📍 7225 Jornada Rd North, Las Cruces, Doña Ana County, 88012
Mesa Middle is a State/Public serving middle age pupils, located in Las Cruces, Doña Ana County. The school has 803 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Las Cruces Public Schools school district. It serves grades 6–8 in a rural setting. The school employs 50.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 15.9:1. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Mesa Middle enrolls 803 students across grades 6–8. The student body is 54% male and 46% female. A teaching staff of 50.5 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 15.9:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 82% Hispanic or Latino, 12% White and 1.9% Black or African American.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 662 | 82% |
| White | 100 | 12% |
| Black or African American | 15 | 1.9% |
| Two or more races | 12 | 1.5% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 8 | <1% |
| Asian | 4 | <1% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 2 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
803 of the school's 803 students (100%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 803 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.
Mesa Middle is located in a rural setting (NCES locale: Rural, Fringe). 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-20, state senate district 37, state house district 36.
Mesa Middle is one of 40 schools in LAS CRUCES, based in LAS CRUCES, New Mexico. The district serves 22,782 students district-wide and employs 1,513 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 803 students, Mesa Middle is larger than the district average of about 570 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Rural - Fringe