Best Public Schools in Zip Code 87021

Summary:

The 87021 zip code is home to a single public elementary school, Milan Elementary, which serves grades PK-6 with a total enrollment of 417 students. The school is part of the Grants school district, which is ranked 66 out of 82 districts in New Mexico and has a 1-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Milan Elementary's academic performance, as measured by proficiency rates in English Language Arts (ELA), Mathematics, and Science, is generally lower than the Grants district and the state of New Mexico averages. In the 2024-2025 school year, the school's ELA proficiency rate for all grades was 41.63%, compared to 39.97% for Grants and 44.19% for New Mexico. In Mathematics, Milan Elementary's proficiency rate was 16.74%, compared to 18.33% for Grants and 26.81% for New Mexico. The school's 5th-grade Science proficiency rate was also lower, at 21.54%, compared to 22.32% for Grants and 29.3% for New Mexico.

Milan Elementary has a high percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch, at 97.12% in the 2023-2024 school year, indicating that the school serves a predominantly low-income population. The school's statewide ranking has fluctuated in recent years, ranging from 239 out of 345 elementary schools in 2024-2025 to 293 out of 435 in 2022-2023, and its SchoolDigger rating has also varied, ranging from 1 to 2 stars out of 5 during the same period. However, the school's relatively low student-teacher ratio of 13:1 in the 2023-2024 school year may provide an opportunity for more personalized attention and targeted interventions to improve student outcomes.

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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	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 4th Grade	NM-MSSA Mathematics 5th Grade	NM-MSSA Mathematics 6th Grade	NM-MSSA Mathematics All Grades	Total
Milan Elementary	Public	PK, KG-6	404 Sand	Milan	87021	Cibola County	Grants	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(505) 285-2727	410	37	11.0	98.8%	90 (22.0%)	13 (3.2%)	218 (53.2%)	3 (0.7%)	85 (20.7%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	27.2	239^th of 345 public elementary schools	30.7%		25.5	299^th of 413 public elementary schools	27.6%	60	21.5	39.6	45.2	42.4	38.5	41.6	15.1	16.1	18.2	17.3	16.7	$10,237

Cities Near Zip Code 87021

City	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Milan	0.64 mi	1	81^st
Grants	2.52 mi	7	73^rd
San Rafael	3.87 mi	1
Bluewater	7.82 mi	1
Prewitt	16.51 mi	1

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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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