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Mesa Elementary

Q: Is Mesa Elementary a good school?

Mesa Elementary ranks 250 th of 346 New Mexico elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 1 star out of 5.

Q: How many students attend Mesa Elementary?

In the 2024-25 school year, 229 students attended Mesa Elementary.

Q: What is the racial makeup of Mesa Elementary?

Students at Mesa Elementary are 94% American Indian, 3% Hispanic, 2% Two or more races.

Q: What schools do graduates of Mesa Elementary attend?

Students who attend Mesa Elementary usually go on to attend: Middle : Tse Bit Ai Middle High : Shiprock High

Public Grades PK, KG-6

250^th

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 346 New Mexico Elementary Schools

Better than 28% of New Mexico elementary schools

Summary

Mesa Elementary is a PK–6 school of 229 students on N Hwy 491 in Shiprock, New Mexico, part of Central Consolidated Schools, where 100% of students qualified for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024–25 and every nearby district peer serves the same population. Statewide, Mesa ranked 250th of 346 New Mexico elementary schools in 2025–26 — the 28th percentile, 1 star, and the highest mark in the decade of rank history provided.

In 2025–26, 30.23% of students tested proficient in language arts and 17.83% in math, against district marks of 30.46% and 19.42% and state marks of 43.34% and 25.54%. Science results are suppressed at every grade Mesa reports, so science is unknown here rather than a demonstrated weakness. Within the district, Mesa's ELA ranks third of six schools — ahead of Kirtland Elementary (27.14%), Ojo Amarillo Elementary (21.71%) and Nizhoni Elementary (17.27%), behind Eva B Stokely Elementary (44.00%) and Judy Nelson Elementary (44.26%). Math is Mesa's clearest weakness: below every district peer except Nizhoni. Its student–teacher ratio has tightened to 11.1, second-lowest among district peers after Eva B Stokely's 9.0. Mesa's two nearest district neighbors are close by: Eva B Stokely, 2.31 miles away, sits at the 49th percentile; Nizhoni, 2.95 miles away, at the 5th.

The trend is the standout feature. All-grades ELA climbed from 11% (2023–24) to 21.15% (2024–25) to 30.23% (2025–26), and math from 4% to 13.46% to 17.83% — roughly tripling in ELA and more than quadrupling in math. Student groups moved with it: Native American students rose from the 1st percentile (2023–24) to the 38th (2025–26), and low-income students from the 2nd percentile to the 43rd. Grade-level results are uneven: fourth-grade ELA (41.94%) leads and beats the district average, sixth-grade ELA and math fall below district averages, third- and fourth-grade math are reported only as under 20%, and fifth grade is suppressed in every subject. Even at this decade high, Mesa's 28th percentile outranks its own district, which sits at the 8th percentile statewide.

229

Students ?

11.1

Student/teacher ratio ?

$11,357

Per pupil spending ?

72.5%

Directly certified for free meals (2024-25) ?

All students receive free meals (Community Eligibility, 2024-25)

All students in New Mexico receive free school meals.

N Hwy 491 Mesa School Rd
Shiprock, NM 87420

(505) 368-4529

District: Central Consolidated Schools

Students who attend Mesa Elementary usually attend:

Middle:	Tse Bit Ai Middle
High:	Shiprock High

Racial breakdown:

American Indian:

93.9%

Hispanic:

3.5%

Two or more races:

1.7%

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At a glance

▲ Ranking trend: Improving — 7th percentile in 2014 → 28th in 2026

Strengths

✓Ranking is trending up — up 21 percentile points since 2014

✓Small classes — about 11 students per teacher

Worth a look

!Test scores below the New Mexico average (25% vs 36% meeting standards)

!English Language Arts scores 13 pts below the New Mexico average

Students meeting standards (2025-2026) ?

This school25%

District avg26%

New Mexico avg36%

250^th of 346

New Mexico public elementary schools ?

Bottom 28%▲ up 11 pts since 2016

From bottom 17% (2016) to bottom 28% (2026)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

4^th of 6Elementary Schools in the Central Consolidated Schools

80^th of 87Central Consolidated Schools among New Mexico districts

Statewide rank percentile over time (100 = the top-ranked school in the state; click a legend item to add a student group)

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New Mexico percentile	Rating
2026	28.1	250 of 346	27.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	6.2	409 of 413	1.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	10.1	422 of 435	3.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	20.2	343 of 420	18.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	17.4	350 of 396	11.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	17.4	329 of 383	14.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2017	16.0	334 of 374	10.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2016	23.3	341 of 410	16.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2015	23.4	351 of 421	16.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2014	15.1	410 of 442	7.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2013	9.3	400 of 412	2.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2012	13.5	374 of 398	6.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2011	8.0	391 of 402	2.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2010	24.8	339 of 419	19.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2009	19.5	364 of 411	11.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2008	13.2	384 of 405	5.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2007	8.0	387 of 398	2.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2006	14.5	366 of 390	6.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2005	15.0	365 of 389	6.2%	☆☆☆☆☆

English Language Learner

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New Mexico percentile	Rating
2024	20.8	189 of 223	15.2%	★☆☆☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New Mexico percentile	Rating
2024	4.1	392 of 398	1.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	24.2	279 of 395	29.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	19.9	293 of 343	14.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	13.5	315 of 339	7.1%	☆☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New Mexico percentile	Rating
2026	43.3	146 of 256	43.0%	★★☆☆☆
2024	7.8	350 of 356	1.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	9.1	413 of 426	3.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	23.1	301 of 410	26.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	18.9	324 of 361	10.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	21.3	302 of 356	15.2%	★☆☆☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New Mexico percentile	Rating
2024	4.6	395 of 397	0.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	8.5	412 of 414	0.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	17.6	305 of 392	22.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	14.7	311 of 337	7.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	26.1	261 of 333	21.6%	★☆☆☆☆

Native American

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New Mexico percentile	Rating
2026	41.0	20 of 32	37.5%	★★☆☆☆
2024	6.7	89 of 90	1.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	11.4	90 of 92	2.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	29.2	72 of 99	27.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	25.5	52 of 64	18.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	28.7	36 of 48	25.0%	★☆☆☆☆

How student groups rank statewide ? (each group's percentile vs the same group at other schools — higher is better; the +/- beside each compares the group with this school's overall percentile)

Low Socio Economic Status (2026)43rd percentile+15 vs school

Native American (2026)38th percentile+10 vs school

English Language Learner (2024)15th percentile+14 vs school

Female (2024)2nd percentile~ school

Male (2024)1st percentile~ school

By subject vs New Mexico (2025-2026) ?

English Language Arts31%-13 vs state

Mathematics19%-9 vs state

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2026)				Ranking (2025)				NM-ASR Science (2026)		NM-MSSA English Language Arts (2026)					NM-MSSA Mathematics (2026)					Per Pupil Expenditures (2019)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Directly certified (2024-25)	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2026)	Statewide Rank (2026)	State Percentile (2026)	SchoolDigger Rating (2026)	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	Rank Change from Previous Year	NM-ASR Science 5th Grade	NM-ASR Science All Grades	NM-MSSA English Language Arts 3rd Grade	NM-MSSA English Language Arts 4th Grade	NM-MSSA English Language Arts 5th Grade	NM-MSSA English Language Arts 6th Grade	NM-MSSA English Language Arts All Grades	NM-MSSA Mathematics 3rd Grade	NM-MSSA Mathematics 4th Grade	NM-MSSA Mathematics 5th Grade	NM-MSSA Mathematics 6th Grade	NM-MSSA Mathematics All Grades	Total
Mesa Elementary	Public	PK, KG-6	N Hwy 491 Mesa School Rd	Shiprock	87420	San Juan County	Central Consolidated Schools	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(505) 368-4529	229	21	11.1	72.5%	2 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (3.5%)	0 (0.0%)	215 (93.9%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (1.7%)	28.1	250^th of 346 public elementary schools	27.7%					(n/a)			37.9	43.3		27.0	31.5				29.7	18.6	$11,357
Atsa' Biya' a'zh Community School	Public	K-6	Pinon Street Bdg 1415	Shiprock	87420	San Juan County	Atsa' Biya' a'zh Community School	(n/a)	No	No	Yes	(505) 368-2100	200	21	9.6	—	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	200 (100.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)								(n/a)
Eva B Stokely Elementary	Public	PK, KG-6	West Hwy 64	Shiprock	87420	San Juan County	Central Consolidated Schools	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(505) 368-5109	203	23	9.0	65.5%	2 (1.0%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (4.4%)	4 (2.0%)	181 (89.2%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (3.4%)	44.2	178^th of 346 public elementary schools	48.6%		23.3	272^nd of 345 public elementary schools	21.2%	94	41.2		53.3	36.8	41.2	43.6	43.6	23.3	< 20%	58.8	28.2	27.4	$13,874
Nizhoni Elementary	Public	PK, KG-6	Hwy 491	Shiprock	87420	San Juan County	Central Consolidated Schools	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(505) 368-4565	207	20	10.3	67.1%	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.5%)	7 (3.4%)	5 (2.4%)	190 (91.8%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (1.9%)								(n/a)	< 20%	< 20%		30.0	< 20%	< 20%	17.4		< 20%	< 20%	< 20%	10.1	$11,021
Nenahnezad Community School	Public	K-6	500 Cr 6675	Fruitland	87416	San Juan County	Nenahnezad Community School	(n/a)	No	No	Yes	(505) 960-6922	156	4	39.0	—	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	156 (100.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)								(n/a)
Judy Nelson Elementary	Public	PK, KG-6	40 Cr 6580	Kirtland	87417	San Juan County	Central Consolidated Schools	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(505) 598-6285	486	36	13.5	47.9%	69 (14.2%)	1 (0.2%)	70 (14.4%)	5 (1.0%)	318 (65.4%)	0 (0.0%)	23 (4.7%)	46.1	165^th of 346 public elementary schools	52.3%		40.7	185^th of 345 public elementary schools	46.4%	20	15.6		50.9	57.1	34.4	39.7	44.4	33.3	24.5	40.6	46.6	37.5	$11,168
Kirtland Elementary	Public	PK, KG-6	30 Cr 6446	Kirtland	87417	San Juan County	Central Consolidated Schools	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(505) 598-5893	388	30	13.1	47.2%	23 (5.9%)	1 (0.3%)	41 (10.6%)	0 (0.0%)	310 (79.9%)	0 (0.0%)	13 (3.4%)	20.4	296^th of 346 public elementary schools	14.5%		25.2	258^th of 345 public elementary schools	25.2%	38	< 20%	< 20%	26.9	39.1	34.1	13.0	27.6	15.4	19.6	40.9	22.2	24.0	$11,911
Beclabito Day School	Public	K-4	Clliford Ward Drive Hwy 64 West BIA Rd 5112	Beclabito	87420	San Juan County	Beclabito Day School	(n/a)	No	No	Yes	(928) 656-3555	21	4	5.2	—	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	21 (100.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)								(n/a)
Ojo Amarillo Elementary	Public	PK, KG-6	Rd 6500 And Rd 6466	Fruitland	87416	San Juan County	Central Consolidated Schools	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(505) 960-5271	280	26	10.9	72.1%	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (3.2%)	1 (0.4%)	261 (93.2%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (2.9%)	21.1	292^nd of 346 public elementary schools	15.6%		19.7	298^th of 345 public elementary schools	13.6%	6	< 20%	< 20%	37.1	< 20%	19.2	< 20%	22.3	20.0	< 20%	23.4	32.4	22.3	$11,665

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