Summary:
Silver Consolidated Schools in New Mexico serves two high schools: Silver High, grades 9–12 in Silver City with 618 students, and Cliff High, grades 7–12 in Cliff with 95 students. The district is ranked 30th of 87 districts in New Mexico, at the 66th percentile with 3 stars. Both schools serve very high-poverty populations — 99.84% free/reduced lunch at Silver High and 100% at Cliff High — but differ sharply in size and staffing, with a student-teacher ratio of 18.8 at Silver High versus 7.7 at Cliff High. Because Cliff High includes middle-school grades, 11th grade is the cleanest comparison; values suppressed by the state are unknown, not zero.
Cliff High is the clear standout, ranked 15th of 132 schools in 2025–2026 at the 89th percentile with 4 stars, up from 45th of 170 in 2022–2023. Its 11th-grade results are far above district and state: ELA, NM Combined at 58.82% versus 36.13% district and 36.78% state; Science, NM-ASR at 82.35% versus 37.33% district and 34.27% state. Its all-grade science, 70.27%, also far exceeds the district's 41.4% and the state's 33.4%. Cliff's 11th-grade math is suppressed, so its high-school math performance is unknown from this data, and its all-grade math is closer to district and state.
Silver High is not a standout in the latest year: ranked 77th of 132 at the 42nd percentile with 2 stars, down from 3 stars and the 63rd percentile in 2024–2025. All reported 2025–2026 11th-grade scores fall below district and state, with math especially low at 9.42% on NM Combined and 9.77% on SAT School Day. Its 11th-grade science fell from 53.66% to 31.58%, and SAT ELA from 45.6% to 33.83%. Since Silver High holds about 86.7% of the two schools' combined enrollment, district averages largely reflect it. Small enrollment at Cliff High means single-year swings can be large.
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