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Best Public Schools in Guadalupe County, NM

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At a glance

Schools

643

Students

Districts

Top rankedSanta Rosa Middle50^th of 191 New Mexico middle schools

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Biggest riser

Santa Rosa Middle up 4 spots statewide this year

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Smallest classes

Santa Rosa High 8.5 students per teacher

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Newly ranked this year

Anton Chico Middle and 1 more

SchoolDigger ratings

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

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Ranking:

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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
Vaughn Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	101 4th	Vaughn	88353	Guadalupe County	Vaughn Municipal Schools	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(575) 584-2283	43	7	6.2	97.7%	6 (14.0%)	0 (0.0%)	36 (83.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (2.3%)								(n/a)
Vaughn High	Public	6-12	101 4th	Vaughn	88353	Guadalupe County	Vaughn Municipal Schools	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(575) 584-2283	27	5	5.2	96.3%	3 (11.1%)	0 (0.0%)	24 (88.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)								(n/a)
Guadalupe County Corrections	Public	8-12	South Hwy 54	Santa Rosa	88435	Guadalupe County	Nm Corrections	No	(n/a)	No	No	(575) 472-1001	1	0			0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (100.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)								(n/a)
Anton Chico Middle	Public	6-8	1753 State Hwy 119	Anton Chico	87711	Guadalupe County	Santa Rosa Consolidated Schools	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(575) 472-3171	31	6	5.5	100.0%	1 (3.2%)	0 (0.0%)	30 (96.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	13.8	171^st of 191 public middle schools	10.5%					(n/a)						10.0						33.7	35.3	28.6	32.0				13.0	6.9	5.8	8.1	$22,867
Rita A. Marquez Elementary	Public	K-5	Main St	Anton Chico	87711	Guadalupe County	Santa Rosa Consolidated Schools	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(575) 472-3171	51	5	10.0	98.0%	1 (2.0%)	0 (0.0%)	50 (98.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	8.3	339^th of 346 public elementary schools	2.0%					(n/a)					14.3				27.6	28.4	25.0				27.3	6.5	< 10%	< 20%				5.4	$9,101
Santa Rosa Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	658 5th St	Santa Rosa	88435	Guadalupe County	Santa Rosa Consolidated Schools	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(575) 472-3171	203	19	10.5	95.6%	10 (4.9%)	0 (0.0%)	189 (93.1%)	3 (1.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.5%)	49.3	151^st of 346 public elementary schools	56.4%		49.3	138^th of 345 public elementary schools	60.0%	13					29.6				51.4	56.3	51.9				53.2	25.7	28.1	37.0				29.8	$11,353
Santa Rosa High	Public	9-12	717 3rd St	Santa Rosa	88435	Guadalupe County	Santa Rosa Consolidated Schools	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(575) 472-3171	193	23	8.5	99.0%	7 (3.6%)	0 (0.0%)	183 (94.8%)	2 (1.0%)	1 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	14.8	124^th of 132 public high schools	6.1%		20.7	106^th of 131 public high schools	19.1%	18	22.6		< 5%	< 5%			19.4																$13,543
Santa Rosa Middle	Public	6-8	116 Camino de Vida	Santa Rosa	88435	Guadalupe County	Santa Rosa Consolidated Schools	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(575) 472-3171	94	8	11.6	100.0%	1 (1.1%)	0 (0.0%)	92 (97.9%)	1 (1.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	69.2	50^th of 191 public middle schools	73.8%		65.3	54^th of 192 public middle schools	71.9%	4						51.7						50.0	63.3	72.4	61.8				33.3	33.3		29.2	$11,785

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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.

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.