Best High Schools in New Mexico for General Education Students

Check out our new feature available only on SchoolDigger: rankings for different groups of students in New Mexico!

Every year, the New Mexico Public Education Department shares test results for various student groups in each school. We use these results to find out which schools do best for each group and list them from the best to the worst.

Additionally, we also compare the performance of the subgroup to the performance of the school as a whole. This makes it easy to see if, for example, General Education students are overperforming or underperforming their peers in each school.

Year after year, SchoolDigger is always the first to publish New Mexico test scores and rankings. Other sites use stale test score data that are several years old! Be in the know with the very latest performance metrics.

The list is updated annually upon the release of the SAT School Day and NM-ASR and NM-MSSA test scores by the New Mexico Public Education Department. The most recent update was on Sunday, November 10, 2024.

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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.

School														Students/Teachers											Per Pupil Expenditures (2019)							Ranking (General Education vs All Students - 2024)					ID
Rank (of 146)	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	Statewide Rank Percentile (General Education)	Statewide Rank Percentile (All Students)	Rank Percentile Difference from All Students	SchoolDigger Rating (General Education)	SchoolDigger Rating (All Students)	ID
1	Albuquerque Institute Of Math & Science	Public, Charter	6-12	933 Bradbury SE	Albuquerque	87106	Bernalillo County	Albuquerque Institute Of Math & Science	Yes	(n/a)	No	Yes	(505) 559-4249	310	19	16.5	3.2%	80 (25.8%)	4 (1.3%)	146 (47.1%)	64 (20.6%)	10 (3.2%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (1.9%)	$8,884							99.3%	99.4%	0.10%			350013000921
2	Cottonwood Classical Prep	Public, Charter	6-12	7801 Jefferson St NE	Albuquerque	87109	Bernalillo County	Cottonwood Classical Prep	Yes	(n/a)	No	Yes	(505) 998-1021	807	57	14.2	99.6%	299 (37.1%)	13 (1.6%)	417 (51.7%)	34 (4.2%)	14 (1.7%)	0 (0.0%)	30 (3.7%)								98.6%	98.8%	0.21%			350010801031
3	Mandela International Magnet (Mims)	Public	7-12	1604 Agua Fria	Santa Fe	87505	Santa Fe County	Santa Fe	No	(n/a)	No	No	(505) 467-1901	301	25	11.8	24.9%	142 (47.2%)	5 (1.7%)	128 (42.5%)	20 (6.6%)	4 (1.3%)	2 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	$13,565							97.9%	97.1%	0.85%			350237001106
4	Explore Academy	Public, Charter, Alternative	K-12	5100 Masthead St NE	Albuquerque	87109	Bernalillo County	Explore Academy	Yes	(n/a)	No	Yes	(505) 305-5300	1,354	104	13	22.0%	594 (43.9%)	44 (3.2%)	611 (45.1%)	32 (2.4%)	23 (1.7%)	3 (0.2%)	47 (3.5%)	$8,648							97.3%	88.4%	8.89%			350016701103
5	Early College Academy	Public	9-12	807 Mountain Rd NE	Albuquerque	87102	Bernalillo County	Albuquerque	No	(n/a)	No	No	(505) 247-3658	221	0	736.6	49.8%	60 (27.1%)	3 (1.4%)	136 (61.5%)	6 (2.7%)	1 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	15 (6.8%)	$2,851							96.6%	98.3%	1.68%			350006000916
6	La Cueva High	Public	9-12	7801 Wilshire NE	Albuquerque	87122	Bernalillo County	Albuquerque	No	(n/a)	No	No	(505) 823-2327	1,831	98	18.6	37.2%	717 (39.2%)	24 (1.3%)	801 (43.7%)	158 (8.6%)	47 (2.6%)	3 (0.2%)	81 (4.4%)	$7,910							95.9%	92.4%	3.45%			350006000698
7	The Ask Academy	Public, Charter	6-12	4550 Sundt Rd NE	Rio Rancho	87124	Sandoval County	The Ask Academy	Yes	(n/a)	No	Yes	(505) 891-0757	592	40	14.9	15.0%	281 (47.5%)	15 (2.5%)	262 (44.3%)	12 (2.0%)	10 (1.7%)	0 (0.0%)	12 (2.0%)	$7,130							95.2%	93.0%	2.18%			350012601070
8	Arrowhead Park Early College High School	Public	9-12	3400 South Espina St	Las Cruces	88001	Do�a Ana County	Las Cruces	No	(n/a)	No	No	(575) 527-9540	554	22	25.4	100.0%	143 (25.8%)	19 (3.4%)	357 (64.4%)	20 (3.6%)	3 (0.5%)	7 (1.3%)	5 (0.9%)	$9,868							94.5%	95.9%	1.41%			350150001064
9	Amy Biehl Charter High School	Public, Charter	9-12	123 4th St SW	Albuquerque	87102	Bernalillo County	Amy Biehl Charter High School	Yes	(n/a)	No	Yes	(505) 299-9409	212	16	13.5	44.3%	32 (15.1%)	9 (4.2%)	156 (73.6%)	4 (1.9%)	9 (4.2%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.9%)	$11,354							93.8%	77.3%	16.51%			350013100810
10	Nm School For The Arts	Public, Charter	9-12	500 Montezuma Avenue	Santa Fe	87501	Santa Fe County	Nm School For The Arts	Yes	(n/a)	No	Yes	(505) 310-4194	342	27	12.5	24.3%	149 (43.6%)	6 (1.8%)	153 (44.7%)	0 (0.0%)	14 (4.1%)	0 (0.0%)	20 (5.8%)	$11,007							93.2%	94.8%	1.62%			350011901058

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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, NM-MSSA English Language Arts, NM-MSSA Mathematics test scores released by the New Mexico Public Education Department.
These rankings were last updated on November 10, 2024, 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.

Educational resources:

Per-Pupil Spending: Understanding the Breakdown of Federal, State, and Local Funds

State-Administered Standardized Tests: A Comprehensive Guide

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.