Summary:
Santa Fe Public Schools is a midsize New Mexico district serving roughly 10,970 students across 28 schools — 19 elementary, 2 middle, 6 high, and 1 alternative — in and around Santa Fe, ranging from the 61-student Tesuque Elementary to the 1,491-student Santa Fe High. The district ranks 56th of 87 in New Mexico with 2 stars and trails the state in every core subject: ELA 41.11% vs 43.34%, math 23.53% vs 25.54%, and science 29.39% vs 33.40%, the largest gap being science.
Individual schools vary far more than the district-state gap suggests. El Dorado Community School (ELA 76.6%, math 66.79%, science 71.05%), Wood-Gormley Elementary (ELA 83.04%, math 68.82%), Carlos Gilbert Elementary (ELA 83.73%, math 65.06%), and Mandela International Magnet (Mims) (ELA 84.35%, science 80.65%, 97.1% graduation) are all 5-star standouts, as is Academy For Technology & Classics (97.4% graduation). At the other end, El Camino Real Academy Community (ELA 20.66%, math 7.28%), Ramirez Thomas Elementary (ELA 21.08%, science under 20%), Edward Ortiz Middle (ELA 19.78%), and Capital High (11th-grade math 2.45%, SAT math under 5%) are 0-star schools — a gap of more than 60 percentage points between top and bottom.
Math is the district-wide weak point; nearly every school scores lower in math than ELA, suggesting a systemic issue rather than a few isolated schools. Poverty is widespread — 20 of the 21 reporting schools are at 100% free/reduced lunch — yet Pinon Elementary still exceeds district and state averages in ELA and math. Small size and low student-teacher ratios do not guarantee success: Desert Sage Academy has the lowest ratio at 4.9 but a 45.5% graduation rate. Many values are suppressed or reported as bounds such as under 5%, under 10%, or under 20%, and should not be read as zero.
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