Taylor Middle

Summary:

Taylor Middle School is a public middle school located in Los Ranchos De Albuquerque, New Mexico, serving grades 6-8 with a total enrollment of 315 students. The school is part of the Albuquerque School District, which is ranked 89 out of 119 districts in the state and has a 1-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Taylor Middle consistently underperforms compared to the state and district averages in standardized test scores, with only 36% of students proficient or better in English Language Arts, 16% in Mathematics, and 42% in Science, compared to the state averages of 39%, 25%, and 36%, respectively. The school's performance varies significantly across different student subgroups, with Native American students and English Language Learners performing relatively well, while female students, Hispanic students, and students with special needs perform poorly. Additionally, Taylor Middle has a 100% free and reduced-lunch rate, indicating a high concentration of students from low-income families, which is significantly higher than the nearby schools.

The nearby schools, such as Tony Hillerman Middle School, Jefferson Middle, and Desert Ridge Middle, significantly outperform Taylor Middle in academic metrics, with many of them ranking in the top 25% of New Mexico middle schools. This suggests that the Albuquerque School District has a wide range of school quality within its boundaries, and Taylor Middle could benefit from targeted interventions and support programs to address the specific needs of its underperforming student subgroups.


Detail:

Public 6-8

 8200 Guadalupe Tr NW
       Los Ranchos De Albuquerque, NM  87114


(505) 898-3666

District: Albuquerque

SchoolDigger Rank:
126th of 235 New Mexico Middle Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures:  $11,303 Help


Students who attend Taylor Middle usually attend:

High:    Cibola High

Feeder schools for Taylor Middle:

Elementary:    Alameda Elementary
    Corrales Elementary

Student/teacher ratio:  10.4 Help
Number of students:  298

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:
70.1%
White:
15.4%
American Indian:
6.4%
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Free/discounted lunch recipients:  102.7% Help


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Performance Trends
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Compare Details Taylor Middle ranks worse than 53.6% of middle schools in New Mexico. It also ranks 13th among 27 ranked middle schools in the Albuquerque School District. (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 40.61. (See more...)
Student Body
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Compare Details Racial makeup is: Hispanic (70.1%), White (15.4%), American Indian (6.4%). (See more...)
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Compare Details 102.7% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)
Teachers
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Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Taylor Middle is 10.4, which is the 3rd best among 27 middle schools in the Albuquerque School District. (See more...)
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Compare Details The average total spent per student at Taylor Middle is $11,303, which is the 8th highest among 27 middle schools in the Albuquerque School District.
Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Taylor Middle:

SchoolDigger ranks Taylor Middle 126th of 235 New Mexico public middle schools. (See Taylor Middle in the ranking list.)

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Albuquerque:

SchoolDigger ranks Albuquerque 89th of 119 New Mexico school districts. (See district ranking list.)

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Rank History for Taylor Middle

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Rank History for all students at Taylor Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools NM State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2005 75.31 31st 157 80.3%
2006 65.04 45th 156 71.2%
2007 71.43 37th 171 78.4%
2008 72.90 37th 172 78.5%
2009 67.38 45th 178 74.7%
2010 58.47 59th 179 67.0%
2011 57.30 62nd 173 64.2%
2012 55.25 70th 178 60.7%
2013 56.31 69th 193 64.2%
2014 55.89 84th 222 62.2%
2015 41.97 103rd 207 50.2%
2016 39.39 116th 208 44.2%
2017 37.78 106th 176 39.8%
2018 39.49 104th 186 44.1%
2019 37.37 117th 200 41.5%
2022 27.05 155th 232 33.2%
2023 29.29 162nd 239 32.2%
2024 40.61 126th 235 46.4%
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Rank History for Multi-racial students at Taylor Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools NM State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2022 53.23 29th 65 55.4%
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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Taylor Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools NM State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2023 27.78 50th 97 48.5%
2024 33.98 43rd 91 52.7%
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Rank History for Special Education students at Taylor Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools NM State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2023 25.18 66th 100 34.0%
2024 28.17 34th 54 37.0%
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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Taylor Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools NM State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 27.75 125th 168 25.6%
2019 48.78 74th 175 57.7%
2022 33.40 124th 223 44.4%
2023 33.55 147th 227 35.2%
2024 48.96 45th 107 57.9%
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Rank History for Female students at Taylor Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools NM State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 43.45 83rd 156 46.8%
2019 42.26 83rd 160 48.1%
2022 23.22 144th 220 34.5%
2023 27.86 155th 213 27.2%
2024 28.33 156th 217 28.1%
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Rank History for Male students at Taylor Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools NM State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 34.69 94th 151 37.7%
2019 39.88 83rd 152 45.4%
2022 28.26 126th 213 40.8%
2023 25.42 164th 221 25.8%
2024 49.88 87th 219 60.3%
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Rank History for Hispanic students at Taylor Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools NM State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 33.22 100th 149 32.9%
2019 37.84 86th 150 42.7%
2022 22.49 148th 214 30.8%
2023 21.77 162nd 204 20.6%
2024 36.56 121st 206 41.3%
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Rank History for Native American students at Taylor Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools NM State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2022 51.45 20th 67 70.1%
2024 79.22 9th 59 84.7%
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Rank History for White students at Taylor Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools NM State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 50.12 58th 120 51.7%
2019 40.34 68th 121 43.8%
2022 54.66 77th 187 58.8%
2023 26.00 164th 229 28.4%
2024 45.36 96th 181 47.0%
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Data source: test scores: New Mexico Public Education Department, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

As you review the school rankings data, please be aware that some of the information from certain demographics is missing. The reason for this omission is that the data has been redacted from the source data itself due to low population samples in these specific demographic groups.

Redacting data from low population samples is a necessary step to ensure the reliability and accuracy of the results, as small sample sizes may not be representative of the broader population. Additionally, this measure helps protect the privacy of individuals belonging to these demographic groups.

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Data source: New Mexico Public Education Department

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Reviews:
by a parent
Saturday, February 18, 2017

Open Quote Lots of wannabe gang kids and drug use at this school. Kids are regularly bullied in instances like this that happened less than a year ago. http://krqe.com/2016/03/04/dad-wants-answers-after-daughter-punched-unconscious-at-school/. They do not protect students and their overall school grades are going down....... Close Quote


by a parent
Saturday, January 28, 2017

Open Quote The stats on this website speak for themselves. This school is on a steady decline and not much is going to stop it. The school is rundown and has not been kept up the past few years. The front office staff is rude and if they think you don't speak Spanish they talk about you right in front of you. The security officer acts like a gang member and interacts inappropriately with students. The Gifted Teacher/Program is dumbed-down and of poor quality. The Administration is out of touch and so hyper concerned with things like dress code and ordering donuts for students without misconduct referrals that there isn't much focus on education. Close Quote



Enrollment information for Taylor Middle

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Year White African American Asian Hispanic American Indian Pacific Islander Two or More Races Not Specified Total
1990 470 10 8 339 25 n/a n/a 0 852
1991 489 10 9 364 18 n/a n/a 0 890
1992 472 19 4 396 39 n/a n/a 0 930
1993 517 22 5 350 32 n/a n/a 0 926
1994 479 21 7 355 27 n/a n/a 0 889
1995 555 28 8 402 24 n/a n/a 0 1017
1996 555 28 8 402 24 n/a n/a 0 1017
1997 599 35 12 436 30 n/a n/a 0 1112
1998 593 34 13 421 35 n/a n/a 0 1096
1999 592 34 15 450 48 n/a n/a 0 1139
2000 571 36 14 448 45 n/a n/a 0 1114
2001 571 38 18 479 40 n/a n/a 0 1146
2002 276 10 6 313 23 n/a n/a 0 628
2003 276 10 6 313 23 n/a n/a 0 628
2004 262 14 2 303 27 n/a n/a 0 608
2005 250 21 6 332 19 n/a n/a 0 628
2006 210 17 8 328 26 n/a n/a 0 589
2007 221 20 12 324 28 n/a n/a 0 605
2008 220 14 10 336 27 n/a n/a 0 607
2009 224 16 8 361 25 n/a n/a 0 634
2010 171 9 6 407 18 0 14 0 625
2011 153 14 9 381 20 0 22 0 599
2012 125 12 4 383 29 0 13 0 566
2013 112 9 3 352 23 0 11 0 510
2014 103 8 7 354 16 0 14 0 502
2015 101 1 6 319 25 0 7 0 459
2016 117 5 8 326 30 0 7 0 493
2017 98 6 5 289 22 0 11 0 431
2018 86 7 7 285 22 1 10 0 418
2019 79 8 3 260 19 1 7 0 377
2020 60 10 3 232 25 1 11 0 342
2021 41 7 0 228 23 0 9 0 308
2022 51 7 2 244 34 0 8 0 346
2023 53 5 4 223 24 1 5 0 315
2024 46 9 8 209 19 1 6 0 298

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Enrollment/Ethnicity

For more information about how the Department of Education defines ethnicity, see Defining Race and Ethnicity Data, National Center for Education Statistics

Students eligible for free or discounted lunch at Taylor Middle

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1990 852 47.0 18.1 n/a
1991 890 48.4 18.3 n/a
1992 930 52.8 17.6 15.9
1993 926 55.0 16.8 n/a
1994 889 55.4 16.0 n/a
1995 1017 62.2 16.4 n/a
1996 1017 62.2 16.4 n/a
1997 1112 65.9 16.9 n/a
1998 1096 66.2 16.6 n/a
1999 1139 67.9 16.8 21
2000 1114 67.5 16.5 22.6
2001 1146 69.6 16.5 27.3
2002 628 42.3 14.8 37.6
2003 628 42.3 14.8 37.6
2004 608 43.4 14.0 43.4
2005 628 41.6 15.1 49.4
2006 589 38.1 15.5 46.5
2007 605 36.9 16.4 44.8
2008 607 40.4 15.0 45.1
2009 634 44.7 14.2 47.8
2010 625 47.6 13.1 49.3
2011 599 45.9 13.0 53.8
2012 566 41.6 13.6 57.2
2013 510 38.3 13.2 62.9
2014 502 36.9 13.6 63.5
2015 459 35.0 13.1 69.7
2016 493 35.0 14.0 63.7
2017 431 32.5 13.2 64.7
2018 418 28.8 14.5 65.1
2019 377 27.6 13.6 65
2020 342 30.6 11.1 100
2021 308 34.1 9.0 100
2022 346 35.8 9.6 100
2023 315 32.2 9.7 100
2024 298 28.4 10.4 102.7

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Students eligible for discounted/free lunch:

The National School Lunch Program (NSLP) provides low-cost or free meals to students in U.S. public and nonprofit private schools based on household income. Those with incomes below 130% of the poverty line receive free lunch, while those between 130% and 185% qualify for reduced-price lunch. The percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch serves as a marker for poverty, as it reflects the socioeconomic status of families in a given school or district. A higher FRPL rate typically indicates a higher concentration of low-income families, suggesting that the school or district may face additional challenges in providing adequate resources and support for student success.

Student/Teacher Ratio Taylor Middle

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1990 852 47.0 18.1 n/a
1991 890 48.4 18.3 n/a
1992 930 52.8 17.6 15.9
1993 926 55.0 16.8 n/a
1994 889 55.4 16.0 n/a
1995 1017 62.2 16.4 n/a
1996 1017 62.2 16.4 n/a
1997 1112 65.9 16.9 n/a
1998 1096 66.2 16.6 n/a
1999 1139 67.9 16.8 21
2000 1114 67.5 16.5 22.6
2001 1146 69.6 16.5 27.3
2002 628 42.3 14.8 37.6
2003 628 42.3 14.8 37.6
2004 608 43.4 14.0 43.4
2005 628 41.6 15.1 49.4
2006 589 38.1 15.5 46.5
2007 605 36.9 16.4 44.8
2008 607 40.4 15.0 45.1
2009 634 44.7 14.2 47.8
2010 625 47.6 13.1 49.3
2011 599 45.9 13.0 53.8
2012 566 41.6 13.6 57.2
2013 510 38.3 13.2 62.9
2014 502 36.9 13.6 63.5
2015 459 35.0 13.1 69.7
2016 493 35.0 14.0 63.7
2017 431 32.5 13.2 64.7
2018 418 28.8 14.5 65.1
2019 377 27.6 13.6 65
2020 342 30.6 11.1 100
2021 308 34.1 9.0 100
2022 346 35.8 9.6 100
2023 315 32.2 9.7 100
2024 298 28.4 10.4 102.7

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Student-Teacher Ratio

Student/teacher ratio is calculated by dividing the total number of students by the total number of full-time equivalent teachers. Please note that a smaller student/teacher ratio does not necessarily translate to smaller class size. In some instances, schools hire teachers part time, and some teachers are hired for specialized instruction with very small class sizes. These and other factors contribute to the student/teacher ratio. Note: For private schools, Student/teacher ratio may not include Pre-Kindergarten.
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Per Pupil Expenditures for Taylor Middle

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YearTotal Expenditures Per Pupil
2019 $11,303

Data source: New Mexico Department of Education
Pre and Post Pandemic Data

Impact of COVID-19 on Taylor Middle

The coronavirus has had a profound impact on education in America. Learning shifted online overnight, attendance numbers dwindled, and enrollment decreased. SchoolDigger.com is making it easier for you to better assess how COVID-19 has impacted your school. Through the collection of pre-pandemic (2019) and current data, SchoolDigger.com is sharing test scores, enrollment numbers and school demographics from schools across the country – and we make it easy to see how impacted schools compare locally and statewide.

Rankings

Rank
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Rank
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Ranks 117th of 200 Middle schoolsRanks 162nd of 239 Middle schools
 9.3%

Test Scores

% proficient
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
% proficient
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
6th Grade Language Arts (Taylor Middle)2334.3
 11.3%
   6th Grade Language Arts (Albuquerque)2633.5
 7.5%
   6th Grade Language Arts (New Mexico)3132.9
 1.9%
6th Grade Mathematics (Taylor Middle)832.1
 24.1%
   6th Grade Mathematics (Albuquerque)1731.9
 14.9%
   6th Grade Mathematics (New Mexico)1932.5
 13.5%
7th Grade Language Arts (Taylor Middle)3422.8
 11.2%
   7th Grade Language Arts (Albuquerque)2637
 11%
   7th Grade Language Arts (New Mexico)3134.8
 3.8%
7th Grade Mathematics (Taylor Middle)1715.5
 1.5%
   7th Grade Mathematics (Albuquerque)1927
 8%
   7th Grade Mathematics (New Mexico)1924.8
 5.8%
8th Grade Language Arts (Taylor Middle)1921.9
 2.9%
   8th Grade Language Arts (Albuquerque)2935.3
 6.3%
   8th Grade Language Arts (New Mexico)3133.2
 2.2%
8th Grade Mathematics (Taylor Middle)148.4
 5.6%
   8th Grade Mathematics (Albuquerque)1819.5
 1.5%
   8th Grade Mathematics (New Mexico)2019.7
 0.3%

Student Body

Number of students
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Number of students
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Total Students377315
 16.4%
African American85
 37.5%
American Indian1924
 26.3%
Asian34
 33.3%
Hispanic260223
 14.2%
Pacific Islander11
White7953
 32.9%
Two or More Races75
 28.6%
% Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients65%100%
 35%


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Frequently Asked Questions about Taylor Middle

In the 2023-24 school year, 298 students attended Taylor Middle.

Students who attend Taylor Middle usually go on to attend Cibola High

Students at Taylor Middle are 70% Hispanic, 15% White, 6% American Indian, 3% African American, 3% Asian, 2% Two or more races.

Taylor Middle ranks 126th of 235 New Mexico middle schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 2 stars out of 5.


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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the New Mexico Public Education Department.

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