YUCCA MIDDLE

Located at 1500 SYCAMORE, in CLOVIS, New Mexico, YUCCA MIDDLE is a middle-of-the-pack intermediate school that caters to 480 students (grades 7 through 8), run under CLOVIS. Compared to the state average of about 335 students per school, that is 43% above typical.

CLOVIS runs 18 schools in total, collectively educating 7,780 students. YUCCA MIDDLE is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, YUCCA MIDDLE reports that 68% of the student body identifies as Hispanic. Other groups include 22% White, 6% Black, 2% multiracial. By comparison, Curry County as a whole is about 46% Hispanic, so the school skews meaningfully more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 28 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 17.3:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 12.5:1, putting YUCCA MIDDLE higher than the state norm the norm. An estimated 85% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, YUCCA MIDDLE performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 36.9%, the actual is 34.0%, a residual of -2.9 points.

Around the school, ACS estimates for Curry County put median household income runs about $57,309, roughly 23% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 17%. YUCCA MIDDLE is one of 28 public schools in Curry County (combined enrollment of about 8,777 students).

ZIA ELEMENTARY is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.8 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), YUCCA MIDDLE ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, below the local average of 34.5%.

Geographically, the school is in a town-based area.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count fell 24%: 634 students in 2018 compared to 480 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 30% to 22% across the same window.

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