Summary
Acequia Madre Elementary is a K–6 school at 700 Acequia Madre St. in Santa Fe, New Mexico, part of Santa Fe Public Schools, enrolling 154 students — the smallest student body among the ten nearby schools compared here, and roughly 47% smaller than the average nearby school.
The headline for families is how far this school outpaces its own district. Acequia Madre ranks 23rd of 346 New Mexico elementary schools (93rd percentile, 5 stars), while its own district sits at the 36th percentile with 2 stars. That is not a one-year spike: the school has stayed in the top 12% statewide every year on record, going back to 2014–15. In 2025–26, 69.41% of students were proficient in English language arts, 50.59% in math, and 66.67% in fifth-grade science — about 1.6× the state rate in ELA, 1.8× in math, and more than double in science. Among nearby schools, it ranks third of ten, behind only Wood-Gormley Elementary and Carlos Gilbert Elementary, and comfortably ahead of Atalaya Elementary.
Results are also broad-based rather than carried by one group. Acequia Madre is the only school in this set with published subgroup rankings, and its male, female, Hispanic, White, low-income, and special education students all rank between roughly the 87th and 94th percentiles, with little gap between them. The main caveat is size: with about 22 students per grade, one student can shift a grade-level percentage by 4–5 points, so a single grade's year-to-year change deserves caution, while the long rank history and the large margins over district and state are sturdier signals. In short, this is a small, consistently strong school that outperforms all but two of its nearby peers.
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