Best School Districts in New Mexico

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Rank (of 82)	District	Grades	# Elementary Schools	# Middle Schools	# High Schools	# Alt. Schools	City	County	Rank score (2025)	Rank (2024)	Rank change from 2024
21^st	21st Century Public Academy	1-8	1	0	0	0	Albuquerque	Bernalillo County	0.756	25	4
	Abq School Of Excellence	K-12	0	0	0	1	Albuquerque	Bernalillo County			(n/a)
	Abq Sign Language Academy	K-12	0	0	0	1	Albuquerque	Bernalillo County			(n/a)
	Aces Technical Charter School	PK, KG-10	0	0	0	1	Albuquerque	Bernalillo County			(n/a)
	Alamo Navajo Community School	K-12	0	0	0	1	Alamo	Socorro County			(n/a)
35^th	Alamogordo	PK, KG-12	9	3	2	0	Alamogordo	Otero County	0.669	54	19
54^th	Albuquerque	PK, KG-12	99	29	38	8	Albuquerque	Bernalillo County	0.466	97	43
13^th	Albuquerque Aviation Academy	6-12	0	0	1	0	Albuquerque	Bernalillo County	0.826	29	16
80^th	Albuquerque Bilingual Academy	PK, KG-8	1	0	0	0	Albuquerque	Bernalillo County	0.132	96	16
25^th	Albuquerque Collegiate Charter School	K-6	1	0	0	0	Albuquerque	Bernalillo County	0.728	27	2
	Albuquerque Institute Of Math & Science	6-12	0	0	1	0	Albuquerque	Bernalillo County			(n/a)
	Aldo Leopold Charter	6-12	0	0	1	0	Silver City	Grant County			(n/a)
	Alma D'Arte Charter	9-12	0	0	1	0	Las Cruces	Do�a Ana County			(n/a)
1^st	Altura Preparatory School	K-5	1	0	0	0	Albuquerque	Bernalillo County	0.997	1
8^th	Amy Biehl Charter High School	9-12	0	0	1	0	Albuquerque	Bernalillo County	0.885	34	26
	Animas	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Animas	Hidalgo County			(n/a)
31^st	Artesia	PK, KG-12	7	1	1	1	Artesia	Eddy County	0.68	36	5
	Atsa' Biya' a'zh Community School	K-6	1	0	0	0	Shiprock	San Juan County			(n/a)
69^th	Aztec	PK, KG-12	4	1	2	0	Aztec	San Juan County	0.33	68	1
	Baca/Dlo'ay Azhi Community School	K-6	1	0	0	0	Prewitt	McKinley County			(n/a)
	Beclabito Day School	K-4	1	0	0	0	Beclabito	San Juan County			(n/a)
48^th	Belen	PK, KG-12	6	2	2	0	Belen	Valencia County	0.501	69	21
	Bernalillo	PK, KG-12	5	4	1	0	Bernalillo	Sandoval County			(n/a)
	Bloomfield	PK, KG-12	3	2	2	0	Bloomfield	San Juan County			(n/a)
	Bread Springs Day School	K-3	1	0	0	0	Gallup	McKinley County			(n/a)
29^th	Capitan	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Capitan	Lincoln County	0.682	20	9
42^nd	Carlsbad	PK, KG-12	7	2	2	2	Carlsbad	Eddy County	0.546	75	33
	Carrizozo	K-12	1	1	1	0	Carrizozo	Lincoln County			(n/a)
78^th	Central	PK, KG-12	8	3	4	0	Shiprock	San Juan County	0.211	116	38
	Cesar Chavez Community School	9-12	0	0	1	0	Albuquerque	Bernalillo County			(n/a)
	Chama Valley	PK, KG-12	2	0	1	0	Tierra Amarilla	Rio Arriba County			(n/a)
	Chi Chil'tah Community School	K-8	1	0	0	0	Vanderwagen	McKinley County			(n/a)
	Ch'ooshgai Community School	K-8	1	0	0	0	Tohatchi	McKinley County			(n/a)
	Cimarron	PK, KG-12	2	2	2	0	Cimarron	Colfax County			(n/a)
40^th	Clayton	PK, KG-12	1	2	1	0	Clayton	Union County	0.562	37	3
10^th	Cloudcroft	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Cloudcroft	Otero County	0.848	10
57^th	Clovis	PK, KG-12	9	3	1	2	Clovis	Curry County	0.457	85	28
36^th	Cobre	PK, KG-12	4	1	1	0	Bayard	Grant County	0.64	66	30
	Corona	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Corona	Lincoln County			(n/a)
2^nd	Cottonwood Classical Prep	6-12	0	0	1	0	Albuquerque	Bernalillo County	0.962	3	1
	Crystal Boarding School	K-6	1	0	0	0	Navajo	San Juan County			(n/a)
	Cuba	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Cuba	Sandoval County			(n/a)
67^th	Deming	PK, KG-12	6	2	4	0	Deming	Luna County	0.367	101	34
	Des Moines	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Des Moines	Union County			(n/a)
71^st	Dexter	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Dexter	Chaves County	0.315	84	13
	Dibe Yazhi Habitiin Olta' Inc.	K-8	1	0	0	0	Crownpoint	McKinley County			(n/a)
9^th	Dora	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Dora	Roosevelt County	0.884	23	14
	Dulce	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Dulce	Rio Arriba County			(n/a)
	Dzilth-Na-O-Dith-Hle Community School	K-8	1	0	0	0	Bloomfield	San Juan County			(n/a)
	Dzit Dit Lool School Of Empowerment Action And Perseverance	6-12	0	0	1	0	Navajo	McKinley County			(n/a)
	Elida	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Elida	Roosevelt County			(n/a)
	Espanola	PK, KG-12	11	1	1	0	Espanola	Rio Arriba County			(n/a)
56^th	Estancia	PK, KG-12	2	1	1	0	Estancia	Torrance County	0.464	63	7
	Estancia Valley Classical Academy	K-12	0	0	0	1	Edgewood	Santa Fe County			(n/a)
75^th	Eunice	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Eunice	Lea County	0.251	109	34
	Explore Academy	K-12	0	0	0	1	Albuquerque	Bernalillo County			(n/a)
27^th	Explore Academy - Rio Rancho	K-7	1	0	0	0	Rio Rancho	Sandoval County	0.693	46	19
	Explore Academy Las Cruces	K-11	0	0	0	1	Las Cruces	Do�a Ana County			(n/a)
64^th	Farmington	PK, KG-12	10	4	4	0	Farmington	San Juan County	0.411	90	26
26^th	Floyd	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Floyd	Roosevelt County	0.719	43	17
18^th	Fort Sumner	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Fort Sumner	De Baca County	0.778	26	8
60^th	Gadsden	PK, KG-12	14	3	5	0	Anthony	Do�a Ana County	0.429	82	22
73^rd	Gallup	PK, KG-12	16	7	9	1	Gallup	McKinley County	0.288	106	33
	Grady	PK, KG-12	1	1	2	0	Grady	Curry County			(n/a)
66^th	Grants	PK, KG-12	7	2	3	0	Grants	Cibola County	0.392	94	28
	Haak'u Community Academy	K-8	1	0	0	0	Pueblo of Acoma	Cibola County			(n/a)
	Hagerman	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Hagerman	Chaves County			(n/a)
	Hanaa'dli Community School	K	1	0	0	0	Bloomfield	San Juan County			(n/a)
72^nd	Hatch Valley	PK, KG-12	3	1	1	0	Hatch	Do�a Ana County	0.296	119	47
62^nd	Hobbs	PK, KG-12	13	3	1	1	Hobbs	Lea County	0.414	86	24
	Hondo Valley	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Hondo	Lincoln County			(n/a)
11^th	Horizon Academy West	PK, KG-5	1	0	0	0	Albuquerque	Bernalillo County	0.835	19	8
	House	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	House	Quay County			(n/a)
	Hozho Academy	PK, KG-11	0	0	0	1	Gallup	McKinley County			(n/a)
	Isleta Elementary School	K-6	1	0	0	0	Albuquerque	Bernalillo County			(n/a)
12^th	J Paul Taylor Academy	K-8	1	0	0	0	Las Cruces	Do�a Ana County	0.827	14	2
52^nd	Jal	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Jal	Lea County	0.483	113	61
	Jemez Day School	K-6	1	0	0	0	Jemez Pueblo	Sandoval County			(n/a)
	Jemez Mountain	PK, KG-12	2	1	1	0	Cuba	Rio Arriba County			(n/a)
	Jemez Valley	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Jemez Pueblo	Sandoval County			(n/a)
	Juvenile Justice	6-12	0	0	3	0	Albuquerque	Bernalillo County			(n/a)
	Kha'p'o Community School	K-6	1	0	0	0	Espanola	Rio Arriba County			(n/a)
53^rd	La Academia Dolores Huerta	6-8	0	1	0	0	Las Cruces	Do�a Ana County	0.469	99	46
	Laguna Elementary School	K-5	1	0	0	0	Laguna	Cibola County			(n/a)
	Laguna Middle School	6-8	0	1	0	0	Laguna	Cibola County			(n/a)
	Lake Arthur	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Lake Arthur	Chaves County			(n/a)
	Lake Valley Navajo School	K-8	1	0	0	0	Crownpoint	San Juan County			(n/a)
45^th	Las Cruces	PK, KG-12	25	8	6	0	Las Cruces	Do�a Ana County	0.517	79	34
	Las Montanas Charter	9-12	0	0	1	0	Las Cruces	Do�a Ana County			(n/a)
	Las Vegas City	PK, KG-12	3	2	1	0	Las Vegas	San Miguel County			(n/a)
24^th	Logan	PK, KG-12	1	1	2	0	Logan	Quay County	0.73	12	12
	Lordsburg	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Lordsburg	Hidalgo County			(n/a)
3^rd	Los Alamos	PK, KG-12	5	1	1	0	Los Alamos	Los Alamos County	0.944	5	2
65^th	Los Lunas	PK, KG-12	10	2	3	1	Los Lunas	Valencia County	0.401	92	27
59^th	Loving	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Loving	Eddy County	0.441	51	8
	Lovington	PK, KG-12	5	2	2	1	Lovington	Lea County			(n/a)
	Magdalena	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Magdalena	Socorro County			(n/a)
	Mariano Lake Community School	K-6	1	0	0	0	Crownpoint	McKinley County			(n/a)
	Maxwell	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Maxwell	Colfax County			(n/a)
	McCurdy Charter School	K-12	0	0	0	1	Espanola	Santa Fe County			(n/a)
6^th	Melrose	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Melrose	Curry County	0.901	11	5
	Mesa Vista	PK, KG-12	1	2	1	0	Ojo Caliente	Rio Arriba County			(n/a)
	Mescalero Apache School	K-12	0	0	0	1	Mescalero	Otero County			(n/a)
14^th	Middle College High School Charter - Gallup	9-12	0	0	1	0	Gallup	McKinley County	0.817	53	39
	Mission Achievement And Success	PK, KG-12	0	0	0	2	Albuquerque	Bernalillo County			(n/a)
43^rd	Monte Del Sol Charter	7-12	0	0	1	0	Santa Fe	Santa Fe County	0.545	98	55
15^th	Montessori Elementary School	K-8	1	0	0	0	Albuquerque	Bernalillo County	0.809	16	1
	Mora	PK, KG-12	2	1	1	0	Mora	Mora County			(n/a)
55^th	Moriarty-Edgewood	PK, KG-12	3	2	1	0	Moriarty	Torrance County	0.464	67	12
	Mosquero	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Mosquero	Harding County			(n/a)
	Mountainair	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Mountainair	Torrance County			(n/a)
	Na' Neelzhiin Ji'Olta	K-8	1	0	0	0	Cuba	Sandoval County			(n/a)
	Navajo Preparatory School	9-12	0	0	1	0	Farmington	San Juan County			(n/a)
	Nenahnezad Community School	K-6	1	0	0	0	Fruitland	San Juan County			(n/a)
82^nd	New America School - Las Cruces	9-12	0	0	1	0	Las Cruces	Do�a Ana County	0.038	118	36
32^nd	New Mexico Academy For The Media Arts	6-12	0	0	1	0	Albuquerque	Bernalillo County	0.679	42	10
	New Mexico Connections Academy	4-12	0	0	0	1	Santa Fe	Santa Fe County			(n/a)
	Nm Corrections	8-12	0	0	11	0	Albuquerque	Santa Fe County			(n/a)
4^th	Nm School For The Arts	9-12	0	0	1	0	Santa Fe	Santa Fe County	0.939	6	2
	Nm School For The Blind And Visually Impaired	PK, KG-12	1	0	0	1	Alamogordo	Otero County			(n/a)
	Nm School For The Deaf	PK, KG-12	0	0	0	1	Santa Fe	Santa Fe County			(n/a)
58^th	North Valley Academy	PK, KG-8	1	0	0	0	Albuquerque	Bernalillo County	0.455	60	2
19^th	Northpoint Charter School	9-12	0	0	1	0	Albuquerque	Bernalillo County	0.771	56	37
	Ohkay Owingeh Community School	K-6	1	0	0	0	Ohkay Owingeh	Rio Arriba County			(n/a)
	Ojo Encino Day School	K-8	1	0	0	0	Cuba	McKinley County			(n/a)
77^th	Pecos	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Pecos	San Miguel County	0.215	102	25
	Pecos Cyber Academy	K-12	0	0	0	1	Edgewood	Santa Fe County			(n/a)
34^th	Penasco	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Penasco	Taos County	0.671	50	16
	Pine Hill Schools	K-12	0	0	0	1	Pinehill	Cibola County			(n/a)
79^th	Pojoaque	PK, KG-12	2	2	1	0	Santa Fe	Santa Fe County	0.155	91	12
51^st	Portales	PK, KG-12	3	2	1	0	Portales	Roosevelt County	0.489	57	6
	Pueblo Pintado Community School	K-8	1	0	0	0	Cuba	McKinley County			(n/a)
	Quemado	PK, KG-12	2	0	1	0	Quemado	Catron County			(n/a)
	Questa	PK, KG-12	2	1	1	0	Questa	Taos County			(n/a)
	Raices Del Saber Xinachtli Community	K-5	1	0	0	0	Las Cruces	Do�a Ana County			(n/a)
	Raton	PK, KG-12	2	0	1	0	Raton	Colfax County			(n/a)
	Red River Valley Charter School	PK, KG-8	1	0	0	0	Red River	Taos County			(n/a)
28^th	Renaissance Academy Charter School	4-8	0	1	0	0	Albuquerque	Bernalillo County	0.682	22	6
	Reserve	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Reserve	Catron County			(n/a)
70^th	Rio Grande Academy Of Fine Arts	K-8	1	0	0	0	Albuquerque	Bernalillo County	0.326	103	33
30^th	Rio Rancho	PK, KG-12	11	4	4	0	Rio Rancho	Sandoval County	0.681	35	5
	Roots & Wings Community	K-8	1	0	0	0	Questa	Taos County			(n/a)
49^th	Roswell	PK, KG-12	13	4	4	0	Roswell	Chaves County	0.5	88	39
	Roy	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Roy	Harding County			(n/a)
39^th	Ruidoso	PK, KG-12	2	1	1	0	Ruidoso	Lincoln County	0.581	61	22
	San Diego Riverside	K-8	1	0	0	0	Jemez Pueblo	Sandoval County			(n/a)
	San Felipe Pueblo Elementary School	K-8	1	0	0	0	San Felipe Pb	Sandoval County			(n/a)
	San Ildefonso Day School	K-6	1	0	0	0	San Ildefonso Pueblo	Santa Fe County			(n/a)
	San Jon	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	San Jon	Quay County			(n/a)
50^th	Sandoval Academy Of Bilingual Education	K-8	1	0	0	0	Rio Rancho	Sandoval County	0.499	49	1
	Sanostee Day School	K-3	1	0	0	0	Sanostee	San Juan County			(n/a)
46^th	Santa Fe	PK, KG-12	19	2	5	2	Santa Fe	Santa Fe County	0.516	87	41
	Santa Fe Indian School	7-12	0	0	1	0	Santa Fe	Santa Fe County			(n/a)
47^th	Santa Rosa	PK, KG-12	2	2	1	0	Santa Rosa	Guadalupe County	0.503	55	8
	School Of Dreams Academy	PK, KG-12	0	0	0	1	Los Lunas	Valencia County			(n/a)
	Sequoyah	6-12	0	0	1	0	Albuquerque	Bernalillo County			(n/a)
	Shiprock Northwest High School	7-12	0	0	1	0	Shiprock	San Juan County			(n/a)
33^rd	Silver City	PK, KG-12	5	1	2	0	Silver City	Grant County	0.679	44	11
	Six Directions Indigenous School	6-12	0	0	1	0	Gallup	McKinley County			(n/a)
41^st	Socorro	PK, KG-12	4	1	1	0	Socorro	Socorro County	0.558	72	31
38^th	Solare Collegiate Charter School	5-8	0	1	0	0	Albuquerque	Bernalillo County	0.583	74	36
74^th	South Valley Prep	6-8	0	1	0	0	Albuquerque	Bernalillo County	0.271	64	10
	Springer	PK, KG-12	2	0	1	0	Springer	Colfax County			(n/a)
63^rd	T Or C	PK, KG-12	3	1	1	0	T Or C	Sierra County	0.413	100	37
37^th	Taos	PK, KG-12	5	1	3	0	Taos	Taos County	0.604	58	21
16^th	Taos Academy	5-12	0	0	1	0	Taos	Taos County	0.797	30	14
	Taos Day School	K-8	1	0	0	0	Taos	Taos County			(n/a)
22^nd	Taos Integrated School Of Arts	K-8	1	0	0	0	Taos	Taos County	0.739	41	19
	Taos International School	K-8	1	0	0	0	Taos	Taos County			(n/a)
20^th	Tatum	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Tatum	Lea County	0.768	28	8
	Te Tsu Geh Oweenge Day School	K-6	1	0	0	0	Tesuque Pueblo	Santa Fe County			(n/a)
7^th	Texico	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Texico	Curry County	0.897	13	6
5^th	The Ask Academy	6-12	0	0	1	0	Rio Rancho	Sandoval County	0.919	7	2
	The Great Academy	6-12	0	0	1	0	Albuquerque	Bernalillo County			(n/a)
23^rd	The Masters Program	9-12	0	0	1	0	Santa Fe	Santa Fe County	0.733	45	22
17^th	Thrive Community School	K-8	1	0	0	0	Santa Fe	Santa Fe County	0.781	73	56
61^st	Tierra Adentro	6-12	0	0	1	0	Albuquerque	Bernalillo County	0.423	70	9
	Tierra Encantada Charter School	7-12	0	0	1	0	Santa Fe	Santa Fe County			(n/a)
	T'iis Ts'ozi Bi'Olta' Community School	K-8	1	0	0	0	Crownpoint	McKinley County			(n/a)
	Tohaali' Community School	K-8	1	0	0	0	Newcomb	San Juan County			(n/a)
	To'hajiilee Day School	K-12	0	0	0	1	ToHajiilee	Bernalillo County			(n/a)
	Tse'ii'ahi' Community School	K-4	1	0	0	0	Crownpoint	McKinley County			(n/a)
	T'siya Day School	K-6	1	0	0	0	Zia Pueblo	Sandoval County			(n/a)
44^th	Tucumcari	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Tucumcari	Quay County	0.526	71	27
68^th	Tularosa	PK, KG-12	2	1	1	0	Tularosa	Otero County	0.353	76	8
76^th	Turquoise Trail Charter School	PK, KG-8	1	0	0	0	Santa Fe	Santa Fe County	0.221	105	29
	Unm Mimbres School	PK, KG-12	0	0	0	1	Albuquerque	Bernalillo County			(n/a)
	Vaughn	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Vaughn	Guadalupe County			(n/a)
	Vista Grande High School	9-12	0	0	1	0	Taos	Taos County			(n/a)
	Wagon Mound	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Wagon Mound	Mora County			(n/a)
	Walatowa Charter High	9-12	0	0	1	0	Jemez Pueblo	Sandoval County			(n/a)
	West Las Vegas	PK, KG-12	5	3	2	0	Las Vegas	San Miguel County			(n/a)
	Wingate Elementary School	K-8	1	0	0	0	Fort Wingate	McKinley County			(n/a)
	Wingate High School	9-12	0	0	1	0	Fort Wingate	McKinley County			(n/a)
81^st	Zuni	PK, KG-12	1	1	2	0	Zuni	McKinley County	0.121	122	41

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