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Best Public Schools in Lincoln County, NM

At a glance

Schools

2,601

Students

Districts

Top rankedCapitan Elementary69^th of 346 New Mexico elementary schools

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Biggest riser

Capitan Elementary up 10 spots statewide this year

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Smallest classes

Capitan High 8.2 students per teacher

SchoolDigger ratings

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

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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/reduced lunch (2024-25)	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
Capitan Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	150 South Forest Ave	Capitan	88316	Lincoln County	Capitan Municipal Schools	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(575) 354-2239	207	18	11.6	33.3%	123 (59.4%)	2 (1.0%)	75 (36.2%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (2.9%)	70.3	69^th of 346 public elementary schools	80.1%		67.8	79^th of 345 public elementary schools	77.1%	10					37.1				62.5	75.0	48.6				60.4	46.9	54.2	34.3				44.0	$11,595
Capitan High	Public	9-12	519 Smokey Bear Blvd	Capitan	88316	Lincoln County	Capitan Municipal Schools	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(575) 354-2239	134	16	8.2	28.4%	87 (64.9%)	0 (0.0%)	39 (29.1%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (5.2%)	46	58^th of 132 public high schools	56.1%		51.5	50^th of 131 public high schools	61.8%	8	34.2		< 20%	< 20%			43.2																$12,874
Capitan Middle	Public	6-8	519 Smokey Bear Blvd	Capitan	88316	Lincoln County	Capitan Municipal Schools	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(575) 354-2239	102	8	12.3	30.4%	62 (60.8%)	1 (1.0%)	31 (30.4%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (1.0%)	1 (1.0%)	6 (5.9%)	46.4	89^th of 191 public middle schools	53.4%		54.3	66^th of 192 public middle schools	65.6%	23						43.8						38.7	48.3	43.8	43.5				32.3	27.6	< 20%	26.1	$11,085
Carrizozo Elementary	Public	K-5	800 D Ave	Carrizozo	88301	Lincoln County	Carrizozo Municipal Schools	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(575) 648-2348	72	6	11.6	—	33 (45.8%)	2 (2.8%)	35 (48.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (2.8%)								(n/a)										66.7	≥ 80%				68.3			66.7				34.2	$20,738
Carrizozo High	Public	9-12	800 D Ave	Carrizozo	88301	Lincoln County	Carrizozo Municipal Schools	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(575) 648-2348	47	6	7.4	—	18 (38.3%)	4 (8.5%)	25 (53.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)								(n/a)																							$16,768
Carrizozo Middle	Public	6-8	800 D Ave	Carrizozo	88301	Lincoln County	Carrizozo Municipal Schools	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(575) 648-2348	25	5	5.5	—	14 (56.0%)	1 (4.0%)	10 (40.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)								(n/a)															44.4								$15,857
Corona Elementary	Public	PK, KG-6	531 Franklin St	Corona	88318	Lincoln County	Corona Municipal Schools	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(575) 849-1711	62	8	7.7	45.2%	40 (64.5%)	0 (0.0%)	18 (29.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (6.5%)								(n/a)										66.7					75.0	70.0						46.4	$31,188
Corona High	Public	7-12	531 Franklin St	Corona	88318	Lincoln County	Corona Municipal Schools	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(575) 849-1911	40	6	6.1	40.0%	25 (62.5%)	0 (0.0%)	14 (35.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (2.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)								(n/a)																							$38,078
Hondo Elementary	Public	PK, KG-6	111 Don Pablo Lane	Hondo	88336	Lincoln County	Hondo Valley Public Schools	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(575) 653-4411	78	9	8.4	84.6%	10 (12.8%)	1 (1.3%)	61 (78.2%)	1 (1.3%)	1 (1.3%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (5.1%)								(n/a)															35.5							32.3	$18,524
Hondo High	Public	7-12	111 Don Pablo Lane	Hondo	88336	Lincoln County	Hondo Valley Public Schools	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(575) 653-4411	46	7	6.7	97.8%	6 (13.0%)	0 (0.0%)	39 (84.8%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (2.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)								(n/a)																							$20,313
Sierra Vista Primary	Public	PK, KG-2	199 White Mountain Dr	Ruidoso	88345	Lincoln County	Ruidoso Municipal Schools	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(575) 258-6400	514	41	12.5	96.3%	129 (25.1%)	5 (1.0%)	282 (54.9%)	7 (1.4%)	75 (14.6%)	1 (0.2%)	15 (2.9%)								(n/a)																							$9,641
Ruidoso High	Public	9-12	125 Warrior Dr	Ruidoso	88345	Lincoln County	Ruidoso Municipal Schools	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(575) 630-7900	527	32	16.5	—	131 (24.9%)	2 (0.4%)	300 (56.9%)	10 (1.9%)	70 (13.3%)	1 (0.2%)	13 (2.5%)	37.2	69^th of 132 public high schools	47.7%		43.1	56^th of 131 public high schools	57.3%	13	37.6		7.9				38.6																$9,716
White Mountain Elementary	Public	3-5	203 White Mountain Dr	Ruidoso	88345	Lincoln County	Ruidoso Municipal Schools	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(575) 258-6300	374	27	13.9	—	93 (24.9%)	1 (0.3%)	210 (56.1%)	5 (1.3%)	54 (14.4%)	0 (0.0%)	11 (2.9%)	39.7	195^th of 346 public elementary schools	43.6%		44.3	169^th of 345 public elementary schools	51.0%	26					28.8				31.6	47.3	38.4				39.0	18.4	44.6	42.4				35.2	$8,607
Ruidoso Middle	Public	6-8	123 Warrior Dr	Ruidoso	88345	Lincoln County	Ruidoso Municipal Schools	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(575) 630-7800	373	33	11.2	—	91 (24.4%)	4 (1.1%)	219 (58.7%)	4 (1.1%)	45 (12.1%)	2 (0.5%)	8 (2.1%)	51.2	79^th of 191 public middle schools	58.6%		56	65^th of 192 public middle schools	66.1%	14						44.8						47.2	53.4	56.0	52.0				21.6	33.0	16.4	23.3	$8,774

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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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