Heights Middle School

Public middle school, grades 6 to 8 · Farmington, New Mexico

Heights Middle School in Farmington, New Mexico enrolled 660 students in 2024-25 with 40.0 full-time teachers, 16.5 students per teacher against the New Mexico middle-school median of 12.6. It ran a schoolwide Title I program in 2021-22; every student eats free under the Community Eligibility Provision (2024-25). On the state tests, 34% of its students tested were proficient in reading in 2021-22 and 24% proficient in math in 2022-23 (New Mexico: 33.8% and 24.4%).

NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 · Civil Rights Data Collection 2021-22 · Title I status CCD 2021-22 · method

Enrollment fell 8% from 2022-23 to 2024-25; full-time teachers fell 11%

718 students in 2022-23, 699 students in 2023-24, 660 students in 2024-25. Full-time teachers went from 45.0 to 40.0.

Students enrolled at Heights Middle School by school year2022-23: 718, 2023-24: 699, 2024-25: 66002004006008002022-237182023-246992024-25660
Students enrolled at Heights Middle School by school year2022-23: 718, 2023-24: 699, 2024-25: 66002004006008002022-237182023-246992024-25660
Students enrolled at Heights Middle School by school year2022-23: 718, 2023-24: 699, 2024-25: 66002004006008002022-237182023-246992024-25660
Students enrolled at Heights Middle School by school year2022-23: 718, 2023-24: 699, 2024-25: 66002004006008002022-237182023-246992024-25660
The numbers as a table
School yearStudentsTeachers (FTE)Per teacher
2022-2371845.016.0
2023-2469944.015.9
2024-2566040.016.5

16.5 students per teacher, a higher ratio than 87 of every 100 New Mexico middle schools

Among the 154 New Mexico middle schools that reported teachers for 2024-25 the median is 12.6; the national median for middle schools is 14.6. A ratio counts every teacher, so it is not the size of a class.

Students per teacher, New Mexico middle schools, 2024-25154 values from 3.0 to 33.3; Heights Middle School 16.5; state median 12.6.1 more above 30.0 →0102030students per full-time teacherHeights Middle School 16.5state median 12.6U.S. 14.6
Students per teacher, New Mexico middle schools, 2024-25154 values from 3.0 to 33.3; Heights Middle School 16.5; state median 12.6.1 more above 30.0 →0102030students per full-time teacherHeights Middle School 16.5state median 12.6U.S. 14.6
Students per teacher, New Mexico middle schools, 2024-25154 values from 3.0 to 33.3; Heights Middle School 16.5; state median 12.6.1 more above 30.0 →0102030students per full-time teacherHeights Middle School 16.5state median 12.6U.S. 14.6
Students per teacher, New Mexico middle schools, 2024-25154 values from 3.0 to 33.3; Heights Middle School 16.5; state median 12.6.1 more above 30.0 →0102030students per full-time teacherHeights Middle School 16.5state median 12.6U.S. 14.6

Source: NCES Common Core of Data membership and staff files, 2022-23, 2023-24, 2024-25; the comparison counts schools with a 2024-25 teacher count and a ratio from 3 to 99 (lower values are reporting errors).

One counselor per 735 students in 2021-22

In the 2021-22 civil rights collection Heights Middle School enrolled 735 students and had 1.0 counselor (full-time equivalent); it reported 56 out-of-school suspensions that year.

  • Advanced Placement coursesNone
  • Gifted and talented programYes
  • Counselors (FTE)1.0, one per 735 of the 735 students enrolled in 2021-22
  • Out-of-school suspensions56
  • Chronically absent45.7% (2022-23)

Who attends

33.2% of students were White, 28.3% American Indian, 28.0% Hispanic in 2024-25.

  1. White33.2%
  2. American Indian28.3%
  3. Hispanic28.0%
  4. Two or more races9.1%
  5. Asian0.9%
  6. Black0.5%

Source: U.S. Department of Education, Civil Rights Data Collection 2021-22; chronic absenteeism from EDFacts 2022-23; every count and the counselor ratio are for that school year. Who attends: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25, membership by race and ethnicity.

State test results, 2021-22 and 2022-23

The students tested at Heights Middle School scored proficient or above: 34% in reading in 2021-22 and 24% in math in 2022-23, against 33.8% in reading in 2021-22 and 24.4% in math in 2022-23 across New Mexico. Each state writes its own test and sets its own proficiency bar, so compare these within New Mexico, not across states. ED Data Express holds no district results after 2021-22, so the district column gives its 2021-22 figure.

Students proficient or above, 2021-22 and 2022-23
Subject and yearThis schoolIts districtNew Mexico
Reading and language arts, 2021-2234%31%33.8%
Math, 2022-2324%25% (2021-22)24.4%

Source: U.S. Department of Education, EDFacts state assessment results 2021-22 and 2022-23, all students, from ED Data Express (2021-22 through the Data Rescue Project archive); for 2022-23 ED published math by school and reading only by state: ED shows school and district results as ranges (for example 20-24%) to protect small groups.

Middle schools in Farmington

4 public middle schools in Farmington report 2024-25 enrollment; Heights Middle School is the largest.

SchoolStudentsPer teacherFree lunch
Heights Middle School66016.542.3%
Tibbetts Middle School65217.1100.0%
Hermosa Middle School62217.8100.0%
Mesa View Middle School46114.2100.0%

All public schools in Farmington →

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25.

What to look at next about Heights Middle School

  1. Hermosa Middle SchoolThe nearest public middle school, 1.5 miles away: 622 students, 17.8 per teacher (2024-25).1.5 mi
  2. Mesa View Middle SchoolThe next nearest public middle school, 2.7 miles away: 461 students, 14.2 per teacher (2024-25).2.7 mi
  3. Compare Heights Middle School with Hermosa Middle SchoolStudents, teachers, meals, test results and who attends, side by side.
  4. How much Farmington Municipal Schools spends per student$12,791 per student on current operations in fiscal year 2022-23 (U.S. $16,260), with its revenue sources and teacher pay.$12,791
  5. The largest public schools in New MexicoHeights Middle School is the number 18 by size of 158 New Mexico middle schools open in 2024-25.#18 of 158
  6. New Mexico schools by students per teacher16.5 students per teacher here against the New Mexico median of 12.6 for middle schools.16.5:1
  7. Find the school district for an addressA home's district, not its city, decides which public schools it can enroll in.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (locations, enrollment, teachers); NCES F-33 finance survey, fiscal year 2022-23. Distances are straight lines between the schools' NCES coordinates, not travel routes.

Questions about Heights Middle School

  1. How many students attend Heights Middle School?
    660 in the 2024-25 school year, according to the NCES Common Core of Data; 718 in 2022-23. It is a middle school in Farmington, NM.
  2. What is the student-teacher ratio at Heights Middle School?
    16.5 students per full-time teacher (2024-25); the New Mexico median for middle schools is 12.6. A ratio counts every teacher, so it is not the size of a class.
  3. Is Heights Middle School a Title I school?
    Heights Middle School ran a schoolwide Title I program in 2021-22, the last year NCES published school Title I status.
  4. How do students at Heights Middle School do on state tests?
    The students tested at Heights Middle School scored proficient or above: 34% in reading in 2021-22 and 24% in math in 2022-23, against 33.8% in reading in 2021-22 and 24.4% in math in 2022-23 across New Mexico. New Mexico's own test sets what proficient means, so results compare within the state, not across states. Source: U.S. Department of Education, EDFacts state assessment results, 2021-22 and 2022-23; ED publishes school results as ranges to protect small groups.
  5. What district is Heights Middle School in?
    Farmington Municipal Schools, NCES district ID 3500990. The first seven digits of the school's NCES ID 350099000285 are the district's.

Reading these figures: how to choose a school district, what Title I means and what an absenteeism rate means. They are for information and are not a substitute for the school's or district's own records.

Sources

Every federal file behind this record
  • NCES Common Core of Data, 2024-25: directory, membership, staff and lunch files. nces.ed.gov
  • NCES Common Core of Data, 2021-22 school characteristics: Title I status. nces.ed.gov
  • Civil Rights Data Collection, 2021-22: AP courses, gifted programs, counselors, discipline. civilrightsdata.ed.gov
  • EDFacts, 2022-23: chronic absenteeism. ed.gov
  • EDFacts state assessment results, 2021-22 and 2022-23: reading and math proficiency for the school, its district and its state (ED Data Express). eddataexpress.ed.gov
  • NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, fiscal year 2022-23: district spending and revenue. nces.ed.gov
  • U.S. Census Bureau geocoder and TIGER school districts: the district boundary used by the district finder. census.gov

Source: NCES Common Core of Data Directory, membership, staff and lunch files · 2024-25

Source: Civil Rights Data Collection School-level files (AP, gifted, counselors, discipline) · 2021-22

District spending on the district page is from the NCES F-33 finance survey, fiscal year 2022-23.

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