Best Cities in New Mexico for Schools

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The list is updated annually upon the release of the test scores by the New Mexico Public Education Department. The most recent update was on Friday, January 2, 2026.

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Rank (of 97)	City	# Elementary Schools	# Middle Schools	# High Schools	# Alt. Schools	# Private Schools*	Rank score (2025)	Rank (2024)	Rank change from 2024
1^st	White Rock	2	0	0	0	0	0.964	1
2^nd	Holloman Air Force Base	1	1	0	0	0	0.94	5	3
3^rd	El Prado	1	0	0	0	0	0.94	4	1
4^th	Los Alamos	3	1	1	1	2	0.935	6	2
5^th	Quemado	1	0	1	0	0	0.922	31	26
6^th	Sandia Park	1	0	2	0	0	0.911	24	18
7^th	Hurley	1	0	0	0	0	0.907	17	10
8^th	Melrose	1	1	1	0	0	0.901	11	3
9^th	Texico	1	1	1	0	0	0.897	14	5
10^th	Dora	1	0	1	0	0	0.884	22	12
11^th	Grady	1	1	2	0	0	0.875	3	8
12^th	Corrales	1	0	0	0	3	0.871	12
13^th	Cloudcroft	1	1	1	0	0	0.848	10	3
14^th	Cimarron	1	1	1	0	0	0.836	21	7
15^th	Cliff	1	0	1	0	0	0.836	15
16^th	San Miguel	1	0	0	0	0	0.8	52	36
17^th	Ojo Caliente	0	2	1	0	0	0.788	38	21
18^th	Fort Sumner	1	1	1	0	0	0.778	26	8
19^th	Tatum	1	1	1	0	0	0.768	27	8
20^th	Tijeras	1	1	0	0	1	0.731	25	5
21^st	Logan	1	1	2	0	0	0.73	13	8
22^nd	Floyd	1	1	1	0	0	0.719	43	21
23^rd	Rio Rancho	15	4	5	0	3	0.695	34	11
24^th	Animas	1	1	1	0	0	0.695	108	84
25^th	Capitan	1	1	1	0	0	0.682	19	6
26^th	Artesia	6	1	1	1	1	0.68	36	10
27^th	Penasco	1	1	1	0	0	0.671	48	21
28^th	Silver City	5	1	2	0	3	0.652	46	18
29^th	Cubero	1	0	0	0	0	0.649	41	12
30^th	Taos	5	1	6	0	0	0.628	63	33
31^st	Arroyo Seco	1	0	0	0	0	0.626	28	3
32^nd	Alamogordo	7	2	2	1	7	0.623	62	30
33^rd	Magdalena	1	1	1	0	0	0.604	94	61
34^th	Yatahey	1	0	0	0	0	0.586	66	32
35^th	Ruidoso	2	1	1	0	0	0.581	57	22
36^th	Clayton	1	2	2	0	0	0.562	39	3
37^th	Socorro	2	1	1	0	0	0.558	100	63
38^th	Bayard	1	1	1	0	0	0.55	80	42
39^th	Carlsbad	8	2	2	3	2	0.546	72	33
40^th	Tucumcari	1	1	1	0	0	0.526	69	29
41^st	Las Cruces	27	10	11	1	7	0.516	79	38
42^nd	Sunland Park	5	0	0	0	0	0.508	54	12
43^rd	Santa Rosa	1	1	2	0	0	0.503	77	34
44^th	Albuquerque	109	32	51	18	63	0.501	93	49
45^th	Belen	6	2	2	0	2	0.501	68	23
46^th	Roswell	14	4	5	0	7	0.5	87	41
47^th	La Luz	1	0	0	0	0	0.496	60	13
48^th	Hagerman	1	1	2	0	0	0.493	51	3
49^th	Santa Fe	24	3	14	4	18	0.491	84	35
50^th	Portales	3	2	1	0	1	0.489	55	5
51^st	Jal	1	1	1	0	0	0.483	122	71
52^nd	Moriarty	4	2	1	0	0	0.464	64	12
53^rd	Estancia	2	1	1	0	0	0.464	59	6
54^th	Santa Teresa	1	1	1	1	0	0.458	71	17
55^th	Clovis	12	3	1	2	1	0.457	83	28
56^th	Loving	1	1	1	0	0	0.441	49	7
57^th	Mora	2	1	1	0	0	0.417	74	17
58^th	Hobbs	14	3	2	1	3	0.414	85	27
59^th	T Or C	2	1	1	0	0	0.413	111	52
60^th	Farmington	12	4	5	0	11	0.411	90	30
61^st	Los Lunas	10	2	4	2	1	0.41	92	31
62^nd	Crownpoint	6	1	1	0	1	0.409	109	47
63^rd	Chaparral	4	1	1	0	0	0.408	91	28
64^th	Anthony	6	1	4	0	2	0.401	86	22
65^th	Bloomfield	5	2	2	0	1	0.401	89	24
66^th	Deming	6	2	4	0	0	0.379	98	32
67^th	Raton	3	1	1	0	0	0.377	65	2
68^th	Lordsburg	2	2	1	0	0	0.375	76	8
69^th	Ramah	1	0	1	0	0	0.367	95	26
70^th	Ranchos de Taos	1	0	0	0	0	0.357	104	34
71^st	Gallup	9	3	5	2	3	0.354	101	30
72^nd	Tularosa	2	1	1	0	0	0.353	73	1
73^rd	Grants	2	1	4	0	1	0.349	96	23
74^th	Los Ranchos de Albuquerque	1	1	0	0	0	0.34	70	4
75^th	Bernalillo	3	2	1	0	0	0.335	110	35
76^th	Aztec	4	1	2	0	0	0.33	67	9
77^th	Kirtland	4	2	1	0	0	0.321	99	22
78^th	Vanderwagen	2	0	0	0	0	0.316	136	58
79^th	Dexter	1	1	1	0	0	0.315	82	3
80^th	Lovington	5	2	2	1	0	0.312	97	17
81^st	Milan	1	0	0	0	0	0.307	114	33
82^nd	Hatch	2	1	1	0	0	0.296	123	41
83^rd	Espanola	9	1	1	1	1	0.285	119	36
84^th	Las Vegas	6	4	3	0	1	0.285	103	19
85^th	Tohatchi	2	1	1	0	0	0.275	118	33
86^th	Columbus	1	0	0	0	0	0.27	124	38
87^th	Eunice	1	1	1	0	1	0.251	116	29
88^th	Newcomb	2	1	1	0	0	0.248	133	45
89^th	Pecos	1	1	1	0	0	0.215	107	18
90^th	Church Rock	1	0	0	0	0	0.148	127	37
91^st	Fruitland	2	0	0	0	0	0.136	129	38
92^nd	Thoreau	1	1	1	0	1	0.135	126	34
93^rd	Zuni	1	1	2	0	2	0.121	134	41
94^th	Shiprock	5	1	3	0	0	0.1	128	34
95^th	Vado	1	0	0	0	0	0.084	113	18
96^th	Cuba	5	1	2	0	1	0.057	137	41
97^th	Navajo	2	1	2	0	0	0.054	125	28

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* Private schools are not used in determining city rank.
Schooldigger calculates school rankings based on test scores released by the New Mexico Public Education Department.
These rankings were last updated on January 2, 2026, and are based on the most recent test scores available. We update rankings as we receive new test scores from the New Mexico Public Education Department, usually on a yearly basis.
Our sources of data include the National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education and the New Mexico Public Education Department.
For more information about our ranking process, please see our Ranking FAQ. Details about our methodology are here.

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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.