Best School Districts in New Mexico

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NOTE: 2024 rankings for New Mexico schools were revised on March 4^th after the NM Department of Education's recent release of grade-level test scores.

Rank (of 128)	District	Grades	# Elementary Schools	# Middle Schools	# High Schools	# Alt. Schools	City	County	Rank score (2024)	Rank (2023)	Rank change from 2023
25^th	21st Century Public Academy	1-8	1	0	0	0	Albuquerque	Bernalillo County	0.814		(n/a)
	Abq School Of Excellence	K-12	0	0	0	1	Albuquerque	Bernalillo County			(n/a)
	Abq Sign Language Academy	K-12	0	0	0	1	Albuquerque	Bernalillo County			(n/a)
	Aces Technical Charter School	K-9	0	0	0	1	Albuquerque	Bernalillo County			(n/a)
	Alamo Navajo Community School	K-12	0	0	0	1	Alamo	Socorro County			(n/a)
54^th	Alamogordo	PK, KG-12	10	3	2	0	Alamogordo	Otero County	0.621	50	4
97^th	Albuquerque	PK, KG-12	100	29	36	9	Albuquerque	Bernalillo County	0.432	78	19
96^th	Albuquerque Bilingual Academy	PK, KG-8	1	0	0	0	Albuquerque	Bernalillo County	0.433	69	27
27^th	Albuquerque Collegiate Charter School	K-5	1	0	0	0	Albuquerque	Bernalillo County	0.806	20	7
2^nd	Albuquerque Institute Of Math & Science	6-12	0	0	1	0	Albuquerque	Bernalillo County	0.994	1	1
15^th	Aldo Leopold Charter	6-12	0	0	1	0	Silver City	Grant County	0.866	22	7
93^rd	Alma D'Arte Charter	9-12	0	0	1	0	Las Cruces	Do�a Ana County	0.453	90	3
1^st	Altura Preparatory School	K-5	1	0	0	0	Albuquerque	Bernalillo County	0.998	2	1
34^th	Amy Biehl Charter High School	9-12	0	0	1	0	Albuquerque	Bernalillo County	0.773	29	5
104^th	Animas	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Animas	Hidalgo County	0.347		(n/a)
36^th	Artesia	PK, KG-12	7	1	1	1	Artesia	Eddy County	0.744	31	5
	Atsa' Biya' a'zh Community School	K-6	1	0	0	0	Shiprock	San Juan County			(n/a)
68^th	Aztec	PK, KG-12	4	1	2	0	Aztec	San Juan County	0.549	55	13
	Baca/Dlo'ay Azhi Community School	K-6	1	0	0	0	Prewitt	McKinley County			(n/a)
	Beclabito Day School	K-4	1	0	0	0	Beclabito	San Juan County			(n/a)
69^th	Belen	PK, KG-12	6	2	2	0	Belen	Valencia County	0.548	49	20
111^th	Bernalillo	PK, KG-12	6	4	1	0	Bernalillo	Sandoval County	0.24	103	8
89^th	Bloomfield	PK, KG-12	3	2	2	0	Bloomfield	San Juan County	0.477	94	5
	Bread Springs Day School	K-3	1	0	0	0	Gallup	McKinley County			(n/a)
20^th	Capitan	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Capitan	Lincoln County	0.841	34	14
75^th	Carlsbad	PK, KG-12	8	2	2	2	Carlsbad	Eddy County	0.525	75
40^th	Carrizozo	K-12	1	1	1	0	Carrizozo	Lincoln County	0.705		(n/a)
116^th	Central	PK, KG-12	10	3	4	0	Shiprock	San Juan County	0.206	112	4
126^th	Cesar Chavez Community School	9-12	0	0	1	0	Albuquerque	Bernalillo County	0.052		(n/a)
124^th	Chama Valley	PK, KG-12	2	1	1	0	Tierra Amarilla	Rio Arriba County	0.075	116	8
	Chi Chil'tah Community School	K-8	1	0	0	0	Vanderwagen	McKinley County			(n/a)
	Ch'ooshgai Community School	K-8	1	0	0	0	Tohatchi	McKinley County			(n/a)
47^th	Cimarron	PK, KG-12	2	2	2	0	Cimarron	Colfax County	0.671	42	5
37^th	Clayton	PK, KG-12	1	2	1	0	Clayton	Union County	0.729	35	2
10^th	Cloudcroft	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Cloudcroft	Otero County	0.904	18	8
85^th	Clovis	PK, KG-12	12	3	1	2	Clovis	Curry County	0.487	85
66^th	Cobre	PK, KG-12	4	1	1	0	Bayard	Grant County	0.554	82	16
21^st	Corona	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Corona	Lincoln County	0.841	7	14
3^rd	Cottonwood Classical Prep	6-12	0	0	1	0	Albuquerque	Bernalillo County	0.988		(n/a)
	Crystal Boarding School	K-6	1	0	0	0	Navajo	McKinley County			(n/a)
127^th	Cuba	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Cuba	Sandoval County	0.033	119	8
101^st	Deming	PK, KG-12	7	2	4	0	Deming	Luna County	0.389	86	15
8^th	Des Moines	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Des Moines	Union County	0.922	5	3
84^th	Dexter	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Dexter	Chaves County	0.492	77	7
	Dibe Yazhi Habitiin Olta' Inc.	K-8	1	0	0	0	Crownpoint	McKinley County			(n/a)
23^rd	Dora	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Dora	Roosevelt County	0.832	13	10
125^th	Dulce	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Dulce	Rio Arriba County	0.061	118	7
	Dzilth-Na-O-Dith-Hle Community School	K-8	1	0	0	0	Bloomfield	San Juan County			(n/a)
117^th	Dzit Dit Lool School Of Empowerment Action And Perseverance	6-12	0	0	1	0	Navajo	McKinley County	0.203		(n/a)
9^th	Elida	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Elida	Roosevelt County	0.905	44	35
108^th	Espanola	PK, KG-12	11	1	1	0	Espanola	Rio Arriba County	0.299	111	3
63^rd	Estancia	PK, KG-12	2	1	1	0	Estancia	Torrance County	0.565	52	11
	Estancia Valley Classical Academy	K-12	0	0	0	1	Edgewood	Santa Fe County			(n/a)
109^th	Eunice	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Eunice	Lea County	0.27	93	16
	Explore Academy	K-12	0	0	0	1	Albuquerque	Bernalillo County			(n/a)
46^th	Explore Academy - Rio Rancho	K-6	1	0	0	0	Rio Rancho	Sandoval County	0.685		(n/a)
	Explore Academy Las Cruces	4-10	0	0	0	1	Las Cruces	Do�a Ana County			(n/a)
90^th	Farmington	PK, KG-12	12	4	4	0	Farmington	San Juan County	0.477	71	19
43^rd	Floyd	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Floyd	Roosevelt County	0.703	39	4
26^th	Fort Sumner	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Fort Sumner	De Baca County	0.809	37	11
82^nd	Gadsden	PK, KG-12	20	3	5	0	Anthony	Do�a Ana County	0.498	67	15
106^th	Gallup	PK, KG-12	16	7	9	1	Gallup	McKinley County	0.313	101	5
4^th	Grady	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Grady	Curry County	0.961	24	20
94^th	Grants	PK, KG-12	7	2	3	0	Grants	Cibola County	0.45	83	11
	Haak'u Community Academy	K-8	1	0	0	0	Pueblo of Acoma	Cibola County			(n/a)
52^nd	Hagerman	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Hagerman	Chaves County	0.642	73	21
	Hanaa'dli Community School	K	1	0	0	0	Bloomfield	San Juan County			(n/a)
119^th	Hatch Valley	PK, KG-12	3	1	1	0	Hatch	Do�a Ana County	0.169	117	2
86^th	Hobbs	PK, KG-12	13	3	1	1	Hobbs	Lea County	0.485	65	21
62^nd	Hondo Valley	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Hondo	Lincoln County	0.577	100	38
19^th	Horizon Academy West	PK, KG-5	1	0	0	0	Albuquerque	Bernalillo County	0.85	10	9
	House	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	House	Quay County			(n/a)
	Hozho Academy	K-10	0	0	0	1	Gallup	McKinley County			(n/a)
	Isleta Elementary School	K-6	1	0	0	0	Albuquerque	Bernalillo County			(n/a)
14^th	J Paul Taylor Academy	K-8	1	0	0	0	Las Cruces	Do�a Ana County	0.869	9	5
113^th	Jal	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Jal	Lea County	0.223	109	4
	Jemez Day School	K-6	1	0	0	0	Jemez Pueblo	Sandoval County			(n/a)
115^th	Jemez Mountain	PK, KG-12	2	1	1	0	Cuba	Sandoval County	0.221		(n/a)
121^st	Jemez Valley	PK, KG-12	2	1	1	0	Jemez Pueblo	Sandoval County	0.127		(n/a)
	Juvenile Justice	6-12	0	0	3	0	Albuquerque	Bernalillo County			(n/a)
	Kha'p'o Community School	K-6	1	0	0	0	Espanola	Rio Arriba County			(n/a)
99^th	La Academia Dolores Huerta	6-8	0	1	0	0	Las Cruces	Do�a Ana County	0.394	79	20
	Laguna Elementary School	K-5	1	0	0	0	Laguna	Cibola County			(n/a)
	Laguna Middle School	6-8	0	1	0	0	Laguna	Cibola County			(n/a)
120^th	Lake Arthur	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Lake Arthur	Chaves County	0.131		(n/a)
	Lake Valley Navajo School	K-8	1	0	0	0	Crownpoint	McKinley County			(n/a)
79^th	Las Cruces	PK, KG-12	25	8	6	0	Las Cruces	Do�a Ana County	0.516	60	19
	Las Montanas Charter	9-12	0	0	1	0	Las Cruces	Do�a Ana County			(n/a)
81^st	Las Vegas City	PK, KG-12	3	2	1	0	Las Vegas	San Miguel County	0.499	97	16
12^th	Logan	PK, KG-12	1	1	2	0	Logan	Quay County	0.88	43	31
78^th	Lordsburg	PK, KG-12	1	2	1	0	Lordsburg	Hidalgo County	0.523	99	21
5^th	Los Alamos	PK, KG-12	5	1	1	1	Los Alamos	Los Alamos County	0.95	3	2
92^nd	Los Lunas	PK, KG-12	10	2	3	1	Los Lunas	Valencia County	0.457	76	16
51^st	Loving	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Loving	Eddy County	0.651	38	13
	Lovington	PK, KG-12	5	2	2	1	Lovington	Lea County			(n/a)
95^th	Magdalena	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Magdalena	Socorro County	0.438	84	11
	Mariano Lake Community School	K-6	1	0	0	0	Crownpoint	McKinley County			(n/a)
18^th	Maxwell	K-12	1	1	1	0	Maxwell	Colfax County	0.854	11	7
	McCurdy Charter School	K-12	0	0	0	1	Espanola	Rio Arriba County			(n/a)
11^th	Melrose	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Melrose	Curry County	0.89	21	10
38^th	Mesa Vista	PK, KG-12	1	2	1	0	Ojo Caliente	Taos County	0.729	66	28
	Mescalero Apache School	K-12	0	0	0	1	Mescalero	Otero County			(n/a)
53^rd	Middle College High School Charter - Gallup	9-12	0	0	1	0	Gallup	McKinley County	0.64	23	30
	Mission Achievement And Success	PK, KG-12	0	0	0	2	Albuquerque	Bernalillo County			(n/a)
98^th	Monte Del Sol Charter	7-12	0	0	1	0	Santa Fe	Santa Fe County	0.424	68	30
16^th	Montessori Elementary School	K-8	1	0	0	0	Albuquerque	Bernalillo County	0.864	14	2
77^th	Mora	PK, KG-12	2	1	1	0	Mora	Mora County	0.525	80	3
67^th	Moriarty-Edgewood	PK, KG-12	4	2	1	0	Moriarty	Torrance County	0.552	47	20
24^th	Mosquero	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Mosquero	Harding County	0.827	95	71
48^th	Mountainair	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Mountainair	Torrance County	0.665	89	41
	Na' Neelzhiin Ji'Olta	K-8	1	0	0	0	Cuba	Sandoval County			(n/a)
	Navajo Preparatory School	9-12	0	0	1	0	Farmington	San Juan County			(n/a)
	Nenahnezad Community School	K-6	1	0	0	0	Fruitland	San Juan County			(n/a)
118^th	New America School - Las Cruces	9-12	0	0	1	0	Las Cruces	Do�a Ana County	0.186		(n/a)
42^nd	New Mexico Academy For The Media Arts	6-12	0	0	1	0	Albuquerque	Bernalillo County	0.703	51	9
	New Mexico Connections Academy	4-12	0	0	0	1	Santa Fe	Santa Fe County			(n/a)
	Nm Corrections	8-12	0	0	11	0	Albuquerque	Bernalillo County			(n/a)
6^th	Nm School For The Arts	9-12	0	0	1	0	Santa Fe	Santa Fe County	0.948	6
	Nm School For The Blind And Visually Impaired	PK, KG-12	1	0	0	1	Alamogordo	Otero County			(n/a)
	Nm School For The Deaf	PK, KG-12	0	0	0	1	Santa Fe	Santa Fe County			(n/a)
60^th	North Valley Academy	PK, KG-8	1	0	0	0	Albuquerque	Bernalillo County	0.579	104	44
	Ohkay Owingeh Community School	K-6	1	0	0	0	Ohkay Owingeh	Rio Arriba County			(n/a)
	Ojo Encino Day School	K-8	1	0	0	0	Cuba	Sandoval County			(n/a)
102^nd	Pecos	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Pecos	San Miguel County	0.357	102
	Pecos Cyber Academy	K-12	0	0	0	1	Edgewood	Santa Fe County			(n/a)
50^th	Penasco	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Penasco	Taos County	0.661	61	11
	Pine Hill Schools	K-12	0	0	0	1	Pinehill	Cibola County			(n/a)
91^st	Pojoaque	PK, KG-12	2	2	1	0	Santa Fe	Santa Fe County	0.462	96	5
57^th	Portales	PK, KG-12	3	2	1	0	Portales	Roosevelt County	0.601	53	4
	Pueblo Pintado Community School	K-8	1	0	0	0	Cuba	Sandoval County			(n/a)
33^rd	Quemado	PK, KG-12	2	0	1	0	Quemado	Catron County	0.779	26	7
	Questa	PK, KG-12	2	1	1	0	Questa	Taos County			(n/a)
110^th	Raices Del Saber Xinachtli Community	K-5	1	0	0	0	Las Cruces	Do�a Ana County	0.247	91	19
	Raton	PK, KG-12	2	0	1	0	Raton	Colfax County			(n/a)
59^th	Red River Valley Charter School	PK, KG-8	1	0	0	0	Red River	Taos County	0.586	87	28
17^th	Reserve	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Reserve	Catron County	0.859	16	1
103^rd	Rio Grande Academy Of Fine Arts	K-7	1	0	0	0	Albuquerque	Bernalillo County	0.351	45	58
35^th	Rio Rancho	PK, KG-12	13	4	4	0	Rio Rancho	Sandoval County	0.75	27	8
80^th	Roots & Wings Community	K-8	1	0	0	0	Questa	Taos County	0.516	48	32
88^th	Roswell	PK, KG-12	14	4	4	0	Roswell	Chaves County	0.48	63	25
	Roy	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Roy	Harding County			(n/a)
61^st	Ruidoso	PK, KG-12	2	1	1	0	Ruidoso	Lincoln County	0.578	64	3
	San Felipe Pueblo Elementary School	K-8	1	0	0	0	San Felipe Pb	Sandoval County			(n/a)
	San Ildefonso Day School	K-6	1	0	0	0	San Ildefonso Pueblo	Santa Fe County			(n/a)
32^nd	San Jon	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	San Jon	Quay County	0.781	59	27
49^th	Sandoval Academy Of Bilingual Education	K-8	1	0	0	0	Rio Rancho	Sandoval County	0.663	58	9
	Sanostee Day School	K-3	1	0	0	0	Sanostee	San Juan County			(n/a)
87^th	Santa Fe	PK, KG-12	20	2	6	2	Santa Fe	Santa Fe County	0.484	74	13
	Santa Fe Indian School	7-12	0	0	1	0	Santa Fe	Santa Fe County			(n/a)
55^th	Santa Rosa	PK, KG-12	2	2	1	0	Santa Rosa	Guadalupe County	0.618	70	15
	School Of Dreams Academy	PK, KG-12	0	0	0	1	Los Lunas	Valencia County			(n/a)
	Sequoyah	6-12	0	0	1	0	Albuquerque	Bernalillo County			(n/a)
	Shiprock Northwest High School	7-12	0	0	1	0	Shiprock	San Juan County			(n/a)
44^th	Silver City	PK, KG-12	6	1	2	0	Silver City	Grant County	0.702	40	4
128^th	Six Directions Indigenous School	6-12	0	0	1	0	Gallup	McKinley County	0.017		(n/a)
72^nd	Socorro	PK, KG-12	4	1	1	0	Socorro	Socorro County	0.533	62	10
74^th	Solare Collegiate Charter School	5-8	0	1	0	0	Albuquerque	Bernalillo County	0.527	81	7
64^th	South Valley Prep	6-8	0	1	0	0	Albuquerque	Bernalillo County	0.564	110	46
22^nd	Southwest Preparatory Learning Center	4-8	0	1	0	0	Albuquerque	Bernalillo County	0.836	30	8
56^th	Southwest Secondary Learning Center	9-12	0	0	1	0	Albuquerque	Bernalillo County	0.616	32	24
65^th	Springer	K-12	2	0	1	0	Springer	Colfax County	0.562		(n/a)
29^th	SW Aeronautics Mathematics And Science Academy	6-12	0	0	1	0	Albuquerque	Bernalillo County	0.797	19	10
100^th	T Or C	PK, KG-12	3	1	1	0	T Or C	Sierra County	0.391	88	12
58^th	Taos	PK, KG-12	5	1	3	0	Taos	Taos County	0.589	36	22
30^th	Taos Academy	5-12	0	0	1	0	Taos	Taos County	0.791	25	5
	Taos Day School	K-8	1	0	0	0	Taos	Taos County			(n/a)
41^st	Taos Integrated School Of Arts	K-8	1	0	0	0	Taos	Taos County	0.705	28	13
112^th	Taos International School	K-8	1	0	0	0	Taos	Taos County	0.232	107	5
28^th	Tatum	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Tatum	Lea County	0.799	33	5
	Te Tsu Geh Oweenge Day School	K-6	1	0	0	0	Tesuque Pueblo	Santa Fe County			(n/a)
13^th	Texico	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Texico	Curry County	0.875	8	5
7^th	The Ask Academy	6-12	0	0	1	0	Rio Rancho	Sandoval County	0.93	4	3
123^rd	The Great Academy	6-12	0	0	1	0	Albuquerque	Bernalillo County	0.11	115	8
45^th	The Masters Program	9-12	0	0	1	0	Santa Fe	Santa Fe County	0.698	12	33
73^rd	Thrive Community School	K-7	1	0	0	0	Santa Fe	Santa Fe County	0.533	46	27
70^th	Tierra Adentro	6-12	0	0	1	0	Albuquerque	Bernalillo County	0.541	54	16
114^th	Tierra Encantada Charter School	7-12	0	0	1	0	Santa Fe	Santa Fe County	0.221	105	9
	T'iis Ts'ozi Bi'Olta' Community School	K-8	1	0	0	0	Crownpoint	McKinley County			(n/a)
	Tohaali' Community School	K-8	1	0	0	0	Newcomb	San Juan County			(n/a)
	To'hajiilee Day School	K-12	0	0	0	1	ToHajiilee	Cibola County			(n/a)
	Tse'ii'ahi' Community School	K-4	1	0	0	0	Crownpoint	McKinley County			(n/a)
	T'siya Day School	K-6	1	0	0	0	Zia Pueblo	Sandoval County			(n/a)
71^st	Tucumcari	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Tucumcari	Quay County	0.537	56	15
76^th	Tularosa	PK, KG-12	2	1	1	0	Tularosa	Otero County	0.525	106	30
105^th	Turquoise Trail Charter School	PK, KG-8	1	0	0	0	Santa Fe	Santa Fe County	0.315	98	7
	Unm Mimbres School	PK, KG-12	0	0	0	1	Albuquerque	Bernalillo County			(n/a)
31^st	Vaughn	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Vaughn	Guadalupe County	0.79	57	26
39^th	Vista Grande High School	9-12	0	0	1	0	Taos	Taos County	0.709		(n/a)
83^rd	Wagon Mound	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Wagon Mound	Mora County	0.496	108	25
	Walatowa Charter High	9-12	0	0	1	0	Jemez Pueblo	Sandoval County			(n/a)
107^th	West Las Vegas	PK, KG-12	5	3	2	0	Las Vegas	San Miguel County	0.309	92	15
	Wingate Elementary School	K-8	1	0	0	0	Fort Wingate	McKinley County			(n/a)
	Wingate High School	9-12	0	0	1	0	Fort Wingate	McKinley County			(n/a)
122^nd	Zuni	PK, KG-12	1	1	2	0	Zuni	McKinley County	0.112	114	8

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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the New Mexico Public Education Department.