Cloudcroft

Summary:

The Cloudcroft school district in New Mexico consists of three schools: Cloudcroft Elementary, Cloudcroft High, and Cloudcroft Middle. These schools serve students from pre-kindergarten through 12th grade and have consistently demonstrated strong academic performance, particularly at the middle and high school levels.

Cloudcroft High School stands out as a top performer, ranking 17th out of 172 New Mexico high schools in 2023-2024 and earning a 5-star rating from SchoolDigger. The school boasts an impressive 75% proficiency rate in 11th grade science, significantly higher than the state average of 41.69%. Additionally, Cloudcroft High maintains a relatively low student-teacher ratio of 10.2, suggesting a more personalized learning environment.

Cloudcroft Middle School is another standout, ranking 19th out of 192 New Mexico middle schools in 2024-2025 and also earning a 5-star rating from SchoolDigger. The school demonstrates exceptional performance in English Language Arts, with a 67.39% proficiency rate across all grades, compared to the state average of 44.19%. Cloudcroft Middle also excels in mathematics, with a 51.09% proficiency rate across all grades, significantly higher than the state average of 26.81%. The school's 8th grade science proficiency rate of 67.86% is also much higher than the state average of 34.46%.

District Detail

10 Swallow Place
Cloudcroft, NM 88317

(575) 601-4416

SchoolDigger Rank:
10^th of 82 New Mexico districts

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Grades served: PK, KG-12
Students: 429

Primary Schools: 1
Middle Schools: 1
High Schools: 1
Alternative Schools: 0

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				NM-ASR Science (2025)			NM-MSSA English Language Arts (2025)							NM-MSSA Mathematics (2025)							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	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	Rank Change from Previous Year	NM-ASR Science 5th Grade	NM-ASR Science 8th Grade	NM-ASR Science 11th Grade	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
Cloudcroft Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	810 James Canyon Hwy	Cloudcroft	88317	Otero County	Cloudcroft	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(575) 601-4416	186	13	14.5	33.3%	117 (62.9%)	1 (0.5%)	51 (27.4%)	1 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	16 (8.6%)	70	71^st of 345 public elementary schools	79.4%		85.5	45^th of 413 public elementary schools	89.1%	26	37.5			62.5	63.6	62.5				62.9	31.3	36.4	40.6				36.1	$12,522
Cloudcroft High	Public	9-12	310 James Canyon Hwy	Cloudcroft	88317	Otero County	Cloudcroft	No	(n/a)	No	No	(575) 601-4416	138	14	10.2	39.9%	101 (73.2%)	2 (1.4%)	27 (19.6%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (1.4%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (4.3%)								(n/a)			75.0															$13,689
Cloudcroft Middle	Public	6-8	810 James Canyon Hwy	Cloudcroft	88317	Otero County	Cloudcroft	No	(n/a)	No	No	(575) 601-4416	105	8	13.5	49.5%	64 (61.0%)	5 (4.8%)	27 (25.7%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (1.0%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (7.6%)	87.4	19^th of 192 public middle schools	90.1%		78	13^th of 165 public middle schools	92.1%	6		67.9					77.4	66.7	57.1	67.4				67.7	45.5	39.3	51.1	$10,862

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Alamogordo	5.51 mi	15	35^th
Nm School For The Blind And Visually Impaired	13.08 mi	2
Tularosa	17.66 mi	4	68^th
Mescalero Apache School	18.48 mi	1
Ruidoso	27.5 mi	4	39^th

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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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