Summary:
Zuni Public Schools serves four schools in New Mexico—one elementary (PK–6), one middle (7–9), and two high schools (10–12)—with 1,052 students listed across a district ranked 83rd of 87 in the state, at the 5th percentile with 0 stars. Enrollment is concentrated at Shiwi Ts’ana Elementary (447 students), followed by Zuni High (295), Zuni Middle (240), and Twin Buttes Cyber Academy (70). Free/reduced lunch is effectively universal (100% at three schools and 99.32% at Zuni High), and student-teacher ratios are relatively low, from 7.4 at Twin Buttes to 11.3 at Zuni High.
Among the schools, Zuni Middle is the standout and most improved: it is the only 2-star school and the only one above the district average in both language arts and math, with its rank percentile rising from 3 to 25 to 40 over three years. Its 8th-grade science also improved. Shiwi Ts’ana Elementary has an early-grade ELA bright spot—3rd-grade language arts is 49.06 on NM Combined and 50.00 on NM-MSSA, both above state levels—but later grades drop sharply, with 6th-grade ELA at 16.67 versus 38.90 statewide. Zuni High has very low test proficiency, including 11th-grade ELA at 13.04 versus 36.78 statewide, and math reported as under 10%, yet its 81.6% graduation rate is above the district’s 78.2% and state’s 80.6%. Twin Buttes Cyber Academy has all 2025–2026 test scores suppressed, so its academic performance is unknown here; its 53.3% graduation rate is far below district and state.
District-wide, mathematics is the biggest weakness: proficiency is 12.74 on NM Combined and 13.86 on NM-MSSA, versus state values of 25.54 and 27.85. Language arts is also below state, at 32.95 on NM Combined versus 43.34. Parents should note that Zuni Middle is improving and closest to state levels, Shiwi Ts’ana Elementary has strong early reading but weaker upper grades and math, Zuni High combines low test scores with a stronger graduation rate, and Twin Buttes Cyber Academy cannot be fully evaluated from current test data. The district’s overall 83rd-of-87 rank masks these internal differences.
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