Summary
Grady High is a very small public high school in Grady, New Mexico, serving grades 9–12 with just 52 students, and it is part of Grady Municipal Schools, a district rated 5th of 87 in New Mexico (94th percentile, 5 stars). At the school level, Grady High is currently a standout: in 2025–2026 it ranks 10th of 132 New Mexico high schools, in the 92nd percentile with 5 stars. That is a big jump from 2022–2023, when it ranked 81st of 170 (52nd percentile, 3 stars). The school has also had 5-star, top-decile showings in past years.
Grady's reported 11th-grade results in 2025–2026 are far above state averages: 66.67% in language arts versus 36.78% statewide, 73.33% in science versus 34.02% on the NM Combined exam and 34.27% on NM-ASR, and 66.67% on SAT School Day English language arts versus 37.07% statewide. School-level math scores are suppressed at both the all-grades and 11th-grade levels, so Grady's high school math performance is unknown rather than a weakness. For context, the district's all-grade math proficiency is 50.54% versus 25.54% statewide. The nearest comparable school is San Jon High, about 19.6 miles away, with 30 students; its most recent rank is from 2017–2018 (33rd of 182, 82nd percentile, 4 stars), and its current school-level scores are suppressed. Its district-level results beat the state by smaller margins, though differing years and grade levels make this directional.
Other context matters. Grady's school-level graduation rates are excellent but older—100% in 2019–2020 and 99.3% in 2017–2018—with no recent school-level rate provided. Its student-teacher ratio is 4.2 in 2024–2025, down from 13.8 the prior year, and nearly all students are economically disadvantaged (98.08% free/reduced lunch in 2024–2025, 100% in the two prior years). Low-SES subgroup results range from 91st percentile (2018–2019) to 64th percentile (2022–2023). With only 52 students, percentages can swing sharply from year to year.
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