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Grants-Cibola County Schools

At a glance

64^thof 87 New Mexico districts▲ 2

Better than 26% of New Mexico districts

Elementary 7 Middle 2 High 3Grades PK, KG-12

413 W Roosevelt Ave
Grants, NM 87020·(505) 285-2603·All New Mexico district rankings →

Statewide performance 2017–2026

2026: better than 26.4% of districts

Schools

3,056

Students

Top rankedGccs Early College High School25^th of 132 New Mexico high schools

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Biggest riser

Milan Elementary up 19 spots statewide this year

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Smallest classes

Laguna-Acoma High 7.9 students per teacher

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Newly ranked this year

Gccs Early College High School

SchoolDigger ratings

4★

3★

2★

1★

5 schools without a SchoolDigger rating (too few tested students)

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Summary:

Grants-Cibola County Schools is a high-poverty New Mexico district serving 12 schools — 7 elementary, 2 middle, and 3 high — with 3,056 students in total. The district is ranked 64th of 87 statewide (26th percentile, 1 star), so school results should be read against a low district baseline. Free/reduced-lunch rates are very high: 10 of 12 schools are at or above roughly 93%, with several at 98–100%. Bluewater Elementary is the clear exception at 61.9%. Student-teacher ratios are generally low, ranging from 2.1 at Laguna-Acoma Middle to 12.1 at Grants High, averaging about 7.9.

The academic bright spots are small schools. Bluewater Elementary is the strongest: 15th of 413 in 2023-24 (96th percentile, 5 stars), with all-grade Language Arts at 56.41% versus the district's 34.03% and the state's 43.34%, and Math at 41.03% versus 16.37% and 25.54%. Cubero Elementary is more consistent — 111th of 346 in 2025-26 (68th percentile, 3 stars) — with Language Arts at 45.45% and Math at 40.91%, both above district and state. GCCS Early College High School is the high-school standout, ranked 25th of 132 (81st percentile, 4 stars), with 11th-grade Language Arts and Science both at 58.33% despite 100% free/reduced lunch. Mount Taylor Elementary also beats the district in Language Arts.

Math is the district-wide weak point. Los Alamitos Middle's all-grade Math is 8.88% against the district's 16.37% and the state's 25.54%, with 8th-grade Math at 6.7%. Grants High's all-grade and 11th-grade Math are both under 5%, Laguna-Acoma High is under 20% in math, and district 11th-grade SAT Math is 4.04% versus the state's 12.53%. Laguna-Acoma High's 89.0% graduation rate stands out — above the district's 80.1% and the state's 80.6% — while Grants High's is 77.0%. Note that Bluewater Elementary, San Rafael Elementary, Laguna-Acoma Middle, Seboyeta Elementary, and parts of GCCS Early College High School have many suppressed scores; those are unknown, not zero.

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Ranking:

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2026)				Ranking (2025)				SAT School Day English Language Arts (2026)		SAT School Day Mathematics (2026)		NM-ASR Science (2026)				NM-MSSA English Language Arts (2026)							NM-MSSA Mathematics (2026)							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/reduced lunch (2024-25)	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2026)	Statewide Rank (2026)	State Percentile (2026)	SchoolDigger Rating (2026)	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	Rank Change from Previous Year	SAT School Day English Language Arts 11th Grade	SAT School Day English Language Arts All Grades	SAT School Day Mathematics 11th Grade	SAT School Day Mathematics All Grades	NM-ASR Science 5th Grade	NM-ASR Science 8th Grade	NM-ASR Science 11th Grade	NM-ASR Science All Grades	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
Bluewater Elementary	Public	K-6	15 West Chess Rd	Bluewater	87020	Cibola County	Grants-Cibola County Schools	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(505) 285-2694	63	11	5.7	61.9%	28 (44.4%)	3 (4.8%)	13 (20.6%)	0 (0.0%)	19 (30.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)								(n/a)										57.1					56.4							41.0	$13,064
Cubero Elementary	Public	K-6	28 Baca Rd.	Cubero	87020	Cibola County	Grants-Cibola County Schools	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(505) 285-2705	197	24	8.1	87.3%	2 (1.0%)	0 (0.0%)	29 (14.7%)	5 (2.5%)	161 (81.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	58.5	111^th of 346 public elementary schools	67.9%		53.7	121^st of 345 public elementary schools	64.9%	10					42.9				45.2	53.6	38.1	46.4			46.3	22.6		76.2	60.7			41.7	$9,958
Grants High	Public	9-12	500 Mountain Rd	Grants	87020	Cibola County	Grants-Cibola County Schools	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(505) 285-2651	807	67	12.1	93.2%	99 (12.3%)	6 (0.7%)	331 (41.0%)	12 (1.5%)	351 (43.5%)	1 (0.1%)	7 (0.9%)	19.6	108^th of 132 public high schools	18.2%		39.2	63^rd of 131 public high schools	51.9%	45	25.6		< 5%	< 5%			23.4																$10,412
Laguna-Acoma High	Public	9-12	282 Casa Blanca Road Exit 108	Casa Blanca	87020	Cibola County	Grants-Cibola County Schools	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(505) 285-2667	193	24	7.9	—	1 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (4.7%)	1 (0.5%)	177 (91.7%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (2.6%)								(n/a)	< 20%	< 20%	< 20%	< 20%			34.3																$15,690
Los Alamitos Middle	Public	7-8	1100 Mt Taylor Ave	Grants	87020	Cibola County	Grants-Cibola County Schools	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(505) 285-2683	416	37	11.2	94.2%	43 (10.3%)	5 (1.2%)	166 (39.9%)	3 (0.7%)	191 (45.9%)	2 (0.5%)	6 (1.4%)	14.2	170^th of 191 public middle schools	11.0%		22.8	150^th of 192 public middle schools	21.9%	20						16.3							25.7	34.9	30.3					11.3	6.8	9.0	$10,183
Mesa View Elementary	Public	PK, KG-6	400 East Washington	Grants	87020	Cibola County	Grants-Cibola County Schools	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(505) 285-2717	465	41	11.3	94.6%	31 (6.7%)	6 (1.3%)	197 (42.4%)	15 (3.2%)	212 (45.6%)	1 (0.2%)	3 (0.6%)	25.9	263^rd of 346 public elementary schools	24.0%		25.9	251^st of 345 public elementary schools	27.2%	12					32.0				16.7	35.2	38.0	30.5			29.6	< 20%	14.8	28.0	39.0			21.5	$10,316
Milan Elementary	Public	PK, KG-6	404 Sand	Milan	87020	Cibola County	Grants-Cibola County Schools	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(505) 285-2727	410	37	11.0	—	90 (22.0%)	13 (3.2%)	218 (53.2%)	3 (0.7%)	85 (20.7%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	34.3	220^th of 346 public elementary schools	36.4%		27.2	239^th of 345 public elementary schools	30.7%	19					27.1				20.5	50.9	44.1	33.9			38.1	< 20%	34.6	22.0	< 10%			18.8	$10,237
Mount Taylor Elementary	Public	PK, KG-6	1607 Del Norte	Grants	87020	Cibola County	Grants-Cibola County Schools	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(505) 285-2740	347	34	10.3	94.2%	38 (11.0%)	10 (2.9%)	115 (33.1%)	2 (0.6%)	179 (51.6%)	1 (0.3%)	2 (0.6%)	39.4	198^th of 346 public elementary schools	42.8%		33.1	212^th of 345 public elementary schools	38.6%	14					< 20%			< 20%	44.2	56.0	26.1	44.4			43.0	< 20%	20.0	< 20%	31.5			18.1	$8,740
San Rafael Elementary	Public	K-6	27 Mesa View St	San Rafael	87020	Cibola County	Grants-Cibola County Schools	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(505) 285-2749	49	10	4.9	95.9%	4 (8.2%)	0 (0.0%)	34 (69.4%)	2 (4.1%)	9 (18.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)								(n/a)															34.6								$15,001
Seboyeta Elementary	Public	K-6	6 School Road	Seboyeta	87020	Cibola County	Grants-Cibola County Schools	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(505) 285-2760	26	10	2.6	96.2%	5 (19.2%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (15.4%)	0 (0.0%)	17 (65.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)								(n/a)																							$19,040
Laguna-Acoma Middle	Public	7-8	282 Casa Blanca Road Exit 108	Casa Blanca	87007	Cibola County	Grants-Cibola County Schools	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(505) 285-2667	33	16	2.1	—	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (9.1%)	0 (0.0%)	29 (87.9%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (3.0%)								(n/a)																							$11,220
Gccs Early College High School	Public	9-12	1500 N 3rd Street	Grants	87020	Cibola County	Grants-Cibola County Schools	No	(n/a)	No	No	(505) 287-6655	50	7	7.0	—	9 (18.0%)	0 (0.0%)	21 (42.0%)	2 (4.0%)	17 (34.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (2.0%)	82.8	25^th of 132 public high schools	81.1%					(n/a)	58.3						58.3

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Baca/Dlo'ay Azhi Community School	8.79 mi	1
Nm Corrections	11.51 mi	11
Gallup-McKinley City Schools	17.24 mi	34	60^th
Dibe Yazhi Habitiin Olta' Inc.	22.02 mi	1
Haak'u Community Academy	25.29 mi	1

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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.

IMPORTANT DISCLAIMERS: Not all boundaries are included. We make every effort to ensure that boundaries are up-to-date. But it's important to note that these are approximations and are for general informational purposes only. To verify legal descriptions of boundaries or school locations, contact your local tax assessor's office and/or school district.