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Best Public Schools in Grants, NM

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At a glance

Schools

2,086

Students

Districts

Top rankedGccs Early College High School25^th of 132 New Mexico high schools

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Biggest riser

Mount Taylor Elementary up 14 spots statewide this year

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Smallest classes

Mount Taylor Elementary 10.3 students per teacher

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Newly ranked this year

Gccs Early College High School

SchoolDigger ratings

4★

2★

1★

2 schools without a SchoolDigger rating (too few tested students)

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Summary:

Grants, New Mexico has five schools serving students from elementary through high school — two elementary schools, one middle school, and two high schools — all part of Grants-Cibola County Schools, a 1-star district ranked 64th of 87 in New Mexico.

The clear standout is Gccs Early College High School, a 4-star school ranked 25th of 132 high schools statewide (81st percentile). Its 11th-grade proficiency is 58.33% in Language Arts, Science, and ELA SAT — far above district and state results — and its 2024-2025 Science proficiency was 75%. It is small (50 students) with a 7:1 student-teacher ratio, and its math results are suppressed. Among elementary schools, Mount Taylor Elementary is the stronger option (2 stars, 43rd percentile, stable in recent years), with 4th-grade ELA at 56% and 6th-grade ELA at 44.44%, above district and state. Mesa View Elementary (1 star, 24th percentile) has bright spots in 6th-grade math (38.98%) and 5th-grade science (32%), but its 3rd-grade ELA is just 16.67% versus about 44% statewide.

Mathematics is the citywide weak point. Los Alamitos Middle is the lowest-ranked school (11th percentile), with All Grades Math at 8.88% and 8th-grade math at 6.7% to 6.81%, while Grants High (1 star, 18th percentile, 807 students) has multiple math measures under 5% and a 77.0% graduation rate, below district and state. Both have declined in recent rankings, while Mount Taylor and GCCS Early College have held steady. Every school has free/reduced lunch rates between 93.18% and 100%, so poverty alone does not explain the differences.

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Ranking:

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2026)				Ranking (2025)				SAT School Day English Language Arts (2026)	SAT School Day Mathematics (2026)		NM-ASR Science (2026)				NM-MSSA English Language Arts (2026)							NM-MSSA Mathematics (2026)							Per Pupil Expenditures (2019)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/reduced lunch (2024-25)	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2026)	Statewide Rank (2026)	State Percentile (2026)	SchoolDigger Rating (2026)	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	Rank Change from Previous Year	SAT School Day English Language Arts 11th Grade	SAT School Day Mathematics 11th Grade	SAT School Day Mathematics All Grades	NM-ASR Science 5th Grade	NM-ASR Science 8th Grade	NM-ASR Science 11th Grade	NM-ASR Science All Grades	NM-MSSA English Language Arts 3rd Grade	NM-MSSA English Language Arts 4th Grade	NM-MSSA English Language Arts 5th Grade	NM-MSSA English Language Arts 6th Grade	NM-MSSA English Language Arts 7th Grade	NM-MSSA English Language Arts 8th Grade	NM-MSSA English Language Arts All Grades	NM-MSSA Mathematics 3rd Grade	NM-MSSA Mathematics 4th Grade	NM-MSSA Mathematics 5th Grade	NM-MSSA Mathematics 6th Grade	NM-MSSA Mathematics 7th Grade	NM-MSSA Mathematics 8th Grade	NM-MSSA Mathematics All Grades	Total
Western Nm Corrections	Public	8-12	1700 East Old Hwy 66	Grants	87020	Cibola County	Nm Corrections	No	(n/a)	No	No	(505) 287-2941	1	0		—	1 (100.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)								(n/a)
Northwestern Nm Corrections	Public	8-12	2111 North Lobo Canyon Rd	Grants	87020	Cibola County	Nm Corrections	No	(n/a)	No	No	(505) 876-8300	0	0		—	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()								(n/a)
Grants High	Public	9-12	500 Mountain Rd	Grants	87020	Cibola County	Grants-Cibola County Schools	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(505) 285-2651	807	67	12.1	93.2%	99 (12.3%)	6 (0.7%)	331 (41.0%)	12 (1.5%)	351 (43.5%)	1 (0.1%)	7 (0.9%)	19.6	108^th of 132 public high schools	18.2%		39.2	63^rd of 131 public high schools	51.9%	45	25.6	< 5%	< 5%			23.4																$10,412
Los Alamitos Middle	Public	7-8	1100 Mt Taylor Ave	Grants	87020	Cibola County	Grants-Cibola County Schools	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(505) 285-2683	416	37	11.2	94.2%	43 (10.3%)	5 (1.2%)	166 (39.9%)	3 (0.7%)	191 (45.9%)	2 (0.5%)	6 (1.4%)	14.2	170^th of 191 public middle schools	11.0%		22.8	150^th of 192 public middle schools	21.9%	20					16.3							25.7	34.9	30.3					11.3	6.8	9.0	$10,183
Mesa View Elementary	Public	PK, KG-6	400 East Washington	Grants	87020	Cibola County	Grants-Cibola County Schools	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(505) 285-2717	465	41	11.3	94.6%	31 (6.7%)	6 (1.3%)	197 (42.4%)	15 (3.2%)	212 (45.6%)	1 (0.2%)	3 (0.6%)	25.9	263^rd of 346 public elementary schools	24.0%		25.9	251^st of 345 public elementary schools	27.2%	12				32.0				16.7	35.2	38.0	30.5			29.6	< 20%	14.8	28.0	39.0			21.5	$10,316
Mount Taylor Elementary	Public	PK, KG-6	1607 Del Norte	Grants	87020	Cibola County	Grants-Cibola County Schools	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(505) 285-2740	347	34	10.3	94.2%	38 (11.0%)	10 (2.9%)	115 (33.1%)	2 (0.6%)	179 (51.6%)	1 (0.3%)	2 (0.6%)	39.4	198^th of 346 public elementary schools	42.8%		33.1	212^th of 345 public elementary schools	38.6%	14				< 20%			< 20%	44.2	56.0	26.1	44.4			43.0	< 20%	20.0	< 20%	31.5			18.1	$8,740
Gccs Early College High School	Public	9-12	1500 N 3rd Street	Grants	87020	Cibola County	Grants-Cibola County Schools	No	(n/a)	No	No	(505) 287-6655	50	7	7.0	—	9 (18.0%)	0 (0.0%)	21 (42.0%)	2 (4.0%)	17 (34.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (2.0%)	82.8	25^th of 132 public high schools	81.1%					(n/a)	58.3					58.3

Cities Near Grants

City	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Milan	3.61 mi	1	81^st
San Rafael	4.11 mi	1
Bluewater	10.46 mi	1
Pueblo of Acoma	14.86 mi	1
Cubero	18.9 mi	1	29^th

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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.

IMPORTANT DISCLAIMERS: Not all boundaries are included. We make every effort to ensure that boundaries are up-to-date. But it's important to note that these are approximations and are for general informational purposes only. To verify legal descriptions of boundaries or school locations, contact your local tax assessor's office and/or school district.