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Best Elementary Schools in Zip Code 87004

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Schools

717

Students

5-star school

Top rankedPlacitas Elementary15^th of 345 New Mexico elementary schools

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Placitas Elementary up 32 spots statewide this year

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Summary:

The 87004 zip code area is home to three elementary schools: Wd Carroll Elementary, La Escuelita Early Childhood, and Placitas Elementary. These schools serve students in the Bernalillo district, with Placitas Elementary standing out as the top-performing school in the group.

Placitas Elementary has consistently ranked among the top elementary schools in New Mexico, with a 5-star rating from SchoolDigger and a ranking of 15 out of 345 schools for the 2024-2025 school year. The school's proficiency rates in English Language Arts and Mathematics are significantly higher than the district and state averages, with 68.49% of students proficient or better in ELA and 45.21% in Mathematics, compared to 33.72% and 15.3% for the district, respectively.

In contrast, the other two schools in the area, Wd Carroll Elementary and La Escuelita Early Childhood, have high percentages of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch, at 100% and 99.22%, respectively. While the student-teacher ratios are relatively low across all three schools, the stark differences in academic performance between Placitas Elementary and the other two schools raise questions about equity and access to quality education within the district.

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				NM-ASR Science (2025)	NM-MSSA English Language Arts (2025)					NM-MSSA Mathematics (2025)				Per Pupil Expenditures (2019)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients (2025)	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	Rank Change from Previous Year	NM-ASR Science 5th Grade	NM-MSSA English Language Arts 3rd Grade	NM-MSSA English Language Arts 4th Grade	NM-MSSA English Language Arts 5th Grade	NM-MSSA English Language Arts 6th Grade	NM-MSSA English Language Arts All Grades	NM-MSSA Mathematics 3rd Grade	NM-MSSA Mathematics 5th Grade	NM-MSSA Mathematics 6th Grade	NM-MSSA Mathematics All Grades	Total
Placitas Elementary	Public	K-6	5 Calle Del Carbon	Bernalillo	87004	Sandoval County	Bernalillo Public Schools	No	(n/a)	No	No	(505) 867-2488	112	9	12.4	100.0%	36 (32.1%)	0 (0.0%)	65 (58.0%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (3.6%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (6.3%)	94	15^th of 345 public elementary schools	95.7%		84.9	47^th of 413 public elementary schools	88.6%	32	66.7	57.1	76.9	70.8	73.3	68.5		66.7	66.7	45.2	$12,097
Santo Domingo Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	100 Hwy 22 West	Santo Domingo Pueblo	87004	Sandoval County	Bernalillo Public Schools	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(505) 867-4441	206	19	10.7	100.0%	1 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (1.5%)	0 (0.0%)	192 (93.2%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (4.9%)								(n/a)		25.7	28.6			20.4				9.8	$11,582
Wd Carroll Elementary	Public	K-3	842 Camino Don Tomas	Bernalillo	87004	Sandoval County	Bernalillo Public Schools	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(505) 867-4441	399	32	12.4	100.0%	14 (3.5%)	1 (0.3%)	292 (73.2%)	3 (0.8%)	73 (18.3%)	0 (0.0%)	16 (4.0%)								(n/a)		35.4				35.4	22.2			22.2	$11,950

Cities Near Zip Code 87004

City	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Bernalillo	0.38 mi	6	75^th
Rio Rancho	2.19 mi	24	23^rd
Algodones	6.01 mi	1
Corrales	6.75 mi	1	12^th
Albuquerque	8.06 mi	213	44^th

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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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