Best Elementary Schools in New Mexico

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The list is updated annually upon the release of the NM-ASR and NM-MSSA test scores by the New Mexico Public Education Department. The most recent update was on Friday, January 2, 2026.

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School														Students/Teachers											Per Pupil Expenditures (2019)							Ranking (2025 vs 2024)					ID
Rank (of 345)	School	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Disc Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Per Pupil Expenditures: Total	Personnel from Federal Funds	Non-Personnel from Federal Funds	Total from Federal Funds	Personnel from State and Local Funds	Non-Personnel from State and Local Funds	Total from State and Local Funds	Average Standard Score (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Rank (2024)	Rank Change from 2024	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	ID
61	Osuna Elementary	Public	K-5	4715 Moon St NE	Albuquerque	87111	Bernalillo County	Albuquerque	No	(n/a)	No	No	(505) 296-4811	438	34	12.8	99.5%	143 (32.6%)	13 (3.0%)	197 (45.0%)	12 (2.7%)	44 (10.0%)	0 (0.0%)	29 (6.6%)	$7,895							73.9	84.9	46	15		350006000096
62	Katherine Gallegos Elementary	Public	PK, KG-6	236 Dom Pasqual Rd	Los Lunas	87031	Valencia County	Los Lunas	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(505) 866-8231	605	32	18.9	100.0%	99 (16.4%)	2 (0.3%)	470 (77.7%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (1.5%)	1 (0.2%)	24 (4.0%)	$7,700							73.7	84.3	49	13		350168000722
63	Alvarado Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	1100 Solar Rd NW	Albuquerque	87107	Bernalillo County	Albuquerque	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(505) 344-4412	258	22	11.7	100.0%	51 (19.8%)	3 (1.2%)	192 (74.4%)	1 (0.4%)	4 (1.6%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (2.7%)	$9,972							73.7	73.3	84	21		350006000025
64	Nancy Lopez Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	1208 East Bland St	Roswell	88203	Chaves County	Roswell	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(575) 637-3500	190	28	6.8	100.0%	18 (9.5%)	2 (1.1%)	170 (89.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$11,263							73.6	53.1	157	93		350225000512
65	Montessori Elementary School	Public, Charter	K-8	1730 Montano Rd NW	Albuquerque	87107	Bernalillo County	Montessori Elementary School	Yes	(n/a)	No	Yes	(505) 796-0149	452	27	17	98.9%	131 (29.0%)	0 (0.0%)	264 (58.4%)	5 (1.1%)	11 (2.4%)	0 (0.0%)	41 (9.1%)	$7,123							73.6	83.6	56	9		350013500929
66	21st Century Public Academy	Public, Charter	1-8	4300 Cutler Ave. NE	Albuquerque	87110	Bernalillo County	21st Century Public Academy	Yes	(n/a)	No	Yes	(505) 254-0280	371	36	10.2	46.4%	257 (69.3%)	17 (4.6%)	59 (15.9%)	3 (0.8%)	7 (1.9%)	0 (0.0%)	28 (7.5%)								71.3	75.2	77	11		350018700811
67	Red Rock Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	1305 Red Rock Dr	Gallup	87301	McKinley County	Gallup	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(505) 721-3900	311			83.6%	70 (22.5%)	2 (0.6%)	109 (35.0%)	18 (5.8%)	94 (30.2%)	1 (0.3%)	17 (5.5%)	$10,647							71.2	82.1	61	6		350111000312
68	Hermosa Elementary	Public	1-5	601 Hermosa Dr	Artesia	88210	Eddy County	Artesia	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(575) 746-3585	311	19	16	100.0%	103 (33.1%)	3 (1.0%)	200 (64.3%)	3 (1.0%)	2 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$8,775							71.1	75.2	78	10		350012000129
69	North Valley Elementary	Public	PK, KG-6	300 Cascade Ave	San Miguel	88058	Do�a Ana County	Gadsden	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(575) 882-6203	338	31	10.8	100.0%	9 (2.7%)	1 (0.3%)	326 (96.4%)	1 (0.3%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$10,326							71.1	54.7	150	81		350108001032
70	Thrive Community School	Public, Charter	K-8	7300 Old Santa Fe Trail	Santa Fe	87505	Santa Fe County	Thrive Community School	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(505) 982-1990	305	21	14.5	98.0%	109 (35.7%)	7 (2.3%)	173 (56.7%)	5 (1.6%)	2 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (3.0%)								70.7	45.8	193	123		350018901166

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About our rankings:

Schooldigger calculates school rankings based on NM-MSSA English Language Arts, NM-MSSA Mathematics, NM-ASR Science test scores released by the New Mexico Public Education Department.
These rankings were last updated on January 2, 2026, and are based on the most recent test scores available. We update rankings as we receive new test scores from the New Mexico Public Education Department, usually on a yearly basis.
Our sources of data include the National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education and the New Mexico Public Education Department.
For more information about our ranking process, please see our Ranking FAQ. Details about our methodology are here.

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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.