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Best Public Schools in Colfax County, NM

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Schools

1,378

Students

Districts

Top rankedCimarron High28^th of 132 New Mexico high schools

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Biggest riser

Cimarron High up 4 spots statewide this year

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Smallest classes

Raton Intermediate 12 students per teacher

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Newly ranked this year

Eagle Nest Middle

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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/Discounted Lunch Recipients (2025)	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 English Language Arts All Grades	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
Springer Correctional Facility	Public	8-12	201 Hwy 468	Springer	87747	Colfax County	Nm Corrections	No	(n/a)	No	No	(575) 483-3100	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)
Cimarron Elementary	Public	PK, KG-4	132 North Collison Ave	Cimarron	87714	Colfax County	Cimarron Municipal Schools	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(575) 376-2445	60	7	8.9	100.0%	16 (26.7%)	0 (0.0%)	41 (68.3%)	2 (3.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (1.7%)								(n/a)										46.7					33.3								$15,738
Cimarron High	Public	9-12	165 North Collison Ave	Cimarron	87714	Colfax County	Cimarron Municipal Schools	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(575) 376-2445	64	7	8.6	100.0%	14 (21.9%)	1 (1.6%)	48 (75.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (1.6%)	81.2	28^th of 132 public high schools	78.8%		70.5	32^nd of 131 public high schools	75.6%	4	52.6						63.2																$17,101
Eagle Nest Elementary	Public	PK, KG-4	132 North Collison	Eagle Nest	87718	Colfax County	Cimarron Municipal Schools	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(575) 376-2445	72	9	8.0	100.0%	32 (44.4%)	1 (1.4%)	39 (54.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)								(n/a)									66.7	66.7					66.7							33.3	$17,141
Eagle Nest Middle	Public	5-8	225 Lake St	Eagle Nest	87718	Colfax County	Cimarron Municipal Schools	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(575) 376-2445	57	7	8.0	100.0%	31 (54.4%)	2 (3.5%)	20 (35.1%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (3.5%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (3.5%)	71.4	42^nd of 191 public middle schools	78.0%					(n/a)						55.6		51.9					46.7	61.1	42.9							23.2	$11,355
Cimarron Middle	Public	5-8	132 North Collison Ave	Cimarron	87714	Colfax County	Cimarron Municipal Schools	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(575) 376-2445	46	6	7.8	100.0%	13 (28.3%)	0 (0.0%)	31 (67.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (4.3%)								(n/a)						64.3		55.6						64.3	59.0							35.9	$14,458
Moreno Valley Preparatory	Public, Charter	9-12	56 Camino Grande	Angel Fire	87710	Colfax County	Cimarron Municipal Schools	Yes	(n/a)	No	No	(575) 377-3100	40	6	7.0	35.0%	19 (47.5%)	0 (0.0%)	11 (27.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (25.0%)								(n/a)	≥ 80%	≥ 80%					≥ 80%	≥ 80%															$13,772
Maxwell Middle	Public	7-8	4th St And Parque	Maxwell	87728	Colfax County	Maxwell Municipal Schools	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(575) 375-2371	13	3	4.6	100.0%	4 (30.8%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (69.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)								(n/a)																							$19,502
Maxwell Elementary	Public	PK, KG-6	4th St And Parque	Maxwell	87728	Colfax County	Maxwell Municipal Schools	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(575) 375-2371	39	7	5.8	100.0%	7 (17.9%)	0 (0.0%)	31 (79.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (2.6%)								(n/a)															70.8								$17,608
Maxwell High	Public	9-12	4th St And Parque	Maxwell	87728	Colfax County	Maxwell Municipal Schools	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(575) 375-2371	35	5	7.3	100.0%	17 (48.6%)	0 (0.0%)	18 (51.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)								(n/a)																							$19,845
Longfellow Elementary	Public	PK, KG-2	700 East 4th	Raton	87740	Colfax County	Raton Public Schools	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(575) 445-9261	235	18	13.0	96.2%	47 (20.0%)	0 (0.0%)	184 (78.3%)	1 (0.4%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.9%)								(n/a)																							$9,732
Raton High	Public	7-12	1535 Tiger Circle	Raton	87740	Colfax County	Raton Public Schools	No	(n/a)	No	No	(575) 445-9261	350	24	14.8	98.9%	97 (27.7%)	1 (0.3%)	249 (71.1%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.6%)	25.2	92^nd of 132 public high schools	30.3%		29.9	81^st of 131 public high schools	38.2%	11	19.7		< 10%	< 10%		31.1	34.4	33.0					51.9	55.6	53.6					39.2	< 20%	27.1	$9,012
Raton Intermediate	Public	3-6	500 South Third	Raton	87740	Colfax County	Raton Public Schools	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(575) 445-9881	246	21	12.0	99.6%	53 (21.5%)	0 (0.0%)	192 (78.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.4%)	32.1	228^th of 346 public elementary schools	34.1%		37.2	200^th of 345 public elementary schools	42.0%	28					27.4				32.8	36.0	37.1	50.0			39.0	21.3	16.0	16.1	50.0			26.0	$8,233
Forrester Elementary	Public	PK, KG-2	311 Miranda	Springer	87747	Colfax County	Springer Municipal Schools	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(575) 483-3485	34	3	13.0	73.5%	5 (14.7%)	0 (0.0%)	28 (82.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (2.9%)								(n/a)																							$19,807
Springer High	Public	7-12	1401 8th St	Springer	87747	Colfax County	Springer Municipal Schools	No	(n/a)	No	No	(575) 483-3432	59	11	5.4	100.0%	10 (16.9%)	0 (0.0%)	49 (83.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)								(n/a)								47.1															$18,609
Wilferth Elementary	Public	3-6	311 Miranda	Springer	87747	Colfax County	Springer Municipal Schools	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(575) 483-3485	27	4	7.5	100.0%	3 (11.1%)	0 (0.0%)	24 (88.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)								(n/a)															25.0							< 20%	$16,249

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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.

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