📍 712 Girard Ne, Albuquerque, Bernalillo County, 87106
Jefferson Middle is a State/Public serving middle age pupils, located in Albuquerque, Bernalillo County. The school has 644 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Albuquerque Public Schools school district. It serves grades 6–8 in an urban setting. The school employs 50.8 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 12.7:1. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Jefferson Middle enrolls 644 students across grades 6–8. The student body is 52% male and 48% female. A teaching staff of 50.8 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 12.7:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 58% Hispanic or Latino, 26% White and 5.9% American Indian or Alaska Native.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 371 | 58% |
| White | 167 | 26% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 38 | 5.9% |
| Two or more races | 36 | 5.6% |
| Black or African American | 17 | 2.6% |
| Asian | 15 | 2.3% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
299 of the school's 644 students (46%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 263 qualify for free lunch and 36 for a reduced price. The school participates in the National School Lunch Program. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Jefferson Middle is located in an urban setting (NCES locale: City, Large). The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district NM-10, state senate district 16, state house district 18.
Jefferson Middle is one of 176 schools in ALBUQUERQUE, based in ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico. The district serves 74,792 students district-wide and employs 5,794 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 644 students, Jefferson Middle is larger than the district average of about 425 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: City - Large