MIDDLE
Located in ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico, WILSON MIDDLE is a medium-sized middle-grades school. The student body numbers 359 students, from grades 6 through 8.
The district for WILSON MIDDLE is ALBUQUERQUE, with 172 schools and 74,800 students.
WILSON MIDDLE is 69% Hispanic by enrollment. Other students are 9% Black, 8% Native American, 7% White, and 6% multiracial. By comparison, Bernalillo County residents are about 49% Hispanic. The school's diversity index is 50%, meaning two students picked at random have a 50% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
The school reports 32.6 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to about 11.0 students per teacher. That is 1.5 students per teacher below the 12.5:1 average for middle schools in New Mexico. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility covers 97% of students.
The allk12 Grade for WILSON MIDDLE is F. Compared with New Mexico public middle schools, the school scored higher than 0% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
On BeatsExpectations, which compares test results with what a school's student poverty level would predict, WILSON MIDDLE ranks in the bottom 10% in New Mexico. Its average proficiency rate on state tests is 13.1%, against a prediction of 34.0%.
According to the American Community Survey, in Bernalillo County, the median household income is $69,473, 38% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 11% of people live in poverty. WILSON MIDDLE is one of 211 public schools in the county.
VOZ COLLEGIATE PREPARATORY CHARTER SCHOOL is located about 0.2 miles from WILSON MIDDLE. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Local comparison: WILSON MIDDLE ranks 5th of 5 nearby schools, at 13.1% versus a 21.8% average.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is City: Large: inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Compared with 2020-21, the school had 68 fewer students in 2024-25.
The allk12 site hosts a discussion page for WILSON MIDDLE covering things like sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
Bernalillo County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
673,930
Census ACS
Median income
$69,473
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
38%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
211
85,724 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in ALBUQUERQUE
- VOLCANO VISTA HIGHHigh · 2,089 students
- ATRISCO HERITAGE ACADEMY HSHigh · 1,930 students
- LA CUEVA HIGHHigh · 1,826 students
- SANDIA HIGHHigh · 1,618 students
- ELDORADO HIGHCombined · 1,579 students
- ALBUQUERQUE HIGHHigh · 1,568 students
Other schools in ALBUQUERQUE
- VOLCANO VISTA HIGHHigh · 2,089 students
- ATRISCO HERITAGE ACADEMY HSHigh · 1,930 students
- LA CUEVA HIGHHigh · 1,826 students
- SANDIA HIGHHigh · 1,618 students
- ELDORADO HIGHCombined · 1,579 students
- ALBUQUERQUE HIGHHigh · 1,568 students
Other Wilson Middle schools
15 other US public schools in 11 states are named Wilson Middle. WILSON MIDDLE is the 16th largest of the 16.
- Wilson Middle SchoolYakima, WA · 840 students
- Wilson Middle SchoolPLANO, TX · 813 students
- Wilson MiddleNatick, MA · 727 students
- Wilson MiddleSan Diego, CA · 712 students
- Wilson Middle SchoolNEDERLAND, TX · 678 students
Nearby schools
- VOZ COLLEGIATE PREPARATORY CHARTER SCHOOL0.2 mi · 134
- CESAR CHAVEZ COMMUNITY SCHOOL0.3 mi · 181
- WHITTIER ELEMENTARY0.6 mi · 307
- EMERSON ELEMENTARY0.6 mi · 334
- VAN BUREN MIDDLE0.7 mi · 344
- WHERRY ELEMENTARY0.9 mi · 240
Frequently asked questions
About WILSON MIDDLEWhat is the total enrollment at WILSON MIDDLE?
WILSON MIDDLE enrolls approximately 359 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does WILSON MIDDLE serve?
WILSON MIDDLE serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many teachers does WILSON MIDDLE have?
WILSON MIDDLE employs 33 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 11.0:1.
What is the student diversity at WILSON MIDDLE?
Student demographics at WILSON MIDDLE are roughly 7% White, 69% Hispanic, 9% Black, 1% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Is WILSON MIDDLE public or private?
WILSON MIDDLE is a public K-12 school, overseen by ALBUQUERQUE.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.