Zuni High

Zuni High is a public high school in Zuni, New Mexico, serving 295 students in grades 10–12 within Zuni Public Schools, a district ranked 83rd of 87 in New Mexico. The school itself ranked 126th of 132 in 2025–2026, and its context is one of extreme economic need: 99.32% of students qualified for free/reduced lunch in 2024–2025. That is far higher than nearby Ramah High (75.09%) and similar to Twin Buttes Cyber Academy (100%).

Zuni High’s clearest strength is its graduation rate: 81.6% in 2024–2025, above the state average of 80.6% and far above Ramah High (72.7%) and Twin Buttes Cyber Academy (53.3%). However, test proficiency is far below state averages. In 2025–2026, 11th-grade English language arts was 13.04% (state: 36.78%), math was under 10% in every reported measure (state: about 25.5% combined), and science was 21.74% (state: 34.02%). Science is the relative bright spot, while math is the deepest gap. Ramah High, by comparison, had 44.83% in ELA, 31.03% in math, and 51.72% in science.

Subgroup effectiveness rankings show recent improvement for female students (67th of 95, 2 stars) but bottom-decile results for Native American students (22nd of 23) and low-socioeconomic-status students (114th of 115). Because nearly all students qualify for free/reduced lunch, the low-SES subgroup essentially mirrors the whole school. Data limitations include suppressed math scores and missing years for some subgroups; suppressed values are unknown, not zero. Bottom line: Zuni High graduates students at an above-state rate and has relatively stronger science proficiency, but its math and ELA proficiency, overall statewide rank, and subgroup effectiveness for its core populations remain major challenges.