Summary
Espanola Valley High is a grades 9–12 high school in Espanola, New Mexico, served by Espanola Public Schools, with an enrollment figure listed as 0—likely an unreported or placeholder value—while nearby comparison schools list 550 and 1,181 students. In 2025–2026, it ranks 121st of 132 New Mexico high schools, the 8th percentile with 0 stars, down from 2024–2025 when it ranked 87th of 131, the 34th percentile with 2 stars. This is the lowest percentile in the provided history, though the school has generally been in the lower part of the statewide distribution for years.
Graduation rates have been below the state average in most recent years: 71.5% in 2024–2025 vs. 80.6% statewide, 70.4% in 2023–2024 vs. 78.0%, and 72.4% in 2022–2023 vs. 76.7%. In 2025–2026, 11th-grade proficiency is well below state levels: Language Arts 25% vs. 36.78%, Mathematics 4.86% vs. 12.72%, Science 16.78% vs. 34.02%, SAT ELA 24.29% vs. 37.07%, and SAT Math 5% vs. 12.53%. The school serves a high-poverty population, with free/reduced lunch at 79.31% in 2023–2024 and 100% in 2022–2023; the 2024–2025 figure is not provided. Subgroup effectiveness ranks are low across nearly all measured groups in 2025–2026, suggesting broad school-level challenges.
Compared with nearby schools, Los Alamos High is a stark contrast: it ranks 5th of 132, 96th percentile, 5 stars, with 97.1% graduation and higher proficiency, plus 11.43% free/reduced lunch and a 14.5 student-teacher ratio. That is a very different socioeconomic context. The comparison with Pojoaque High is meaningful because both serve high-poverty populations: Pojoaque reports 100% free/reduced lunch, while Espanola Valley High reports 79.31% in 2023–2024 and 100% in 2022–2023. Even so, Pojoaque outperforms Espanola Valley High in rank (88/132, 33rd percentile, 2 stars vs. 121/132, 8th percentile, 0 stars), graduation (82.4% vs. 71.5%), 11th-grade Language Arts (30.28% vs. 25%), Science (28.7% vs. 16.78%), and SAT ELA (30.28% vs. 24.29%). In mathematics, Espanola Valley High has a 4.86% proficiency rate, while Pojoaque’s math results are reported only as under 10%; both are below the state’s 12.72% in NM Combined math and 12.53% in SAT math, but the exact difference cannot be determined.
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