Melrose High

Public high school, grades 9 to 12 · Melrose, New Mexico

Melrose High in Melrose, New Mexico enrolled 79 students in 2024-25. 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, under 50% of its students tested were proficient in reading in 2021-22 and 21-39% proficient in math in 2022-23 (New Mexico: 33.8% and 24.4%). Its four-year graduation rate for the class of 2023 was 50% or more (New Mexico: 76.5%).

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

Enrollment fell 11% from 2022-23 to 2024-25

89 students in 2022-23, 86 students in 2023-24, 79 students in 2024-25.

Students enrolled at Melrose High by school year2022-23: 89, 2023-24: 86, 2024-25: 7902550751002022-23892023-24862024-2579
Students enrolled at Melrose High by school year2022-23: 89, 2023-24: 86, 2024-25: 7902550751002022-23892023-24862024-2579
Students enrolled at Melrose High by school year2022-23: 89, 2023-24: 86, 2024-25: 7902550751002022-23892023-24862024-2579
Students enrolled at Melrose High by school year2022-23: 89, 2023-24: 86, 2024-25: 7902550751002022-23892023-24862024-2579
The numbers as a table
School yearStudentsTeachers (FTE)Per teacher
2022-23895.715.8
2023-24865.815.0
2024-2579not reportednot reported

Source: NCES Common Core of Data membership and staff files, 2022-23, 2023-24, 2024-25.

Programs and staff in 2021-22

In the 2021-22 civil rights collection Melrose High enrolled 80 students and reported no counselor; it reported 0 out-of-school suspensions that year.

  • Advanced Placement coursesNone
  • Gifted and talented programNo
  • Counselors (FTE)0.0
  • Out-of-school suspensions0
  • Chronically absent31.5% (2022-23)

Who attends

69.6% of students were White, 20.3% Hispanic, 8.9% of two or more races in 2024-25.

  1. White69.6%
  2. Hispanic20.3%
  3. Two or more races8.9%
  4. Black1.3%

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 Melrose High scored proficient or above: under 50% in reading in 2021-22 and 21-39% 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, 2021-22under 50%40‑44%33.8%
Math, 2022-2321‑39%30‑34% (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.

Graduation rate, class of 2023

50% or more of the 14 students in Melrose High's class of 2023 graduated within four years, against 76.5% across New Mexico. The four-year rate follows the students who started ninth grade in fall 2019, adjusted for those who moved in or out, and counts those who earned a regular diploma by 2023. Every state computes it the same way under federal law, though each sets its own diploma requirements.

Four-year adjusted-cohort graduation rate, class of 2023
This schoolIts districtNew Mexico
Four-year graduation rate50% or more50% or more76.5%
Students in the class141425,411

Source: U.S. Department of Education, EDFacts four-year adjusted-cohort graduation rates 2022-23, all students, from ED Data Express: ED shows school and district rates as ranges (for example 90-94%) and leaves out small classes.

What to look at next about Melrose High

  1. Floyd HighThe nearest public high school, 15 miles away: 60 students, 4.2 per teacher (2024-25).15 mi
  2. House HighThe next nearest public high school, 22 miles away: 29 students, 3.2 per teacher (2024-25).22 mi
  3. Compare Melrose High with Floyd HighStudents, teachers, meals, test results and who attends, side by side.
  4. How much Melrose Municipal Schools spends per student$16,166 per student on current operations in fiscal year 2022-23 (U.S. $16,260), with its revenue sources and teacher pay.$16,166
  5. The largest public schools in New MexicoMelrose High is the number 161 by size of 211 New Mexico high schools open in 2024-25.#161 of 211
  6. 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 Melrose High

  1. How many students attend Melrose High?
    79 in the 2024-25 school year, according to the NCES Common Core of Data; 89 in 2022-23. It is a high school in Melrose, NM.
  2. What is the student-teacher ratio at Melrose High?
    15.8 students per full-time teacher (2022-23). A ratio counts every teacher, so it is not the size of a class.
  3. Is Melrose High a Title I school?
    Melrose High ran a schoolwide Title I program in 2021-22, the last year NCES published school Title I status.
  4. How do students at Melrose High do on state tests?
    The students tested at Melrose High scored proficient or above: under 50% in reading in 2021-22 and 21-39% 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 is the graduation rate at Melrose High?
    50% or more of the 14 students in Melrose High's class of 2023 graduated within four years, against 76.5% across New Mexico. The rate counts the students who started ninth grade in fall 2019, adjusted for those who moved in or out, and the share of them with a regular diploma by 2023. Source: U.S. Department of Education, EDFacts four-year adjusted-cohort graduation rates, 2022-23; ED publishes school rates as ranges to protect small groups.
  6. What district is Melrose High in?
    Melrose Municipal Schools, NCES district ID 3501830. The first seven digits of the school's NCES ID 350183000466 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
  • EDFacts four-year adjusted-cohort graduation rates, 2022-23: the class of 2023 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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