Summary:
Silver Consolidated Schools is a high-poverty rural district in southwestern New Mexico serving about 2,057 students across eight schools — five elementary, one middle, and two high schools, with Cliff High covering grades 7–12 — and it ranks 30th of 87 districts statewide at the 66th percentile with 3 stars. Every school reports free or reduced-price lunch participation between 99.5% and 100%. Enrollment varies sharply: Silver High is the largest at 618 students (about 30% of the district total), while Cliff Elementary is the smallest at 92.
Cliff Elementary is the district's top performer, ranked 22nd of 346 elementary schools (94th percentile, 5 stars), with math proficiency of 49.06% — far above the district's 31.18% and the state's 27.85% — and 4th-grade math and ELA both at 70%. Cliff High ranks 15th of 132 high schools (89th percentile, 4 stars), with all-grades science at 70.27% and the lowest student/teacher ratio in the district at 7.7. Jose Barrios Elementary (4 stars, 78th percentile) posts 57.35% ELA and 64.1% fifth-grade science, while G.W. Stout Elementary (3 stars) is a math standout at 38.86%. All four outpace district and state averages in several subjects.
Silver High is the largest and lowest-ranked school here: 42nd percentile with 2 stars, down from 3 stars, a district-high 18.8 student/teacher ratio, and 11th-grade ELA, math, and science all below district and state. La Plata Middle has strong ELA (51.93%) but weak math (23.61%), and Harrison Schmitt Elementary's math (22.34%) trails the state even as its ELA (48.4%) exceeds it; its third-grade math is reported only as under 20%. Sixth Street Elementary, a K–K school with one current ELA value of 53.47%, cannot be compared meaningfully. Across the district, ELA is the clearest strength and math the most uneven subject. Suppressed values are privacy protections, not signs of failure.
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