New Mexico City Rankings

Rank (of 101)	City	# Elementary Schools	# Middle Schools	# High Schools	# Alt. Schools	# Private Schools*	Rank score (2026)	Rank (2025)	Rank change from 2025
1^st	Des Moines	1	0	1	0	0	0.968		(n/a)
2^nd	Los Alamos	3	1	1	0	2	0.952	4	2
3^rd	Hurley	1	0	0	0	0	0.948	7	4
4^th	White Rock	2	0	0	0	0	0.947	1	3
5^th	Holloman Air Force Base	1	1	0	0	0	0.929	2	3
6^th	Cliff	1	0	1	0	0	0.911	15	9
7^th	Grady	1	1	2	0	0	0.91	11	4
8^th	Elida	1	0	1	0	0	0.906		(n/a)
9^th	Sandia Park	1	0	2	0	0	0.905	6	3
10^th	Texico	1	1	1	0	0	0.898	9	1
11^th	Logan	1	1	2	0	0	0.874	21	10
12^th	El Prado	1	0	0	0	0	0.857	3	9
13^th	Dora	1	0	1	0	0	0.854	10	3
14^th	Clayton	1	2	2	0	0	0.845	36	22
15^th	Tatum	1	1	1	0	0	0.824	19	4
16^th	Polvadera	1	0	0	0	0	0.792		(n/a)
17^th	Cimarron	1	1	1	0	0	0.788	14	3
18^th	Cloudcroft	1	1	1	0	0	0.781	13	5
19^th	Eagle Nest	1	1	0	0	0	0.78		(n/a)
20^th	San Miguel	1	0	0	0	0	0.777	16	4
21^st	Ojo Caliente	0	2	1	0	0	0.776	17	4
22^nd	Corrales	1	0	0	0	3	0.766	12	10
23^rd	La Luz	1	0	0	0	0	0.74	47	24
24^th	Yatahey	1	0	0	0	0	0.723	34	10
25^th	Rio Rancho	13	4	6	0	3	0.717	23	2
26^th	Melrose	1	1	1	0	0	0.689	8	18
27^th	Artesia	6	1	1	0	1	0.688	26	1
28^th	Cubero	1	0	0	0	0	0.679	29	1
29^th	Silver City	4	1	2	0	3	0.666	28	1
30^th	Tijeras	1	1	0	0	1	0.651	20	10
31^st	Santo Domingo Pueblo	1	1	0	0	0	0.65		(n/a)
32^nd	Capitan	1	1	1	0	0	0.632	25	7
33^rd	Fort Sumner	1	1	1	0	0	0.626	18	15
34^th	Taos	5	1	6	0	0	0.607	30	4
35^th	Ramah	1	0	1	0	0	0.599	69	34
36^th	Magdalena	1	1	1	0	0	0.598	33	3
37^th	Sunland Park	4	0	0	0	0	0.592	42	5
38^th	Estancia	2	1	1	0	0	0.579	53	15
39^th	Penasco	1	1	1	0	0	0.575	27	12
40^th	Hagerman	1	1	2	0	0	0.539	48	8
41^st	Moriarty	3	2	1	0	0	0.528	52	11
42^nd	Loving	1	1	1	0	0	0.527	56	14
43^rd	Socorro	2	1	1	0	0	0.521	37	6
44^th	Albuquerque	110	29	54	16	63	0.516	44
45^th	Las Cruces	28	10	11	0	7	0.512	41	4
46^th	Roswell	13	4	5	0	7	0.507	46
47^th	Ruidoso	2	1	1	0	0	0.5	35	12
48^th	Belen	6	2	2	0	2	0.492	45	3
49^th	Carlsbad	7	2	2	3	2	0.486	39	10
50^th	Gallup	8	3	5	2	3	0.477	71	21
51^st	Santa Teresa	1	1	1	1	0	0.472	54	3
52^nd	Alamogordo	6	2	3	1	7	0.471	32	20
53^rd	Santa Rosa	1	1	2	0	0	0.454	43	10
54^th	Clovis	9	3	1	1	1	0.45	55	1
55^th	Chaparral	3	1	1	0	0	0.447	63	8
56^th	Bloomfield	5	2	2	0	1	0.444	65	9
57^th	Aztec	4	1	2	0	0	0.441	76	19
58^th	Santa Fe	24	3	15	3	18	0.439	49	9
59^th	Anthony	5	1	4	0	2	0.437	64	5
60^th	Crownpoint	6	1	1	0	1	0.435	62	2
61^st	Tucumcari	1	1	1	0	0	0.43	40	21
62^nd	Raton	3	1	1	0	0	0.429	67	5
63^rd	Portales	3	2	1	0	1	0.418	50	13
64^th	Farmington	10	4	5	0	11	0.412	60	4
65^th	Los Lunas	10	2	4	2	1	0.412	61	4
66^th	Vanderwagen	3	0	0	0	0	0.402	78	12
67^th	Tohatchi	2	1	1	0	0	0.395	85	18
68^th	Eunice	1	1	1	0	1	0.391	87	19
69^th	Hobbs	14	3	2	0	3	0.377	58	11
70^th	Milan	1	0	0	0	0	0.364	81	11
71^st	Tularosa	2	1	1	0	0	0.359	72	1
72^nd	Navajo	2	1	2	0	0	0.358	97	25
73^rd	Grants	2	1	4	0	1	0.354	73
74^th	Deming	5	2	3	0	0	0.353	66	8
75^th	Bayard	1	1	1	0	0	0.346	38	37
76^th	Los Ranchos de Albuquerque	1	1	0	0	0	0.334	74	2
77^th	Dexter	1	1	1	0	0	0.321	79	2
78^th	Kirtland	3	2	1	0	0	0.3	77	1
79^th	Hatch	2	1	1	0	0	0.298	82	3
80^th	Lordsburg	2	1	1	0	0	0.288	68	12
81^st	Jal	1	1	1	0	0	0.279	51	30
82^nd	Lovington	5	2	2	0	0	0.277	80	2
83^rd	Jemez Pueblo	4	1	2	0	0	0.267		(n/a)
84^th	Shiprock	5	1	3	0	0	0.262	94	10
85^th	Ranchos de Taos	1	0	0	0	0	0.254	70	15
86^th	Espanola	9	1	1	1	1	0.251	83	3
87^th	Newcomb	2	1	1	0	0	0.246	88	1
88^th	Las Vegas	6	4	3	0	1	0.21	84	4
89^th	Vado	1	0	0	0	0	0.202	95	6
90^th	Zuni	1	1	2	0	2	0.194	93	3
91^st	T Or C	2	1	1	0	0	0.194	59	32
92^nd	Pecos	1	1	1	0	0	0.191	89	3
93^rd	Church Rock	1	0	0	0	0	0.176	90	3
94^th	Fruitland	2	0	0	0	0	0.156	91	3
95^th	Columbus	1	0	0	0	0	0.153	86	9
96^th	Thoreau	1	1	1	0	1	0.123	92	4
97^th	Bernalillo	2	2	1	0	0	0.081	75	22
98^th	Anton Chico	1	1	0	0	0	0.062		(n/a)
99^th	Dulce	1	1	1	0	0	0.043		(n/a)
100^th	Tierra Amarilla	1	0	1	0	0	0.023		(n/a)
101^st	Chama	1	1	0	0	0	0.017		(n/a)

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