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Best Public Schools in Union County, NM

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Schools

529

Students

Districts

5-star school

Top rankedDes Moines Elementary11^th of 346 New Mexico elementary schools

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Biggest riser

Alvis Elementary up 97 spots statewide this year

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Smallest classes

Clayton High 7.4 students per teacher

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Newly ranked this year

Des Moines Elementary

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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	Directly certified (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
Alvis Elementary	Public	PK, KG-4	404 Aspen St	Clayton	88415	Union County	Clayton Municipal Schools	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(575) 374-9611	152	13	12.1	45.4%	57 (37.5%)	4 (2.6%)	84 (55.3%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (4.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	77.5	53^rd of 346 public elementary schools	84.7%		48.4	150^th of 345 public elementary schools	56.5%	97									64.3	57.1					60.0	46.7						33.3	$13,662
Clayton High	Public	9-12	323 South 5th St	Clayton	88415	Union County	Clayton Municipal Schools	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(575) 374-9611	121	16	7.4	40.5%	41 (33.9%)	0 (0.0%)	79 (65.3%)	1 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)								(n/a)	33.3																						$14,535
Clayton Junior High	Public	7-8	224 Spruce St	Clayton	88415	Union County	Clayton Municipal Schools	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(575) 374-9611	61	7	8.7	32.8%	19 (31.1%)	0 (0.0%)	39 (63.9%)	1 (1.6%)	1 (1.6%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (1.6%)	78.5	30^th of 191 public middle schools	84.3%		65.4	53^rd of 192 public middle schools	72.4%	23						50.0							78.6	62.5	71.2					39.3	33.3	36.5	$10,682
Kiser Elementary	Public	5-6	224 Spruce St	Clayton	88415	Union County	Clayton Municipal Schools	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(575) 374-9611	63	5	13.6	46.0%	20 (31.7%)	3 (4.8%)	39 (61.9%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (1.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)								(n/a)					55.6						61.1	48.2			53.3			61.1	44.4			51.1	$11,372
Des Moines Elementary	Public	PK, KG-6	500 Des Moines Avenue	Des Moines	88418	Union County	Des Moines Municipal Schools	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(575) 278-2611	82	9	8.7	19.5%	51 (62.2%)	3 (3.7%)	28 (34.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	95.9	11^th of 346 public elementary schools	96.8%					(n/a)					69.2					≥ 80%	69.2				78.4		≥ 80%	69.2				81.1	$25,405
Des Moines High	Public	7-12	500 Des Moines Avenue	Des Moines	88418	Union County	Des Moines Municipal Schools	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(575) 278-2611	50	7	6.8	20.0%	37 (74.0%)	1 (2.0%)	12 (24.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)								(n/a)								77.8					≥ 80%		76.2					≥ 80%		≥ 90%	$21,539

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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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