Summary:
Magdalena Municipal Schools in New Mexico is a one-school district for high school grades, serving students in grades 9–12 at Magdalena High, which enrolls about 100 students. Because there is only one high school, the district-level figures for high school grades usually mirror the school's own numbers, so Magdalena Municipal Schools is currently rated 3 stars and ranked 38th of 87 districts (56th percentile).
Magdalena High shows a mixed and somewhat volatile record. The school earned 1 star at the 24th percentile in 2021–2022, rose to 3 stars at the 65th percentile in 2023–2024, then slipped to 2 stars at the 38th percentile in the latest 2025–2026 ranking — below the median, but still above its 2021–2022 low. The 2023–2024 graduation rate was 85.5%, above the state's later 2024–2025 figure of 80.6%, although the years differ. In 2025–2026 testing, 11th graders scored 28 in language arts and 32 in science; science is only about 2 points below the state average, while language arts trails by roughly 9 points.
Two context points matter for families. First, 100% of students were eligible for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024–2025, and the student-teacher ratio was 10.2 — about 10 students per teacher, which suggests small classes and more individual attention. Second, math results are suppressed at the school level, so math performance here cannot be judged from the available data and should not be read as a weakness.
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