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Upper Elementary

Public Grades 2-6
97th
SchoolDigger Rank ?
of 346 New Mexico Elementary Schools
Better than 72% of New Mexico elementary schools
Summary

Upper Elementary serves 179 students in grades 2–6 in Estancia, New Mexico, part of Estancia Municipal Schools and sharing an address with Lower Elementary, which covers PK–1. Its recent trajectory is notably strong: it ranked 97th of 346 New Mexico elementary schools in 2025–2026 — 72nd percentile, 4 stars — up from 165th of 345 (52nd percentile, 3 stars) in 2024–2025 and 232nd of 413 (44th percentile, 2 stars) in 2023–2024.

Math is the clearest strength. All-grades math proficiency is 41.73%, above the district's 30.2% and the state's 25.54%, while Moriarty Elementary reports 20.18% and Mountainair Elementary reports under 20%. ELA is solid at 49.28% versus the state's 43.34%, with Mountainair close at 47.5% but Moriarty much lower at 36.12%. In 5th-grade science, Upper reports 38.89%, compared with Moriarty's 17.65% and the state's 31.97%; Mountainair's science score is suppressed and cannot be compared directly.

Roughly 100% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which makes these results especially meaningful. Low-income students rank in the 86th percentile (4 stars), up from 53rd percentile the year before. Third-grade ELA proficiency is 62.16% against the state's 44.33%, though by grades 5 and 6 it sits close to the state average — the school's main relative opportunity. Math remains above state average in every tested grade. Note that suppressed scores, such as Mountainair's science result, are unknown rather than zero.

179
Students ?
11.4
Student/teacher ratio ?
$13,292
Per pupil spending ?
100%
Free/discounted lunch ?
 624 8th St
       Estancia, NM  87016

(505) 384-2001

District: Estancia Municipal Schools


Students who attend Upper Elementary usually attend:

Middle:    Estancia Middle
High:    Estancia High
Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:
77.7%
White:
19.0%
American Indian:
1.7%
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At a glance
▲ Ranking trend: Improving — 43rd percentile in 2015 → 72nd in 2026
Strengths
✓Test scores above the New Mexico average (45% vs 36% meeting standards)
✓Ranking is trending up — up 29 percentile points since 2015
✓Above the New Mexico median (72nd percentile)
Worth a look
!Some student groups rank well below the school's overall statewide standing
Students meeting standards (2025-2026) ?
This school45%
District avg39%
New Mexico avg36%
97th of 346
New Mexico public elementary schools ?
Top 28%▲ up 27 pts since 2016
From bottom 45% (2016) to top 28% (2026)
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★★★★★
SchoolDigger rating ?
40th of 87Estancia Municipal 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

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew Mexico percentileRating
202660.997 of 34672.0%★★★★☆
202545.6165 of 34552.2%★★★☆☆
202438.0232 of 41343.8%★★☆☆☆
202360.8160 of 43563.2%★★★☆☆
202260.3127 of 42069.8%★★★☆☆
201941.1222 of 39643.9%★★☆☆☆
201850.1164 of 38357.2%★★★☆☆
201730.9262 of 37429.9%★★☆☆☆
201641.1225 of 41045.1%★★☆☆☆
201537.7242 of 42142.5%★★☆☆☆
201434.3304 of 44231.2%★★☆☆☆
201334.7285 of 41230.8%★★☆☆☆
201237.1261 of 39834.4%★★☆☆☆
201147.9205 of 40249.0%★★☆☆☆
201058.2159 of 41962.1%★★★☆☆
200965.6121 of 41170.6%★★★★☆
200861.6127 of 40568.6%★★★☆☆
200772.386 of 39878.4%★★★★☆
200664.8117 of 39070.0%★★★★☆
200556.6146 of 38962.5%★★★☆☆

Female

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew Mexico percentileRating
202649.6104 of 25258.7%★★★☆☆
202452.7149 of 39862.6%★★★☆☆
202371.6102 of 39073.8%★★★★☆
202259.1111 of 39571.9%★★★★☆
201953.5129 of 34362.4%★★★☆☆
201868.485 of 33974.9%★★★★☆

Hispanic

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew Mexico percentileRating
202653.7102 of 27362.6%★★★☆☆
202544.3131 of 25548.6%★★☆☆☆
202446.3186 of 38451.6%★★★☆☆
202368.5106 of 39573.2%★★★★☆
202257.4105 of 38973.0%★★★★☆
201935.5209 of 32034.7%★★☆☆☆
201852.2141 of 32957.1%★★★☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew Mexico percentileRating
202673.237 of 25685.5%★★★★☆
202546.1153 of 32552.9%★★★☆☆
202439.4199 of 35644.1%★★☆☆☆
202371.1119 of 42672.1%★★★★☆
202271.054 of 41086.8%★★★★☆
201951.7155 of 36157.1%★★★☆☆
201861.7104 of 35670.8%★★★★☆

Male

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew Mexico percentileRating
202663.464 of 25174.5%★★★★☆
202432.2244 of 39738.5%★★☆☆☆
202348.0202 of 41451.2%★★★☆☆
202253.6126 of 39267.9%★★★☆☆
201932.3230 of 33731.8%★★☆☆☆
201835.2224 of 33332.7%★★☆☆☆

Special Education

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew Mexico percentileRating
202331.6137 of 16517.0%★☆☆☆☆

White

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew Mexico percentileRating
202654.2114 of 30462.5%★★★☆☆
202538.7186 of 30438.8%★★☆☆☆
202430.2226 of 33933.3%★★☆☆☆
202355.6167 of 41359.6%★★★☆☆
202241.1199 of 32538.8%★★☆☆☆
201936.1136 of 19931.7%★★☆☆☆
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)86th percentile+14 vs school
Male (2026)75th percentile+3 vs school
Hispanic (2026)63rd percentile-9 vs school
White (2026)62nd percentile-9 vs school
Female (2026)59th percentile-13 vs school
Special Education (2023)17th percentile-46 vs school
By subject vs New Mexico (2025-2026) ?
English Language Arts49%+5 vs state
Mathematics42%+14 vs state
Science39%+7 vs state

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Students who attend Upper Elementary usually go on to attend:

Middle : Estancia Middle
High : Estancia High

Students at Upper Elementary are 78% Hispanic, 19% White, 2% American Indian, 1% African American.

In the 2024-25 school year, 179 students attended Upper Elementary.

Upper Elementary ranks 97th of 346 New Mexico elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 4 stars out of 5.

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2025–26 NM Combined, NM-ASR, NM-MSSA & SAT School Day test scoresNewSep 17, 2026
2024–25 graduation ratesFeb 27, 2026
2024–25 NM-ASR, NM-MSSA & SAT School Day test scoresJan 2, 2026
2023–24 graduation ratesApr 22, 2025


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.

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