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Best Public Schools in Colfax County, NM

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Schools

1,378

Students

Districts

5-star school

Top rankedCimarron Middle16^th of 192 New Mexico middle schools

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Biggest riser

Raton High up 3 spots statewide this year

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Smallest classes

Raton Intermediate 12 students per teacher

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Newly ranked this year

Cimarron High

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				SAT School Day English Language Arts (2025)	NM-ASR Science (2025)				NM-MSSA English Language Arts (2025)							NM-MSSA Mathematics (2025)						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	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	Rank Change from Previous Year	SAT School Day English Language Arts 11th Grade	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 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	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)																			$15,738
Cimarron High	Public	9-12	165 North Collison Ave	Cimarron	87714	Colfax County	Cimarron	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%)	70.5	32^nd of 131 public high schools	75.6%					(n/a)	44.4			66.7															$17,101
Eagle Nest Elementary	Public	PK, KG-4	132 North Collison	Eagle Nest	87718	Colfax County	Cimarron	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)												50.0						38.9	$17,141
Eagle Nest Middle	Public	5-8	225 Lake St	Eagle Nest	87718	Colfax County	Cimarron	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%)								(n/a)					36.4					46.7		36.7							$11,355
Cimarron Middle	Public	5-8	132 North Collison Ave	Cimarron	87714	Colfax County	Cimarron	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%)	92	16^th of 192 public middle schools	91.7%		76	14^th of 165 public middle schools	91.5%	2		70.0			75.0			70.0		66.7	70.0	64.3					58.3	54.8	$14,458
Moreno Valley High	Public, Charter	9-12	56 Camino Grande	Angel Fire	87710	Colfax County	Cimarron	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)																			$13,772
Maxwell Middle	Public	7-8	4th St And Parque	Maxwell	87728	Colfax County	Maxwell	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	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)												55.6							$17,608
Maxwell High	Public	9-12	4th St And Parque	Maxwell	87728	Colfax County	Maxwell	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	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	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%)	29.9	81^st of 131 public high schools	38.2%		38.1	84^th of 172 public high schools	51.2%	3	32.6		24.5	36.6	30.0					41.5	34.0	37.9					24.5	15.5	$9,012
Raton Intermediate	Public	3-6	500 South Third	Raton	87740	Colfax County	Raton	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%)	37.2	200^th of 345 public elementary schools	42.0%		51	169^th of 413 public elementary schools	59.1%	31		26.6				29.1	28.6	37.5	49.0			35.5	28.6	11.1	43.8	49.0		32.3	$8,233
Forrester Elementary	Public	PK, KG-2	311 Miranda	Springer	87747	Colfax County	Springer	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	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)					33.3							76.9							$18,609
Wilferth Elementary	Public	3-6	311 Miranda	Springer	87747	Colfax County	Springer	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)												46.2							$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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