📍 519 Smokey Bear Blvd, Capitan, Lincoln County, 88316
Capitan Middle is a State/Public serving middle age pupils, located in Capitan, Lincoln County. The school has 127 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Capitan Municipal Schools school district. It serves grades 6–8 in a rural setting. The school employs 8.7 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 14.6:1. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Capitan Middle enrolls 127 students across grades 6–8. The student body is 52% male and 48% female. A teaching staff of 8.7 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 14.6:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 65% White, 31% Hispanic or Latino and 1.6% Two or more races.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 83 | 65% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 40 | 31% |
| Two or more races | 2 | 1.6% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 1 | <1% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
69 of the school's 127 students (54%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 51 qualify for free lunch and 18 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.
Capitan Middle is located in a rural setting (NCES locale: Rural, Distant). 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 39, state house district 59.
Capitan Middle is one of 3 schools in CAPITAN, based in CAPITAN, New Mexico. The district serves 443 students district-wide and employs 38 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 127 students, Capitan Middle is close to the district average of about 148 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Rural - Distant