Summary:
Cloudcroft Municipal Schools is a small New Mexico district serving 429 students across three schools that together cover PK–12: Cloudcroft Elementary (PK–5, 186 students), Cloudcroft Middle (6–8, 105 students), and Cloudcroft High (9–12, 138 students). The district ranks 22nd of 87 in New Mexico — the 75th percentile — with 4 stars, placing it above the state average overall.
Both Cloudcroft Elementary and Cloudcroft Middle are strong performers. Elementary ranked 45th of 346 elementary schools (87th percentile, 4 stars), with all-grades language arts at 69.05% and math at 45.24% versus state figures of 43.34% and 25.54%. Middle is the district's academic engine, ranking 21st of 191 middle schools (89th percentile, 4 stars), with language arts at 66.3% and math at 53.26%. Its 8th-grade science result of 70.97% is more than double the state's 34.19%. Notably, Middle has the district's highest free/reduced-lunch rate at 49.52%, while High has the lowest student-teacher ratio (10.2) but the lowest rank percentile.
Cloudcroft High shows a more mixed picture: 55th of 132 high schools (58th percentile, 3 stars), down from 90th percentile with 5 stars in 2023–2024. Its graduation rate of 90.8% beats the state's 80.6%, and 11th-grade language arts (41.18%) and science (38.24%) both edge out state averages. Math is the clear concern — the all-grades and 11th-grade NM Combined math results are under 20%, and the SAT School Day math result is also under 20%; these are reported as bounds, so exact gaps cannot be determined. Eleventh-grade science also fell from 75% in 2024–2025 to 38.24% in 2025–2026, though those are different school years.
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