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Portales Jr High School

Serves grades 7 - 8

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Raw data sources:
  • Test Scores: Edfacts (U.S. Department of Education), State departments of education.
  • Expenditures: National Center for Education Statistics.
  • Educational Environment: American Community Survey (U.S. Census Bureau).
Date(s) & Update Frequency:
  • Test data: Reflects 2023 – 2024 school year.
  • Expenditures: 2022
  • Educational Environment: 2023 (latest available). Updated annually.
  • All data updated June 2025

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School Overview

Address
700 East 3 Rd St
Portales, NM 88130
Phone
(575) 356-7045
District
PORTALES
County
ROOSEVELT COUNTY
Type of School
Regular elementary or secondary
Magnet School
No
Charter School
No
Students Enrolled
347
Classroom Teachers
3

School Quality Ratings

School Quality Compared to New Mexico

6

(10 is best)

Better than 56.8% of all NM schools.

School Quality Compared to U.S.

3

(10 is best)

Portales Jr High School Test Scores (No Child Left Behind Tests)

Grade 7

50 40 30 20 10 0
30%
30%
38%
40%
21%
20%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Grade 8

50 40 30 20 10 0
33%
30%
43%
40%
23%
19%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Class Size (number of students per classroom teacher)

120 100 80 60 40 20 0
116
86
15
16
    AVG FOR THIS SCHOOL
    AVG FOR DISTRICT
    AVG FOR STATE
    AVG FOR NATION
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT BY GRADE NUMBER OF STUDENTS PERCENTAGE
Grade 7 156 45.0%
Grade 8 191 55.0%
Total 347 100%

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/Racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 20.7% 26.9% 20.8%
Black 2.4% 2.3% 1.8%
Hispanic 75.1% 69.2% 63.6%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 0.3% 0.7% 1.3%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 1.5% 0.9% 12.5%
Economic Groups This School This District This State
Economically disadvantaged 85.3% 76.5% 76.7%
Free lunch eligible 85.0% 76.4% 74.0%
Reduced lunch eligible 0.3% 0.1% 2.7%
POPULATION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
POPULATION 17,469 2,114,371
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) 50.5 17
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW 6.4% 5.3%
5-19 YEARS OLD 23.8% 19.4%
20-44 YEARS OLD 36.5% 32.5%
45-64 YEARS OLD 19.7% 24.0%
65 OR OLDER 13.6% 18.8%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
Number Of Households 6,637 825,021
Single Parent Households With Children 11.7% 10.0%
Adults With At Least A High School Diploma 86.0% 87.7%
Adults With At Least A Bachelor's Degree 21.3% 30.2%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
$150,000 or more 7.4% 14.4%
$100,000 - $149,999 15.0% 15.1%
$75,000 - $99,999 11.3% 12.4%
$50,000 - $74,999 21.5% 17.0%
$30,000 - $49,999 19.0% 15.9%
$15,000 - $29,999 13.9% 13.4%
$15,000 or less 11.8% 11.8%

Education Expenditures

For this District Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $8,471 $21,779,000 53.8%
Support Expenditures
Student $1,219 $3,135,000 7.7%
Staff $146 $376,000 0.9%
General Administration $330 $848,000 2.1%
School Administration $1,010 $2,597,000 6.4%
Operation $1,116 $2,870,000 7.1%
Transportation $436 $1,122,000 2.8%
Other $378 $973,000 2.4%
Total Support $4,637 $11,921,000 29.5%
Non-instructional Expenditures $2,636 $6,776,000 16.7%
Total Expenditures $15,743 $40,476,000 100.0%
For the State Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $7,598 $2,418,627,000 49.4%
Support Expenditures
Student $1,403 $446,729,000 9.1%
Staff $298 $94,805,000 1.9%
General Administration $333 $105,966,000 2.2%
School Administration $720 $229,072,000 4.7%
Operation $1,398 $445,032,000 9.1%
Transportation $368 $117,034,000 2.4%
Other $451 $143,432,000 2.9%
Total Support $4,970 $1,582,070,000 32.3%
Non-instructional Expenditures $2,805 $893,099,000 18.2%
Total Expenditures $15,373 $4,893,796,000 100.0%
For the Nation Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $9,169 $453,314,948,000 49.6%
Support Expenditures
Student $1,031 $50,976,033,477 5.6%
Staff $799 $39,519,417,000 4.3%
General Administration $308 $15,224,255,000 1.7%
School Administration $850 $42,029,112,000 4.6%
Operation $1,430 $70,704,769,000 7.7%
Transportation $613 $30,295,759,523 3.3%
Other $623 $30,798,344,000 3.4%
Total Support $5,654 $279,547,690,000 30.6%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,675 $181,697,172,000 19.9%
Total Expenditures $18,499 $914,559,810,000 100.0%

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