Best High Schools in New Mexico

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School														Students/Teachers											Per Pupil Expenditures (2019)							Ranking (2025 vs 2024)					ID
Rank (of 131)	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
81	Raton High	Public	7-12	1535 Tiger Circle	Raton	87740	Colfax County	Raton	No	(n/a)	No	No	(575) 445-9261	350	24	14.8	98.9%	97 (27.7%)	1 (0.3%)	249 (71.1%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.6%)	$9,012							29.9	38.1	84	3		350219000500
82	Moriarty High	Public	9-12	200 Center St	Moriarty	87035	Torrance County	Moriarty-Edgewood	No	(n/a)	No	No	(505) 835-5835	671	44	15.3	100.0%	277 (41.3%)	4 (0.6%)	366 (54.5%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.4%)	1 (0.1%)	20 (3.0%)	$8,998							29.7	51.5	68	14		350189000468
83	Valley High	Public	9-12	1505 Candelaria Rd NW	Albuquerque	87107	Bernalillo County	Albuquerque	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(505) 345-9021	962	74	12.9	96.2%	85 (8.8%)	18 (1.9%)	791 (82.2%)	5 (0.5%)	33 (3.4%)	0 (0.0%)	30 (3.1%)	$10,979							29.4	21.8	130	47		350006000116
84	West Las Vegas High School	Public	9-12	157 Moreno St	Las Vegas	87701	San Miguel County	West Las Vegas	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(505) 426-2500	442	34	13.1	100.0%	32 (7.2%)	5 (1.1%)	398 (90.0%)	1 (0.2%)	3 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.7%)	$13,363							29.3	32.6	98	14		350156000418
85	Ute Lake Online Learning Center	Public, Virtual	6-12	301 North 2nd St	Logan	88426	Quay County	Logan	No	(n/a)	Yes	No	(575) 487-2252	72	2	48	31.9%	19 (26.4%)	0 (0.0%)	46 (63.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (9.7%)								29			(n/a)		350159001147
86	Las Cruces High	Public	9-12	1750 El Paseo Rd	Las Cruces	88001	Do�a Ana County	Las Cruces	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(575) 527-9400	1,703			100.0%	259 (15.2%)	38 (2.2%)	1,366 (80.2%)	8 (0.5%)	15 (0.9%)	2 (0.1%)	15 (0.9%)	$8,673							28.2	38.9	82	4		350150000386
87	Espanola Valley High	Public	9-12	1111 El Llano Rd	Espanola	87532	Rio Arriba County	Espanola	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(505) 753-7357	0				0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	$9,928							27.7	25.5	121	34		350090000268
88	Los Lunas High	Public	9-12	1776 Emilio Lopez Rd	Los Lunas	87031	Valencia County	Los Lunas	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(505) 866-8231	1,460	75	19.4	100.0%	265 (18.2%)	10 (0.7%)	1,031 (70.6%)	5 (0.3%)	103 (7.1%)	2 (0.1%)	44 (3.0%)	$7,812							27.4	51.1	69	19		350168000439
89	Lovington High	Public	10-12	701 West Ave K	Lovington	88260	Lea County	Lovington	No	(n/a)	No	No	(575) 739-2230	746	47	15.9	99.9%	113 (15.1%)	10 (1.3%)	617 (82.7%)	3 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.4%)	$9,400							26.9	32.8	96	7		350174000448
90	Deming High	Public	9-12	1300 S. Iron St.	Deming	88030	Luna County	Deming	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(575) 546-2678	1,174	78	15	99.7%	122 (10.4%)	12 (1.0%)	1,021 (87.0%)	7 (0.6%)	4 (0.3%)	3 (0.3%)	5 (0.4%)	$9,751							26.9	18.7	143	53		350069000239

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About our rankings:

Schooldigger calculates school rankings based on SAT School Day English Language Arts, SAT School Day 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.