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Rank (of 118)
District
Grades
# Elementary Schools
# Middle Schools
# High Schools
# Alt. Schools
City
County
Rank score (
2023
)
Rank (
2022
)
Rank change from
2022
SchoolDigger Rating (
2023
)
21st Century Public Academy
1-8
1
0
0
0
Albuquerque
Bernalillo County
(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)
72
nd
Aces Technical Charter School
K-9
0
0
0
1
Albuquerque
Bernalillo County
0.472
7
65
Alamo Navajo Community School
K-12
0
0
0
1
Alamo
Socorro County
(n/a)
50
th
Alamogordo
PK, KG-12
9
3
2
0
Alamogordo
Otero County
0.603
43
7
78
th
Albuquerque
PK, KG-12
100
29
36
9
Albuquerque
Bernalillo County
0.457
71
7
69
th
Albuquerque Bilingual Academy
PK, KG-8
1
0
0
0
Albuquerque
Bernalillo County
0.493
67
2
20
th
Albuquerque Collegiate Charter School
K-5
1
0
0
0
Albuquerque
Bernalillo County
0.805
74
54
1
st
Albuquerque Institute Of Math & Science
6-12
0
0
1
0
Albuquerque
Bernalillo County
0.995
(n/a)
22
nd
Aldo Leopold Charter
6-12
0
0
1
0
Silver City
Grant County
0.782
18
4
90
th
Alma D'Arte Charter
9-12
0
0
1
0
Las Cruces
Do�a Ana County
0.388
21
69
2
nd
Altura Preparatory School
K-5
1
0
0
0
Albuquerque
Bernalillo County
0.991
2
29
th
Amy Biehl Charter High School
9-12
0
0
1
0
Albuquerque
Bernalillo County
0.729
10
19
Animas
PK, KG-12
1
1
1
0
Animas
Hidalgo County
(n/a)
31
st
Artesia
PK, KG-12
7
1
1
0
Artesia
Eddy County
0.712
47
16
Atsa' Biya' a'zh Community School
K-6
1
0
0
0
Shiprock
San Juan County
(n/a)
55
th
Aztec
PK, KG-12
4
1
2
0
Aztec
San Juan County
0.561
49
6
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
Shiprock
San Juan County
(n/a)
49
th
Belen
PK, KG-12
6
2
2
0
Belen
Valencia County
0.605
48
1
103
rd
Bernalillo
PK, KG-12
5
4
1
0
Bernalillo
Sandoval County
0.292
95
8
94
th
Bloomfield
PK, KG-12
3
2
2
0
Bloomfield
San Juan County
0.366
92
2
Bread Springs Day School
K-3
1
0
0
0
Gallup
McKinley County
(n/a)
34
th
Capitan
PK, KG-12
1
1
1
0
Capitan
Lincoln County
0.692
44
10
75
th
Carlsbad
PK, KG-12
7
2
2
2
Carlsbad
Eddy County
0.464
69
6
Carrizozo
K-12
1
1
1
0
Carrizozo
Lincoln County
(n/a)
112
th
Central
PK, KG-12
9
3
4
0
Shiprock
San Juan County
0.176
99
13
Cesar Chavez Community School
9-12
0
0
1
0
Albuquerque
Bernalillo County
(n/a)
116
th
Chama Valley
PK, KG-12
2
1
1
0
Tierra Amarilla
Rio Arriba County
0.113
(n/a)
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)
42
nd
Cimarron
PK, KG-12
2
2
2
0
Cimarron
Colfax County
0.642
31
11
35
th
Clayton
PK, KG-12
1
2
1
0
Clayton
Union County
0.69
35
18
th
Cloudcroft
PK, KG-12
1
1
1
0
Cloudcroft
Otero County
0.837
9
9
85
th
Clovis
PK, KG-12
11
3
1
1
Clovis
Curry County
0.416
77
8
82
nd
Cobre
PK, KG-12
4
1
1
0
Bayard
Grant County
0.43
83
1
7
th
Corona
PK, KG-12
1
0
1
0
Corona
Lincoln County
0.907
(n/a)
Cottonwood Classical Prep
6-12
0
0
1
0
Albuquerque
Bernalillo County
(n/a)
Crystal Boarding School
K-6
1
0
0
0
Navajo
McKinley County
(n/a)
119
th
Cuba
PK, KG-12
1
1
1
0
Cuba
Sandoval County
0.032
(n/a)
86
th
Deming
PK, KG-12
6
2
4
0
Deming
Luna County
0.41
87
1
5
th
Des Moines
PK, KG-12
1
0
1
0
Des Moines
Union County
0.942
3
2
77
th
Dexter
PK, KG-12
1
1
1
0
Dexter
Chaves County
0.458
62
15
Dibe Yazhi Habitiin Olta' Inc.
K-8
1
0
0
0
Crownpoint
McKinley County
(n/a)
13
th
Dora
PK, KG-12
1
0
1
0
Dora
Roosevelt County
0.851
26
13
118
th
Dulce
PK, KG-12
1
1
1
0
Dulce
Rio Arriba County
0.076
(n/a)
Dzilth-Na-O-Dith-Hle Community School
K-8
1
0
0
0
Bloomfield
San Juan County
(n/a)
Dzit Dit Lool School Of Empowerment Action And Perseverance
6-12
0
0
1
0
Navajo
McKinley County
(n/a)
44
th
Elida
PK, KG-12
1
0
1
0
Elida
Roosevelt County
0.638
41
3
111
th
Espanola
PK, KG-12
11
1
1
0
Espanola
Rio Arriba County
0.215
94
17
52
nd
Estancia
PK, KG-12
2
1
1
0
Estancia
Torrance County
0.594
(n/a)
Estancia Valley Classical Academy
K-12
0
0
0
1
Edgewood
Santa Fe County
(n/a)
93
rd
Eunice
PK, KG-12
1
1
1
0
Eunice
Lea County
0.379
98
5
Explore Academy
K-12
0
0
0
1
Albuquerque
Bernalillo County
(n/a)
Explore Academy - Rio Rancho
K-6
1
0
0
0
Rio Rancho
Sandoval County
(n/a)
41
st
Explore Academy Las Cruces
4-10
0
0
0
1
Las Cruces
Do�a Ana County
0.644
32
9
71
st
Farmington
PK, KG-12
10
4
4
0
Farmington
San Juan County
0.481
63
8
39
th
Floyd
PK, KG-12
1
1
1
0
Floyd
Roosevelt County
0.661
53
14
37
th
Fort Sumner
PK, KG-12
1
1
1
0
Fort Sumner
De Baca County
0.674
36
1
67
th
Gadsden
PK, KG-12
16
3
5
0
Anthony
Do�a Ana County
0.5
72
5
101
st
Gallup
PK, KG-12
16
7
9
1
Gallup
McKinley County
0.32
90
11
24
th
Grady
PK, KG-12
1
1
1
0
Grady
Curry County
0.765
8
16
83
rd
Grants
PK, KG-12
7
2
3
0
Grants
Cibola County
0.426
78
5
Haak'u Community Academy
K-8
1
0
0
0
Pueblo of Acoma
Cibola County
(n/a)
73
rd
Hagerman
PK, KG-12
1
1
1
0
Hagerman
Chaves County
0.471
80
7
Hanaa'dli Community School
K
1
0
0
0
Bloomfield
San Juan County
(n/a)
117
th
Hatch Valley
PK, KG-12
3
1
1
0
Hatch
Do�a Ana County
0.104
91
26
65
th
Hobbs
PK, KG-12
13
3
1
0
Hobbs
Lea County
0.516
76
11
100
th
Hondo Valley
PK, KG-12
1
0
1
0
Hondo
Lincoln County
0.34
(n/a)
10
th
Horizon Academy West
PK, KG-5
1
0
0
0
Albuquerque
Bernalillo County
0.88
16
6
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)
9
th
J Paul Taylor Academy
K-8
1
0
0
0
Las Cruces
Do�a Ana County
0.884
12
3
109
th
Jal
PK, KG-12
1
1
1
0
Jal
Lea County
0.229
81
28
Jemez Day School
K-6
1
0
0
0
Jemez Pueblo
Sandoval County
(n/a)
Jemez Mountain
PK, KG-12
2
1
1
0
Cuba
Sandoval County
(n/a)
Jemez Valley
PK, KG-12
2
1
1
0
Jemez Pueblo
Sandoval County
(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)
79
th
La Academia Dolores Huerta
6-8
0
1
0
0
Las Cruces
Do�a Ana County
0.456
85
6
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)
Lake Arthur
PK, KG-12
1
1
1
0
Lake Arthur
Chaves County
(n/a)
Lake Valley Navajo School
K-8
1
0
0
0
Crownpoint
McKinley County
(n/a)
60
th
Las Cruces
PK, KG-12
25
8
6
0
Las Cruces
Do�a Ana County
0.536
61
1
Las Montanas Charter
9-12
0
0
1
0
Las Cruces
Do�a Ana County
(n/a)
97
th
Las Vegas City
PK, KG-12
3
2
1
0
Las Vegas
San Miguel County
0.346
(n/a)
43
rd
Logan
PK, KG-12
1
1
2
0
Logan
Quay County
0.642
20
23
99
th
Lordsburg
PK, KG-12
1
2
1
0
Lordsburg
Hidalgo County
0.342
88
11
3
rd
Los Alamos
PK, KG-12
5
1
1
0
Los Alamos
Los Alamos County
0.96
5
2
76
th
Los Lunas
PK, KG-12
10
2
3
1
Los Lunas
Valencia County
0.459
58
18
38
th
Loving
PK, KG-12
1
1
1
0
Loving
Eddy County
0.663
54
16
Lovington
PK, KG-12
5
2
2
0
Lovington
Lea County
(n/a)
84
th
Magdalena
PK, KG-12
1
1
1
0
Magdalena
Socorro County
0.418
64
20
Mariano Lake Community School
K-6
1
0
0
0
Crownpoint
McKinley County
(n/a)
11
th
Maxwell
K-12
1
1
1
0
Maxwell
Colfax County
0.871
17
6
McCurdy Charter School
K-12
0
0
0
1
Espanola
Rio Arriba County
(n/a)
21
st
Melrose
PK, KG-12
1
1
1
0
Melrose
Curry County
0.785
30
9
66
th
Mesa Vista
PK, KG-12
1
2
1
0
Ojo Caliente
Taos County
0.5
(n/a)
Mescalero Apache School
K-12
0
0
0
1
Mescalero
Otero County
(n/a)
23
rd
Middle College High School Charter - Gallup
9-12
0
0
1
0
Gallup
McKinley County
0.771
29
6
17
th
Mission Achievement And Success
PK, KG-12
0
0
0
2
Albuquerque
Bernalillo County
0.838
40
23
68
th
Monte Del Sol Charter
7-12
0
0
1
0
Santa Fe
Santa Fe County
0.495
60
8
14
th
Montessori Elementary School
K-8
1
0
0
0
Albuquerque
Bernalillo County
0.85
14
80
th
Mora
PK, KG-12
2
1
1
0
Mora
Mora County
0.452
101
21
47
th
Moriarty-Edgewood
PK, KG-12
3
2
1
0
Moriarty
Torrance County
0.621
52
5
95
th
Mosquero
PK, KG-12
1
0
1
0
Mosquero
Harding County
0.354
24
71
89
th
Mountainair
PK, KG-12
1
1
1
0
Mountainair
Torrance County
0.392
73
16
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)
New America School - Las Cruces
9-12
0
0
1
0
Las Cruces
Do�a Ana County
(n/a)
51
st
New Mexico Academy For The Media Arts
6-12
0
0
1
0
Albuquerque
Bernalillo County
0.6
34
17
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
0.924
11
5
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)
104
th
North Valley Academy
PK, KG-8
1
0
0
0
Albuquerque
Bernalillo County
0.281
84
20
Ohkay Owingeh Community School
K-6
1
0
0
0
Espanola
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
0.303
89
13
Pecos Cyber Academy
K-12
0
0
0
1
Edgewood
Santa Fe County
(n/a)
61
st
Penasco
PK, KG-12
1
1
1
0
Penasco
Taos County
0.533
82
21
Pine Hill Schools
K-12
0
0
0
1
Pinehill
Cibola County
(n/a)
96
th
Pojoaque
PK, KG-12
2
2
1
0
Santa Fe
Santa Fe County
0.349
(n/a)
53
rd
Portales
PK, KG-12
3
2
1
0
Portales
Roosevelt County
0.583
51
2
Pueblo Pintado Community School
K-8
1
0
0
0
Cuba
Sandoval County
(n/a)
26
th
Quemado
PK, KG-12
2
0
1
0
Quemado
Catron County
0.76
6
20
Questa
PK, KG-12
2
1
1
0
Questa
Taos County
(n/a)
91
st
Raices Del Saber Xinachtli Community
K-5
1
0
0
0
Las Cruces
Do�a Ana County
0.386
(n/a)
Raton
PK, KG-12
2
0
1
0
Raton
Colfax County
(n/a)
87
th
Red River Valley Charter School
PK, KG-8
1
0
0
0
Red River
Taos County
0.405
13
74
16
th
Reserve
PK, KG-12
1
0
1
0
Reserve
Catron County
0.842
(n/a)
45
th
Rio Grande Academy Of Fine Arts
K-7
1
0
0
0
Albuquerque
Bernalillo County
0.634
(n/a)
27
th
Rio Rancho
PK, KG-12
12
4
4
0
Rio Rancho
Sandoval County
0.741
33
6
48
th
Roots & Wings Community
K-8
1
0
0
0
Questa
Taos County
0.612
1
47
63
rd
Roswell
PK, KG-12
13
4
4
0
Roswell
Chaves County
0.525
66
3
15
th
Roy
PK, KG-12
1
0
1
0
Roy
Harding County
0.848
(n/a)
64
th
Ruidoso
PK, KG-12
2
1
1
0
Ruidoso
Lincoln County
0.521
57
7
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)
59
th
San Jon
PK, KG-12
1
1
1
0
San Jon
Quay County
0.544
(n/a)
58
th
Sandoval Academy Of Bilingual Education
K-8
1
0
0
0
Rio Rancho
Sandoval County
0.552
68
10
Sanostee Day School
K-3
1
0
0
0
Sanostee
San Juan County
(n/a)
74
th
Santa Fe
PK, KG-12
19
2
6
2
Santa Fe
Santa Fe County
0.464
70
4
Santa Fe Indian School
7-12
0
0
1
0
Santa Fe
Santa Fe County
(n/a)
70
th
Santa Rosa
PK, KG-12
2
2
1
0
Santa Rosa
Guadalupe County
0.489
46
24
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)
40
th
Silver City
PK, KG-12
5
1
2
0
Silver City
Grant County
0.651
42
2
Six Directions Indigenous School
6-12
0
0
1
0
Gallup
McKinley County
(n/a)
62
nd
Socorro
PK, KG-12
4
1
1
0
Socorro
Socorro County
0.529
75
13
81
st
Solare Collegiate Charter School
5-8
0
1
0
0
Albuquerque
Bernalillo County
0.448
86
5
110
th
South Valley Prep
6-8
0
1
0
0
Albuquerque
Bernalillo County
0.226
97
13
30
th
Southwest Preparatory Learning Center
4-8
0
1
0
0
Albuquerque
Bernalillo County
0.728
23
7
32
nd
Southwest Secondary Learning Center
9-12
0
0
1
0
Albuquerque
Bernalillo County
0.706
37
5
Springer
K-12
2
0
1
0
Springer
Colfax County
(n/a)
19
th
SW Aeronautics Mathematics And Science Academy
6-12
0
0
1
0
Albuquerque
Bernalillo County
0.834
27
8
88
th
T Or C
PK, KG-12
3
1
1
0
T Or C
Sierra County
0.405
65
23
36
th
Taos
PK, KG-12
5
1
3
0
Taos
Taos County
0.68
45
9
25
th
Taos Academy
5-12
0
0
1
0
Taos
Taos County
0.763
28
3
Taos Day School
K-8
1
0
0
0
Taos
Taos County
(n/a)
28
th
Taos Integrated School Of Arts
K-8
1
0
0
0
Taos
Taos County
0.739
25
3
107
th
Taos International School
K-8
1
0
0
0
Taos
Taos County
0.252
(n/a)
33
rd
Tatum
PK, KG-12
1
1
1
0
Tatum
Lea County
0.693
39
6
Te Tsu Geh Oweenge Day School
K-6
1
0
0
0
Tesuque Pueblo
Santa Fe County
(n/a)
8
th
Texico
PK, KG-12
1
1
1
0
Texico
Curry County
0.898
15
7
4
th
The Ask Academy
6-12
0
0
1
0
Rio Rancho
Sandoval County
0.944
4
115
th
The Great Academy
6-12
0
0
1
0
Albuquerque
Bernalillo County
0.125
59
56
12
th
The Masters Program
9-12
0
0
1
0
Santa Fe
Santa Fe County
0.853
19
7
46
th
Thrive Community School
K-7
1
0
0
0
Santa Fe
Santa Fe County
0.628
(n/a)
54
th
Tierra Adentro
6-12
0
0
1
0
Albuquerque
Bernalillo County
0.573
56
2
105
th
Tierra Encantada Charter School
7-12
0
0
1
0
Santa Fe
Santa Fe County
0.273
38
67
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)
56
th
Tucumcari
PK, KG-12
1
1
1
0
Tucumcari
Quay County
0.557
79
23
106
th
Tularosa
PK, KG-12
2
1
1
0
Tularosa
Otero County
0.257
96
10
98
th
Turquoise Trail Charter School
PK, KG-8
1
0
0
0
Santa Fe
Santa Fe County
0.345
55
43
Unm Mimbres School
PK, KG-12
0
0
0
1
Albuquerque
Bernalillo County
(n/a)
57
th
Vaughn
PK, KG-12
1
0
1
0
Vaughn
Guadalupe County
0.553
(n/a)
Vista Grande High School
9-12
0
0
1
0
Taos
Taos County
(n/a)
108
th
Wagon Mound
PK, KG-12
1
0
1
0
Wagon Mound
Mora County
0.251
(n/a)
Walatowa Charter High
9-12
0
0
1
0
Jemez Pueblo
Sandoval County
(n/a)
92
nd
West Las Vegas
PK, KG-12
5
3
2
0
Las Vegas
San Miguel County
0.385
(n/a)
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)
114
th
Zuni
PK, KG-12
1
1
2
0
Zuni
McKinley County
0.133
100
14
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