Mountain View Middle

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

Mountain View Middle in Alamogordo, New Mexico enrolled 479 students in 2024-25 with 33.0 full-time teachers, 14.5 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, 30% of its students tested were proficient in reading in 2021-22 and 22% 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 5% from 2022-23 to 2024-25; full-time teachers rose 5%

502 students in 2022-23, 482 students in 2023-24, 479 students in 2024-25. Full-time teachers went from 31.5 to 33.0.

Students enrolled at Mountain View Middle by school year2022-23: 502, 2023-24: 482, 2024-25: 47902004006002022-235022023-244822024-25479
Students enrolled at Mountain View Middle by school year2022-23: 502, 2023-24: 482, 2024-25: 47902004006002022-235022023-244822024-25479
Students enrolled at Mountain View Middle by school year2022-23: 502, 2023-24: 482, 2024-25: 47902004006002022-235022023-244822024-25479
Students enrolled at Mountain View Middle by school year2022-23: 502, 2023-24: 482, 2024-25: 47902004006002022-235022023-244822024-25479
The numbers as a table
School yearStudentsTeachers (FTE)Per teacher
2022-2350231.515.9
2023-2448233.014.6
2024-2547933.014.5

14.5 students per teacher, a higher ratio than 74 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; Mountain View Middle 14.5; state median 12.6.1 more above 30.0 →0102030students per full-time teacherMountain View Middle 14.5state median 12.6U.S. 14.6
Students per teacher, New Mexico middle schools, 2024-25154 values from 3.0 to 33.3; Mountain View Middle 14.5; state median 12.6.1 more above 30.0 →0102030students per full-time teacherMountain View Middle 14.5state median 12.6U.S. 14.6
Students per teacher, New Mexico middle schools, 2024-25154 values from 3.0 to 33.3; Mountain View Middle 14.5; state median 12.6.1 more above 30.0 →0102030students per full-time teacherMountain View Middle 14.5state median 12.6U.S. 14.6
Students per teacher, New Mexico middle schools, 2024-25154 values from 3.0 to 33.3; Mountain View Middle 14.5; state median 12.6.1 more above 30.0 →0102030students per full-time teacherMountain View Middle 14.5state 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 260 students in 2021-22

In the 2021-22 civil rights collection Mountain View Middle enrolled 519 students and had 2.0 counselors (full-time equivalent); it reported 66 out-of-school suspensions that year.

  • Advanced Placement coursesNone
  • Gifted and talented programYes
  • Counselors (FTE)2.0, one per 260 of the 519 students enrolled in 2021-22
  • Out-of-school suspensions66
  • Chronically absent57.2% (2022-23)

Who attends

51.6% of students were Hispanic, 32.2% White, 6.9% of two or more races in 2024-25.

  1. Hispanic51.6%
  2. White32.2%
  3. Two or more races6.9%
  4. Black6.1%
  5. American Indian1.7%
  6. Asian1.5%
  7. Pacific Islander0.2%

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 Mountain View Middle scored proficient or above: 30% in reading in 2021-22 and 22% 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, 2021-2230%36%33.8%
Math, 2022-2322%27% (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 Alamogordo

2 public middle schools in Alamogordo report 2024-25 enrollment; Mountain View Middle is number 2 by size.

SchoolStudentsPer teacherFree lunch
Chaparral Middle51313.7100.0%
Mountain View Middle47914.5100.0%

All public schools in Alamogordo →

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25.

What to look at next about Mountain View Middle

  1. Chaparral MiddleThe nearest public middle school, 1.5 miles away: 513 students, 13.7 per teacher (2024-25).1.5 mi
  2. Holloman MiddleThe next nearest public middle school, 8.3 miles away: 173 students, 11.9 per teacher (2024-25).8.3 mi
  3. Compare Mountain View Middle with Chaparral MiddleStudents, teachers, meals, test results and who attends, side by side.
  4. How much Alamogordo Public Schools spends per student$13,655 per student on current operations in fiscal year 2022-23 (U.S. $16,260), with its revenue sources and teacher pay.$13,655
  5. The largest public schools in New MexicoMountain View Middle is the number 46 by size of 158 New Mexico middle schools open in 2024-25.#46 of 158
  6. New Mexico schools by students per teacher14.5 students per teacher here against the New Mexico median of 12.6 for middle schools.14.5:1
  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 Mountain View Middle

  1. How many students attend Mountain View Middle?
    479 in the 2024-25 school year, according to the NCES Common Core of Data; 502 in 2022-23. It is a middle school in Alamogordo, NM.
  2. What is the student-teacher ratio at Mountain View Middle?
    14.5 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 Mountain View Middle a Title I school?
    Mountain View Middle ran a schoolwide Title I program in 2021-22, the last year NCES published school Title I status.
  4. How do students at Mountain View Middle do on state tests?
    The students tested at Mountain View Middle scored proficient or above: 30% in reading in 2021-22 and 22% 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 Mountain View Middle in?
    Alamogordo Public Schools, NCES district ID 3500030. The first seven digits of the school's NCES ID 350003000798 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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