Coyote Willow Family School

Coyote Willow Family School is a K–8 school with 280 students in Albuquerque Public Schools, located at 7125 Irving Blvd NW in Albuquerque, NM. It ranks among the top 3% of New Mexico elementary schools: 13th of 346 in 2025–2026 with 5 stars, and it has held the 96th–98th percentile for five consecutive years, reaching a best-ever state rank of 9th in 2022–2023. The district it belongs to ranks 55th of 87 statewide (37th percentile, 2 stars) — so this school performs far above its own district's standing.

In 2025–2026, 77.0% of students were proficient in English language arts, 65.2% in math, and 69.6% in science — well above the district (44.6 ELA, 27.7 math, 33.9 science) and the state (44.7, 27.9, 33.6). Nearby schools don't come close: Joe Harris Elementary School posted 59.6 ELA and 39.0 math, Petroglyph Elementary 55.7 and 42.8, and Ventana Ranch Elementary 51.3 and 32.8. Coyote Willow's math proficiency alone beats every nearby school's reading score, and every tested grade level — 3rd through 8th — is above the state average in every subject. Results have barely moved in four years (ELA 77–79%, math 60–66%).

The school's subgroup results are its strongest signal: low-income students rank 2nd of 256 statewide (99th percentile, 5 stars), and students in special education still rank in the top 11% — the only measure drifting the wrong way, from the 95th percentile in 2021–2022 to the 89th in 2023–2024. Class size is not the explanation: at 16.0 students per teacher, Coyote Willow's ratio is larger than several neighbors, some of which run 10–13. As a K–8 "Family School," it likely draws students from beyond its attendance area, so it isn't a like-for-like peer of the surrounding K–5 and PK–5 campuses. One caution: the 2024–2025 free/reduced-lunch figures across this dataset look like a reporting change rather than a real demographic shift.