Welcome to the Home of the Fighting Tigers

Welcome to Capitan Middle School, a community school within the Capitan Municipal Schools District in the heart of historic Lincoln County, New Mexico! Combining a balanced core curriculum with extracurricular activities, sports, and clubs, we prepare students in the 6th, 7th, and 8th grades for community involvement and life success.

Founded in the late 1800s and situated between the beautiful Capitan and Sacramento mountains, the Village of Capitan enjoys vast outdoor recreation opportunities that our temperate weather affords, breathtaking scenery, and a diverse art community. As part of this community, we at Capitan Middle School take great pride in our part of honoring the spirit of the west and developing our community’s future leaders.

We invite you to explore our new website; familiarize yourself with our school, our teachers, and our Tiger Pride! Let us know if you have any questions or would like to volunteer!

Our School

Capitan Middle School offers a wide range of learning experiences for students attending sixth through eighth grade. We serve approximately 130 students. While our area is known predominately for its outdoor recreation and Smokey Bear connections, we extend our community pride to our school system through highly qualified and dedicated staff and high student achievement.

At CMS we give our students access to a quality core curriculum that will prepare them for future study and a variety of extra-curricular programs, sports teams, music, and clubs that provide them with additional avenues of success. We want to empower our students to accomplish every goal and encourage them to dream every dream.

Because of the backing of our supportive community, our school can offer:

A balanced core curriculum that prepares our students to be effective communicators, empathetic and responsible citizens, and proficient in their use and understanding of math and science concepts.
Agriculture
Art
Athletics
Band/Chorus
Computer Science
Culinary Arts
Clubs
Guitar
Student Government
Technology

We Value Our Students

Capitan Middle School exists to empower its students for life in a safe and productive learning environment. As part of a cooperative community, we value our students – what they are and what they can become – and strive to nurture them to fulfill their highest potential.

Bell Schedule

School Supply List

Library and Technology Resources

We are proud to prepare our students for work in the 21st Century with quality education and appropriate experiences with technology. To that end we have provided a digital reference library and technology loan program for student access anywhere they are. Through this program, students have access to new technology regardless of their families’ income or location. Our digital reference library is a great place for students to start their next writing assignment! Contact Becky Huey-Fuller, the middle school principal, if you have any questions about the technology resources available: