Summary:
Dulce Independent Schools is a small rural New Mexico district serving about 554 students across three schools — Dulce Elementary (PK–5, 264 students), Dulce Middle (6–8, 130 students), and Dulce High (9–12, 160 students). The district is ranked 86th of 87 in the state, in the 1st percentile with 0 stars, and all three schools carry that ranking. Free/reduced lunch rates are roughly 98–99% at every campus — near universal economic disadvantage that is important context for reading the results.
Comparing the schools, Dulce Elementary has the most favorable student-teacher ratio at 8.2 and the highest exact all-grade ELA proficiency at 19.57%, including the district's top exact score, 4th grade ELA at 30% (state: 50.36%). Dulce Middle has the highest student-teacher ratio at 14 and the weakest math result, reported as under 10% at the all-grade level, though its 6th grade ELA of 28.12% is a relative bright spot (state: 38.9%). Dulce High is the one clear standout: its 2024–2025 graduation rate of 87.6% beats the state's 80.6% by 7.0 points, and it earned 1 star in 2022–2023 and 2023–2024.
Math is the district's most severe weakness. Elementary all-grade math is 5.07% against the state's 25.54%, middle math is reported only as under 10%, and high school all-grade math is under 20% versus 25.54% statewide. ELA and science also trail the state at every school. Many math and science figures are given only as bounds such as "under 20%" or "under 10%," so they cannot be treated as exact or compared precisely to state values. The overall picture: severe academic challenges district-wide, with graduation at Dulce High and a few grade-level ELA results as the main positives.
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