Best Elementary Schools in New Mexico for Low Socio Economic Status 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, Low Socio Economic Status 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 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 (Low Socio Economic Status vs All Students - 2025)					ID
Rank (of 325)	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 (Low Socio Economic Status)	Statewide Rank Percentile (All Students)	Rank Percentile Difference from All Students	SchoolDigger Rating (Low Socio Economic Status)	SchoolDigger Rating (All Students)	ID
325	La Mesa Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	7500 Copper Av NE	Albuquerque	87108	Bernalillo County	Albuquerque	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(505) 262-1581	415	34	12.3	98.8%	26 (6.3%)	40 (9.6%)	316 (76.1%)	1 (0.2%)	21 (5.1%)	0 (0.0%)	11 (2.7%)	$9,815							0.0%	0.0%	%			350006000075
324	Gov Bent Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	5700 Hendrix Rd NE	Albuquerque	87110	Bernalillo County	Albuquerque	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(505) 881-9797	339	30	11.4	99.4%	50 (14.7%)	15 (4.4%)	189 (55.8%)	12 (3.5%)	54 (15.9%)	0 (0.0%)	19 (5.6%)	$9,959							0.3%	0.3%	0.02%			350006000057
323	Navajo Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	2936 Hughes Rd SW	Albuquerque	87105	Bernalillo County	Albuquerque	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(505) 873-8512	344	26	13.4	99.7%	15 (4.4%)	1 (0.3%)	324 (94.2%)	1 (0.3%)	3 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$10,018							0.6%	0.6%	0.04%			350006000093
322	Ramah Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	27 Lewis St	Ramah	87321	McKinley County	Gallup	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(505) 721-3700	223	43	5.2	87.9%	38 (17.0%)	1 (0.4%)	35 (15.7%)	0 (0.0%)	129 (57.8%)	0 (0.0%)	20 (9.0%)	$15,427							0.9%	0.9%	0.05%			350111000311
321	Mac Arthur Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	655 N 4th St	Las Cruces	88005	Do�a Ana County	Las Cruces	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(575) 527-9556	335	29	11.5	100.0%	20 (6.0%)	0 (0.0%)	313 (93.4%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	$10,671							1.2%	1.2%	0.07%			350150000389
320	El Camino Real Academy Community	Public	PK, KG-8	2500 S. Meadows	Santa Fe	87507	Santa Fe County	Santa Fe	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(505) 467-1300	704	58	12.2	100.0%	13 (1.8%)	2 (0.3%)	686 (97.4%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.3%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	$10,112							1.5%	1.4%	0.09%			350237000535
319	Hodgin Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	3801 Morningside Dr NE	Albuquerque	87110	Bernalillo County	Albuquerque	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(505) 881-9855	392	38	10.2	99.0%	56 (14.3%)	19 (4.8%)	208 (53.1%)	2 (0.5%)	66 (16.8%)	0 (0.0%)	41 (10.5%)	$11,974							1.8%	2.0%	0.18%			350006000064
318	Ramirez Thomas Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	610 Alta Vista	Santa Fe	87505	Santa Fe County	Santa Fe	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(505) 467-3000	417	27	15.3	100.0%	9 (2.2%)	6 (1.4%)	392 (94.0%)	1 (0.2%)	8 (1.9%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	$9,926							2.2%	1.7%	0.41%			350237000887
317	Emerson Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	620 Georgia St SE	Albuquerque	87108	Bernalillo County	Albuquerque	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(505) 255-9091	334	29	11.3	98.5%	19 (5.7%)	17 (5.1%)	256 (76.6%)	7 (2.1%)	22 (6.6%)	0 (0.0%)	13 (3.9%)	$10,700							2.5%	2.3%	0.14%			350006000051
316	Apache Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	12800 Copper St NE	Albuquerque	87123	Bernalillo County	Albuquerque	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(505) 292-7735	341	26	13.3	98.8%	55 (16.1%)	16 (4.7%)	192 (56.3%)	8 (2.3%)	43 (12.6%)	0 (0.0%)	27 (7.9%)	$10,493							2.8%	3.2%	0.42%			350006000026

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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.

Educational resources:

Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA): Transforming Education in America

Charter Schools vs Regular Public Schools: Understanding the Key Differences

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.