Best High Schools in Zip Code 87004

ZIP code 87004 covers Bernalillo, New Mexico, and contains a single reported high school: Bernalillo High, a public school serving grades 9–12 with 824 students in Bernalillo Public Schools. Because there is only one high school in this area, there are no local peers to compare it with; the meaningful benchmarks are the district and the state. Notably, several 11th-grade and graduation figures are identical for the school and the district, which suggests the district's high-school results essentially mirror this campus.

Bernalillo High's most recent results place it at the bottom of New Mexico's high-school rankings: 132 of 132 in 2025–2026, at the 0th percentile with 0 stars. That follows 124 of 131 in 2024–2025 and 160 of 172 in 2023–2024, so the school has remained in the bottom decile for three straight years. Proficiency is far below state levels. In 2025–2026, 11th-grade language arts was 10.22% versus 36.78% statewide, science was 8.89% versus 34.02%, and SAT English language arts was 9.84% versus 37.07%. Every reported school-level math result is under 5%, compared with state math proficiency of 12.53% to 25.54% depending on the exam and grade.

Comparable year-over-year results dropped sharply: SAT English language arts fell from 22.6% to 9.84%, and NM-ASR science fell from 17.61% to 9.04%. The 2024–2025 graduation rate was 72.9% against 80.6% statewide — a real gap, though smaller than the proficiency differences. Reported free/reduced-price lunch eligibility was 100%, and the student-teacher ratio was 16.3:1. The district also ranks low, at 82 of 87, or the 6th percentile. With only one school here and math scores reported as under 5%, these findings are descriptive rather than explanatory.