📍 8 Hawk Circle, Thoreau, McKinley County, 87323
Thoreau Middle is a State/Public serving middle age pupils, located in Thoreau, McKinley County. The school has 284 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Gallup-Mckinley Cty Schools school district. It serves grades 6–8 in a rural setting. The school employs 15 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 18.9:1. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Thoreau Middle enrolls 284 students across grades 6–8. The student body is 56% male and 44% female. A teaching staff of 15 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 18.9:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 77% American Indian or Alaska Native, 12% Hispanic or Latino and 6.3% White.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 218 | 77% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 33 | 12% |
| White | 18 | 6.3% |
| Two or more races | 10 | 3.5% |
| Black or African American | 5 | 1.8% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
284 of the school's 284 students (100%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 284 qualify for free lunch and 0 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Thoreau Middle is located in a rural setting (NCES locale: Rural, Remote). 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-30, state senate district 4, state house district 69.
Thoreau Middle is one of 33 schools in GALLUP, based in GALLUP, New Mexico. The district serves 12,809 students district-wide and employs 632 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 284 students, Thoreau Middle is smaller than the district average of about 388 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Rural - Remote