📍 101b Old Mescalero Rd, Tularosa, Otero County, 88352
Tularosa Middle is a State/Public serving middle age pupils, located in Tularosa, Otero County. The school has 144 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Tularosa Municipal Schools school district. It serves grades 7–8 in a rural setting. The school employs 15.7 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 9.2:1. 52% of students are proficient in reading. 8% are proficient in maths.
Tularosa Middle enrolls 144 students across grades 7–8. The student body is 53% male and 47% female. A teaching staff of 15.7 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 9.2:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 45% Hispanic or Latino, 26% White and 24% American Indian or Alaska Native.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 65 | 45% |
| White | 37 | 26% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 35 | 24% |
| Black or African American | 3 | 2.1% |
| Two or more races | 3 | 2.1% |
| Asian | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
132 of the school's 144 students (92%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 132 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.
Tularosa 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-20, state senate district 33, state house district 56.
Tularosa Middle is one of 4 schools in TULAROSA, based in TULAROSA, New Mexico. The district serves 966 students district-wide and employs 72 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 144 students, Tularosa Middle is smaller than the district average of about 242 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Rural - Distant