Best Public Schools in Grady, NM

Grady, New Mexico is a small rural community served by three public schools — Grady Elementary (PK–5), Grady Middle School (6–8), and Grady High (9–12) — enrolling 175 students combined, all within Grady Municipal Schools, a district rated 5 stars, ranked 5th of 87 in New Mexico at the 94th percentile.

Each school has its own academic signature. Grady Elementary posts the strongest reading results, with 80.00% of students proficient in English language arts in 2025–26 versus 44.66% statewide, and math at 53.33% versus 27.85%. Grady Middle School is the math leader at 60.87% proficient versus 27.85% statewide, including 75.00% in 7th-grade math, with ELA at 65.22%. Grady High shines in science, where 11th graders reached 73.33% versus 34.27% statewide, and in 11th-grade ELA at 66.67% versus 37.07%. Every reported school-level figure is above the state average. In rank history, the elementary reached the 96th percentile, the middle school the 90th, and the high school the 92nd.

These outcomes come from a high-poverty district: free/reduced lunch rates are 89.61% at the elementary, 95.65% at the middle school, and 98.08% at the high school. Student–teacher ratios vary widely — 4.2 at Grady High, 10.0 at the elementary, and 13.1 at the middle school. Grady High shows the biggest turnaround, moving from the 52nd percentile and 3 stars in 2022–23 to the 92nd percentile and 5 stars in 2025–26. Some data are suppressed, including elementary science, high school math, and 8th-grade math; treat those as unknown, not weak. The only school-level graduation rate shown is 100.0% for 2019–2020, while the 2024–25 state rate is 80.6%. With just 46 to 77 students per school, grade-level results can swing from one cohort to the next.