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 Sunday, November 10, 2024.

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NOTE: 2024 rankings for New Mexico schools were revised on March 4^th after the NM Department of Education's recent release of grade-level test scores.

Rank (of 142)	City	# Elementary Schools	# Middle Schools	# High Schools	# Alt. Schools	# Private Schools*	Rank score (2024)	Rank (2023)	Rank change from 2023
1^st	White Rock	2	0	0	0	0	0.964	2	1
1^st	Bluewater	1	0	0	0	0	0.964	3	2
3^rd	Grady	1	1	1	0	0	0.961	25	22
4^th	El Prado	1	0	0	0	0	0.954	1	3
5^th	Holloman Air Force Base	1	1	0	0	0	0.946		(n/a)
6^th	Los Alamos	3	1	1	1	2	0.945	4	2
7^th	Des Moines	1	0	1	0	0	0.922	5	2
8^th	Polvadera	1	0	0	0	0	0.908	52	44
9^th	Elida	1	0	1	0	0	0.905	42	33
10^th	Cloudcroft	1	1	1	0	0	0.904	15	5
11^th	Melrose	1	1	1	0	0	0.89	23	12
12^th	Corrales	1	0	0	0	3	0.884	6	6
13^th	Logan	1	1	2	0	0	0.88	41	28
14^th	Texico	1	1	1	0	0	0.875	8	6
15^th	Cliff	1	0	1	0	0	0.874	21	6
16^th	Reserve	1	0	1	0	0	0.859	14	2
17^th	Hurley	1	0	0	0	0	0.855	83	66
18^th	Maxwell	1	1	1	0	0	0.854	10	8
19^th	Capitan	1	1	1	0	0	0.841	31	12
20^th	Corona	1	0	1	0	0	0.841	7	13
21^st	Cimarron	1	1	1	0	0	0.837	17	4
22^nd	Dora	1	0	1	0	0	0.832	12	10
23^rd	Mosquero	1	0	1	0	0	0.827	99	76
24^th	Sandia Park	1	0	2	0	0	0.823	9	15
25^th	Tijeras	1	1	0	0	1	0.822	18	7
26^th	Fort Sumner	1	1	1	0	0	0.809	37	11
27^th	Tatum	1	1	1	0	0	0.799	30	3
28^th	Arroyo Seco	1	0	0	0	0	0.794	24	4
29^th	Vaughn	1	0	1	0	0	0.79	55	26
30^th	San Jon	1	1	1	0	0	0.781	59	29
31^st	Quemado	1	0	1	0	0	0.779	26	5
32^nd	Pojoaque	0	1	0	0	0	0.77		(n/a)
33^rd	Anton Chico	1	1	0	0	0	0.763	97	64
34^th	Rio Rancho	15	4	5	0	3	0.751	27	7
35^th	San Antonio	1	0	0	0	0	0.748	35
36^th	Artesia	6	1	1	1	0	0.744	28	8
37^th	Dixon	1	0	0	0	1	0.736	11	26
38^th	Ojo Caliente	0	2	1	0	0	0.733	67	29
39^th	Clayton	1	2	2	0	0	0.729	34	5
40^th	El Rito	1	0	0	0	0	0.719		(n/a)
41^st	Cubero	1	0	0	0	0	0.712	36	5
42^nd	Carrizozo	1	1	1	0	0	0.705	16	26
43^rd	Floyd	1	1	1	0	0	0.703	40	3
44^th	San Rafael	1	0	0	0	0	0.7	32	12
45^th	Arrey	1	0	0	0	0	0.69	33	12
46^th	Silver City	5	1	2	0	3	0.672	43	3
47^th	Mountainair	1	1	1	0	0	0.665	92	45
48^th	Penasco	1	1	1	0	0	0.661	60	12
49^th	Loving	1	1	1	0	0	0.651	38	11
50^th	Sapello	1	0	0	0	0	0.646		(n/a)
51^st	Hagerman	1	1	2	0	0	0.642	72	21
52^nd	San Miguel	1	0	0	0	0	0.637	66	14
53^rd	San Lorenzo	1	0	0	0	0	0.608	19	34
54^th	Sunland Park	5	0	0	0	0	0.605	46	8
55^th	Portales	3	2	1	0	0	0.601	51	4
56^th	Red River	1	0	0	0	0	0.586	89	33
57^th	Ruidoso	2	1	1	0	0	0.578	63	6
58^th	Hondo	1	0	1	0	0	0.577	103	45
59^th	Estancia	2	1	1	0	0	0.565	49	10
60^th	La Luz	1	0	0	0	0	0.562	39	21
61^st	Springer	2	0	2	0	0	0.562	111	50
62^nd	Alamogordo	7	2	2	1	6	0.556	47	15
63^rd	Taos	5	1	6	0	0	0.555	48	15
64^th	Moriarty	4	2	1	0	0	0.552	44	20
65^th	Raton	3	1	1	0	0	0.551	50	15
66^th	Yatahey	1	0	0	0	0	0.55	90	24
67^th	Aztec	4	1	2	0	0	0.549	53	14
68^th	Belen	6	2	2	0	2	0.548	45	23
69^th	Tucumcari	1	1	1	0	0	0.537	54	15
70^th	Los Ranchos de Albuquerque	1	1	0	0	0	0.535	112	42
71^st	Santa Teresa	1	1	1	1	0	0.529	78	7
72^nd	Carlsbad	8	2	2	3	1	0.525	76	4
73^rd	Tularosa	2	1	1	0	0	0.525	114	41
74^th	Mora	2	1	1	0	0	0.525	81	7
75^th	Chimayo	1	0	0	0	0	0.523		(n/a)
76^th	Lordsburg	2	2	1	0	0	0.523	102	26
77^th	Santa Rosa	1	1	2	0	0	0.521	61	16
78^th	Eagle Nest	1	1	0	0	0	0.506	93	15
79^th	Las Cruces	27	10	11	1	5	0.506	58	21
80^th	Bayard	1	1	1	0	0	0.501	113	33
81^st	Wagon Mound	1	0	1	0	0	0.496	116	35
82^nd	Dexter	1	1	1	0	0	0.492	79	3
83^rd	Clovis	12	3	1	2	1	0.487	88	5
84^th	Santa Fe	24	3	14	4	18	0.486	77	7
85^th	Hobbs	14	3	2	1	3	0.485	64	21
86^th	Anthony	6	1	4	0	2	0.482	75	11
87^th	Roswell	14	4	5	0	6	0.48	62	25
88^th	Questa	4	1	1	0	0	0.479	74	14
89^th	Bloomfield	5	2	2	0	1	0.477	95	6
90^th	Farmington	12	4	5	0	10	0.477	70	20
91^st	Chaparral	4	1	1	0	0	0.457	73	18
92^nd	Los Lunas	10	2	4	2	1	0.455	86	6
93^rd	Albuquerque	109	32	50	18	60	0.452	69	24
94^th	Magdalena	1	1	1	0	0	0.438	87	7
95^th	Ramah	1	0	1	0	0	0.434	80	15
96^th	Grants	2	1	4	0	1	0.431	109	13
97^th	Lovington	5	2	2	1	0	0.415	91	6
98^th	Deming	6	2	4	0	0	0.415	85	13
99^th	Kirtland	4	2	1	0	0	0.405	106	7
100^th	Socorro	2	1	1	0	0	0.386	68	32
101^st	Gallup	9	3	5	2	4	0.385	84	17
102^nd	Abiquiu	1	0	0	0	0	0.38		(n/a)
103^rd	Las Vegas	6	4	3	0	1	0.377	100	3
104^th	Ranchos de Taos	1	0	0	0	0	0.375	101	3
105^th	Gallina	1	1	1	0	0	0.364	108	3
106^th	Santa Clara	1	0	0	0	0	0.358	71	35
107^th	Pecos	1	1	1	0	0	0.357	110	3
108^th	Animas	1	1	1	0	0	0.347	29	79
109^th	Crownpoint	6	1	1	0	0	0.32	98	11
110^th	Bernalillo	3	2	1	0	0	0.317	105	5
111^th	T Or C	2	1	1	0	0	0.316	104	7
112^th	Tesuque	1	0	0	0	0	0.305	56	56
113^th	Vado	1	0	0	0	0	0.278	96	17
114^th	Milan	1	0	0	0	0	0.276	107	7
115^th	Ribera	1	1	0	0	0	0.272	65	50
116^th	Eunice	1	1	1	0	1	0.27	94	22
117^th	Ohkay Owingeh	2	0	0	0	0	0.259		(n/a)
118^th	Tohatchi	2	1	1	0	0	0.256	119	1
119^th	Espanola	9	1	1	1	1	0.241	121	2
120^th	Velarde	1	0	0	0	0	0.237		(n/a)
121^st	Pena Blanca	1	1	0	0	0	0.236	82	39
122^nd	Jal	1	1	1	0	0	0.223	117	5
123^rd	Hatch	2	1	1	0	0	0.169	128	5
124^th	Columbus	1	0	0	0	0	0.16	115	9
125^th	Navajo	2	1	2	0	0	0.157	118	7
126^th	Thoreau	1	1	1	0	1	0.14	126
127^th	Church Rock	1	0	0	0	0	0.136	129	2
128^th	Shiprock	5	1	3	0	0	0.136	123	5
129^th	Fruitland	2	0	0	0	0	0.133	127	2
130^th	Lake Arthur	1	1	1	0	0	0.131	57	73
131^st	Santo Domingo Pueblo	1	1	0	0	0	0.128	135	4
132^nd	Jemez Pueblo	3	1	2	0	0	0.127		(n/a)
133^rd	Newcomb	2	1	1	0	0	0.125	132	1
134^th	Zuni	1	1	2	0	2	0.112	125	9
135^th	Tierra Amarilla	1	0	1	0	0	0.105	124	11
136^th	Vanderwagen	2	0	0	0	0	0.094	134	2
137^th	Cuba	5	1	2	0	1	0.091	130	7
138^th	Algodones	1	0	0	0	0	0.085		(n/a)
139^th	Casa Blanca	0	1	1	0	0	0.062	122	17
140^th	Dulce	1	1	1	0	0	0.061	131	9
141^st	Chama	1	1	0	0	0	0.017	133	8
142^nd	Sheep Springs	1	0	0	0	0	0.002		(n/a)

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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 November 10, 2024, 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.
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Educational resources:

State-Administered Standardized Tests: A Comprehensive Guide

Per-Pupil Spending: Understanding the Breakdown of Federal, State, and Local Funds

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.