Summary:
Taos International School is the single school in the Taos International School district, in Taos, New Mexico. Though classified as an elementary school, it serves grades K–8 and enrolls 179 students. Because the district contains only this one school, district and school results are identical in every reported subject. All students — 100% — were eligible for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024–2025, and the student-teacher ratio was a relatively low 10.8 to 1, which may allow more individual attention than schools with larger classes.
In 2025–2026, proficiency was below the state average in all three tested subjects. English language arts came in at 27.88% proficient versus 44.66% statewide, math at 11.32% versus 27.85%, and science at 25.00% versus 33.62%. Math is the most severe weakness, at less than half the state's rate. Grade-level results are more uneven, and many are suppressed by the state to protect student privacy — unknown, not zero. Where data are visible, 5th grade ELA (40.00% vs 42.26%) and 6th grade ELA (38.89% vs 39.14%) are close to state levels, while 5th grade science (23.33% vs 32.24%) trails. Every grade-level math score is suppressed, so math cannot be diagnosed by grade.
Year over year, ELA fell sharply, from 40.19% to 27.88% — a 12.31 percentage point drop — while state ELA held nearly steady. Math stayed essentially flat at a very low level, and science improved from 22.58% to 25.00%, narrowing its gap to the state by nearly 4 points. Despite low proficiency, the school's relative rank has risen, from 23rd percentile and 1 star to 35th percentile and 2 stars, now 224th of 346 schools. The most urgent priority is math, followed by understanding the ELA decline; the science gains and near-state 5th and 6th grade ELA results are bright spots to build on.
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