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Best Public Schools in De Baca County, NM

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Schools

283

Students

Top rankedFort Sumner High44^th of 132 New Mexico high schools

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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 Mathematics 11th Grade	NM-ASR Science 5th Grade	NM-ASR Science 8th Grade	NM-ASR Science 11th Grade	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
Fort Sumner Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	1001 Sumner Ave	Fort Sumner	88119	De Baca County	Fort Sumner Municipal Schools	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(575) 355-7734	124	13	9.3	65.3%	32 (25.8%)	0 (0.0%)	83 (66.9%)	3 (2.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (4.8%)	51.2	144^th of 346 public elementary schools	58.4%		79.8	46^th of 345 public elementary schools	86.7%	98			38.9			47.8		44.4				50.0	30.4		38.9				31.3	$5,491
Fort Sumner High	Public	9-12	1001 Sumner Ave	Fort Sumner	88119	De Baca County	Fort Sumner Municipal Schools	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(575) 355-7734	89	11	8.3	57.3%	35 (39.3%)	0 (0.0%)	52 (58.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (2.2%)	57.9	44^th of 132 public high schools	66.7%		74.6	29^th of 131 public high schools	77.9%	15	54.1	18.9			40.5															$9,049
Fort Sumner Middle	Public	6-8	1001 Sumner Ave	Fort Sumner	88119	De Baca County	Fort Sumner Municipal Schools	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(575) 355-7734	70	4	15.9	55.7%	24 (34.3%)	0 (0.0%)	42 (60.0%)	1 (1.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (4.3%)	56.2	71^st of 191 public middle schools	62.8%		61.3	60^th of 192 public middle schools	68.8%	11				26.9					57.1	61.1	46.2	53.5					38.9		27.6	$11,679

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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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