Beta You're viewing our redesigned school list. Prefer the classic layout?

Best Public Schools in Curry County, NM

New rankings! SchoolDigger recently updated its New Mexico rankings with newly released test scores for the 2025-26 school year.

Be the first to know when we post new rankings!

At a glance

Schools

7,524

Students

Districts

5-star schools

Top rankedTexico Middle6^th of 191 New Mexico middle schools

▲

Biggest riser

Mesa Elementary up 23 spots statewide this year

◉

Smallest classes

Melrose Elementary 7.9 students per teacher

✦

Newly ranked this year

Grady High

SchoolDigger ratings

5★

4★

3★

2★

1★

5 schools without a SchoolDigger rating (too few tested students)

See the top-ranked New Mexico schools →

Load more schools when map is moved

Ranking:

E Elementary M Middle H High A Alternative P Private

Choose columns to see: Summary School Students/Teachers Ranking Test Scores Finance All

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
Barry Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	3401 Thornton St	Clovis	88101	Curry County	Clovis Municipal Schools	No	(n/a)	No	No	(575) 769-4300	357	24	14.6	91.9%	158 (44.3%)	30 (8.4%)	120 (33.6%)	4 (1.1%)	3 (0.8%)	1 (0.3%)	41 (11.5%)	57.8	113^th of 346 public elementary schools	67.3%		57.3	110^th of 345 public elementary schools	68.1%	3					32.8				52.4	65.2	39.7				53.0	47.6	30.3	41.4				38.6	$7,887
Arts Academy At Bella Vista	Public	PK, KG-5	2900 Cesar Chavez Dr	Clovis	88101	Curry County	Clovis Municipal Schools	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(575) 769-4300	444	29	15.2	76.8%	41 (9.2%)	43 (9.7%)	337 (75.9%)	1 (0.2%)	2 (0.5%)	2 (0.5%)	18 (4.1%)	17	308^th of 346 public elementary schools	11.0%		20.3	293^rd of 345 public elementary schools	15.1%	15					18.2				32.4	33.3	29.1				31.8	18.3	23.2	18.2				20.0	$9,881
James Bickley Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	500 West 14th St	Clovis	88101	Curry County	Clovis Municipal Schools	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(575) 769-4300	305	20	15.0	73.8%	28 (9.2%)	18 (5.9%)	243 (79.7%)	3 (1.0%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	12 (3.9%)	15.3	313^th of 346 public elementary schools	9.5%		13.6	330^th of 345 public elementary schools	4.3%	17					17.5				20.9	16.1	35.0				23.0	< 20%	< 20%	32.5				12.2	$8,391
Clovis High	Public	9-12	1900 Thornton	Clovis	88101	Curry County	Clovis Municipal Schools	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(575) 769-4300	1,506	85	17.7	83.0%	354 (23.5%)	97 (6.4%)	980 (65.1%)	12 (0.8%)	2 (0.1%)	1 (0.1%)	60 (4.0%)	34.9	72^nd of 132 public high schools	45.5%		39.8	61^st of 131 public high schools	53.4%	11	34.7		11.6				34.5																$9,119
Highland Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	100 East Plains St	Clovis	88101	Curry County	Clovis Municipal Schools	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(575) 769-4445	268	19	13.9	79.9%	54 (20.1%)	20 (7.5%)	185 (69.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (2.6%)	31.8	231^st of 346 public elementary schools	33.2%		27	242^nd of 345 public elementary schools	29.9%	11					19.4				47.7	44.4	22.2				38.8	27.3	33.3	22.2				27.6	$9,919
La Casita Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	400 Davis St	Clovis	88101	Curry County	Clovis Municipal Schools	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(575) 769-4300	484	31	15.6		24 (5.0%)	9 (1.9%)	447 (92.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (0.8%)	22.5	282^nd of 346 public elementary schools	18.5%		19.1	303^rd of 345 public elementary schools	12.2%	21					30.3				28.1	44.7	24.6				33.2	< 10%	19.7	24.2				16.4	$10,544
Marshall 6th Grade Academy	Public	6	100 Commerce Way	Clovis	88101	Curry County	Clovis Municipal Schools	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(575) 769-4300	511	43	11.8	83.8%	131 (25.6%)	25 (4.9%)	329 (64.4%)	5 (1.0%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	19 (3.7%)								(n/a)												40.7							37.0				$8,513
Parkview Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	2501 E. 14th St	Clovis	88101	Curry County	Clovis Municipal Schools	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(575) 769-4300	389	30	12.9	85.1%	66 (17.0%)	13 (3.3%)	294 (75.6%)	2 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	13 (3.3%)	39.4	197^th of 346 public elementary schools	43.1%		33.5	210^th of 345 public elementary schools	39.1%	13					43.6				40.0	38.3	40.0				39.4	31.7	23.3	34.6				29.7	$8,918
Sandia Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	2801 Lore St	Clovis	88101	Curry County	Clovis Municipal Schools	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(575) 769-4300	338	24	14.3	85.8%	62 (18.3%)	15 (4.4%)	244 (72.2%)	1 (0.3%)	1 (0.3%)	1 (0.3%)	14 (4.1%)	39.4	196^th of 346 public elementary schools	43.4%		50	134^th of 345 public elementary schools	61.2%	62					25.6				33.3	72.1	34.1				48.4	20.4	33.9	25.0				26.9	$8,341
Yucca Middle	Public	7-8	1500 Sycamore	Clovis	88101	Curry County	Clovis Municipal Schools	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(575) 769-4300	480	28	17.2	85.4%	107 (22.3%)	29 (6.0%)	328 (68.3%)	3 (0.6%)	1 (0.2%)	2 (0.4%)	10 (2.1%)	45.1	91^st of 191 public middle schools	52.4%		41.5	98^th of 192 public middle schools	49.0%	7						33.3							51.9	43.8	48.0					31.3	17.5	24.6	$7,668
Zia Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	2400 Norris St	Clovis	88101	Curry County	Clovis Municipal Schools	No	(n/a)	No	No	(575) 769-4300	398	26	15.1	86.9%	154 (38.7%)	19 (4.8%)	192 (48.2%)	5 (1.3%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	27 (6.8%)	54.6	127^th of 346 public elementary schools	63.3%		69.4	74^th of 345 public elementary schools	78.6%	53					37.0				43.3	55.7	60.3				53.6	18.3	32.8	46.6				33.5	$7,685
W D Gattis Middle School	Public	6-8	5100 N. Thornton Street	Clovis	88101	Curry County	Clovis Municipal Schools	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(575) 769-4305	527	37	14.3	88.2%	138 (26.2%)	46 (8.7%)	312 (59.2%)	5 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.6%)	23 (4.4%)	51.9	77^th of 191 public middle schools	59.7%		44	92^nd of 192 public middle schools	52.1%	15						38.0							55.1	46.9	51.0					30.2	22.8	26.5	$8,769
Iacademy	Public, Alternative	K-12	1400 Cameo St	Clovis	88101	Curry County	Clovis Municipal Schools	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(575) 935-3259	131	11	12.1	84.7%	32 (24.4%)	5 (3.8%)	89 (67.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (3.8%)								(n/a)								26.5						53.3	30.8							< 20%
Mesa Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	4801 Norris	Clovis	88101	Curry County	Clovis Municipal Schools	No	(n/a)	No	No	(575) 769-4300	389	28	13.8	88.9%	161 (41.4%)	24 (6.2%)	163 (41.9%)	12 (3.1%)	3 (0.8%)	2 (0.5%)	24 (6.2%)	89.5	25^th of 346 public elementary schools	92.8%		79.1	48^th of 345 public elementary schools	86.1%	23					53.7				68.7	68.8	61.1				66.5	50.8	56.3	61.1				55.7	$7,744
Grady Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	100 Franklin St	Grady	88120	Curry County	Grady Municipal Schools	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(575) 357-2192	77	8	10.0	89.6%	54 (70.1%)	4 (5.2%)	18 (23.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (1.3%)								(n/a)									78.6						80.0	64.3						53.3	$20,713
Grady High	Public	9-12	100 Franklin St	Grady	88120	Curry County	Grady Municipal Schools	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(575) 357-2192	52	12	4.2	98.1%	30 (57.7%)	1 (1.9%)	18 (34.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (5.8%)	93.9	10^th of 132 public high schools	92.4%					(n/a)	66.7						73.3																$8,706
Grady Middle School	Public	6-8	100 Franklin St	Grady	88120	Curry County	Grady Municipal Schools	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(575) 357-2192	46	3	13.1	95.7%	27 (58.7%)	1 (2.2%)	18 (39.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	87.8	20^th of 191 public middle schools	89.5%		84.9	24^th of 192 public middle schools	87.5%	4						50.0						68.8	68.8	57.1	65.2				62.5	75.0		60.9	$25,231
Llano Estacado Online	Public, Virtual	9-12	100 Franklin St	Grady	88120	Curry County	Grady Municipal Schools	No	(n/a)	Yes	(n/a)	(575) 357-2192	0	0			0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()								(n/a)
Melrose Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	100 Missouri Ave	Melrose	88124	Curry County	Melrose Public Schools	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(575) 253-4269	120	15	7.9	98.3%	84 (70.0%)	0 (0.0%)	27 (22.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (7.5%)	65.3	87^th of 346 public elementary schools	74.9%		88.7	30^th of 345 public elementary schools	91.3%	57									50.0	66.7	43.8				53.6							19.6	$13,204
Melrose High	Public	9-12	100 Missouri Ave	Melrose	88124	Curry County	Melrose Public Schools	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(575) 253-4267	79	6	14.9	98.7%	55 (69.6%)	1 (1.3%)	16 (20.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (8.9%)	54	49^th of 132 public high schools	62.9%		92.4	13^th of 131 public high schools	90.1%	36	45.0						40.0																$22,843
Melrose Junior	Public	6-8	100 Missouri Ave	Melrose	88124	Curry County	Melrose Public Schools	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(575) 253-4269	72	8	8.5	100.0%	46 (63.9%)	1 (1.4%)	23 (31.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (2.8%)								(n/a)													43.8		38.3				50.0			31.9	$20,360
Texico Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	520 North Griffin	Texico	88135	Curry County	Texico Municipal Schools	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(575) 482-3801	246	18	13.5		120 (48.8%)	5 (2.0%)	114 (46.3%)	3 (1.2%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.4%)	3 (1.2%)	95.5	14^th of 346 public elementary schools	96.0%		98.7	5^th of 345 public elementary schools	98.6%	9					56.8				82.5	84.2	70.5				78.7	65.0	69.2	61.4				65.0	$10,319
Texico High	Public	9-12	520 North Griffin	Texico	88135	Curry County	Texico Municipal Schools	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(575) 482-3801	168	21	7.9		88 (52.4%)	6 (3.6%)	67 (39.9%)	1 (0.6%)	4 (2.4%)	1 (0.6%)	1 (0.6%)	79.3	31^st of 132 public high schools	76.5%		77.7	27^th of 131 public high schools	79.4%	4	62.5		43.8				43.8																$13,347
Texico Middle	Public	6-8	520 North Griffin	Texico	88135	Curry County	Texico Municipal Schools	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(575) 482-3801	137	11	12.3		86 (62.8%)	0 (0.0%)	48 (35.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (1.5%)	97.8	6^th of 191 public middle schools	96.9%		91.9	17^th of 192 public middle schools	91.1%	11						66.7						75.6	82.9	81.0	79.7				71.4	85.7	69.1	74.8	$9,989

SchoolDigger rankings lists for New Mexico:

Elementary Schools Middle Schools High Schools Districts Cities

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.

IMPORTANT DISCLAIMERS: Not all boundaries are included. We make every effort to ensure that boundaries are up-to-date. But it's important to note that these are approximations and are for general informational purposes only. To verify legal descriptions of boundaries or school locations, contact your local tax assessor's office and/or school district.