Pecos Middle
Public middle school, grades 6 to 8 · Pecos, New Mexico
Pecos Middle in Pecos, New Mexico enrolled 110 students in 2024-25 with 5.0 full-time teachers, 22.0 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, 25-29% of its students tested were proficient in reading in 2021-22 and 10-14% 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 rose 2% from 2022-23 to 2024-25; full-time teachers fell 13%
108 students in 2022-23, 109 students in 2023-24, 110 students in 2024-25. Full-time teachers went from 5.8 to 5.0.
The numbers as a table
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Per teacher |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-23 | 108 | 5.8 | 18.8 |
| 2023-24 | 109 | 6.8 | 16.1 |
| 2024-25 | 110 | 5.0 | 22.0 |
22.0 students per teacher, a higher ratio than 98 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.
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 109 students in 2021-22
In the 2021-22 civil rights collection Pecos Middle enrolled 109 students and had 1.0 counselor (full-time equivalent); it reported 36 out-of-school suspensions that year.
- Advanced Placement coursesNone
- Gifted and talented programYes
- Counselors (FTE)1.0, one per 109 of the 109 students enrolled in 2021-22
- Out-of-school suspensions36
- Chronically absent60.2% (2022-23)
Who attends
95.5% of students were Hispanic, 4.5% White in 2024-25.
- Hispanic95.5%
- White4.5%
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 Pecos Middle scored proficient or above: 25-29% in reading in 2021-22 and 10-14% 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.
| Subject and year | This school | Its district | New Mexico |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reading and language arts, 2021-22 | 25‑29% | 23% | 33.8% |
| Math, 2022-23 | 10‑14% | 8% (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.
What to look at next about Pecos Middle
- Milagro MiddleThe nearest public middle school, 16 miles away: 329 students, 11.9 per teacher (2024-25).16 mi
- Edward Ortiz MiddleThe next nearest public middle school, 20 miles away: 416 students, 9.8 per teacher (2024-25).20 mi
- Compare Pecos Middle with Milagro MiddleStudents, teachers, meals, test results and who attends, side by side.
- How much Pecos Independent School District spends per student$18,971 per student on current operations in fiscal year 2022-23 (U.S. $16,260), with its revenue sources and teacher pay.$18,971
- The largest public schools in New MexicoPecos Middle is the number 118 by size of 158 New Mexico middle schools open in 2024-25.#118 of 158
- New Mexico schools by students per teacher22.0 students per teacher here against the New Mexico median of 12.6 for middle schools.22.0:1
- 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 Pecos Middle
How many students attend Pecos Middle?
110 in the 2024-25 school year, according to the NCES Common Core of Data; 108 in 2022-23. It is a middle school in Pecos, NM.What is the student-teacher ratio at Pecos Middle?
22.0 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.Is Pecos Middle a Title I school?
Pecos Middle ran a schoolwide Title I program in 2021-22, the last year NCES published school Title I status.How do students at Pecos Middle do on state tests?
The students tested at Pecos Middle scored proficient or above: 25-29% in reading in 2021-22 and 10-14% 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.What district is Pecos Middle in?
Pecos Independent School District, NCES district ID 3502010. The first seven digits of the school's NCES ID 350201000706 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.