Summary:
Bernalillo Public Schools is a 10-school district in New Mexico — five elementary schools, four middle schools, and one high school — serving about 2,644 students, and it ranks 82 of 87 districts in the state, at roughly the 6th percentile. Every school reports 100% free/reduced lunch for 2024-2025, so economic need is district-wide, not limited to a few campuses.
Placitas Elementary is the district's clear standout, serving 112 students in grades K-6. It ranked 15 of 345 schools in 2024-2025, in the 96th percentile with 5 stars, and its all-grade ELA was 65.96 versus the district's 31.17 and the state's 43.34; math was 42.55 versus 13.80 district and 25.54 state. Santo Domingo Elementary is the turnaround story, climbing from the 1st percentile in 2022-2023 to the 65th percentile in 2025-2026, with ELA now above the state. There are also bright spots in individual grades, such as Santo Domingo Middle's 8th grade ELA, Wd Carroll Elementary's 3rd grade math, and Algodones Elementary's 3rd grade ELA, all above state averages.
The biggest concern is Bernalillo High, the largest school with 824 students. It ranked 132 of 132 in 2025-2026, at the 0th percentile with 0 stars, its graduation rate was 72.9% against the state's 80.6%, and its 11th grade math is under 5%. District-wide, scores trail the state by about 12 points in math and more than 20 points in science, and the middle schools feeding the high school generally score below state levels too. Note that many values at smaller schools are state-suppressed, and some, like Cochiti Elementary's all-grade math, are reported only as under 10%, so exact comparisons there are not possible.
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