Summary:
ZIP code 87035 contains five schools — two elementary, two middle, and one high school — all part of the Moriarty-Edgewood School District in New Mexico, together enrolling roughly 1,942 students across grades PK through 12. Nearly every student qualifies for free or reduced lunch, from 99.19% to 100%, so poverty levels look essentially the same at all five schools. Student-to-teacher ratios range from 10.5:1 at Route 66 Elementary to 15.3:1 at Moriarty High.
Edgewood Middle is the strongest school here, ranked 58th of 191 (70th percentile, 4 stars), with 56.57% proficiency in language arts, 31.02% in math, and 50.00% in 8th-grade science — all above district and state averages. Route 66 Elementary is the most improved, rising from 2 stars to 3 stars and from the 41st to the 58th percentile, and it also has the smallest classes at 10.5:1. Moriarty High improved from 2 stars to 3 stars and beats the state in 11th-grade language arts (46.67% vs. 36.78%) and science (46.67% vs. 34.02%), but trails in math (11.11% vs. 12.72%) and graduates 69.6% of students compared with 80.6% statewide.
Moriarty Elementary and Moriarty Middle have each held 1 star for three straight years. Moriarty Elementary sits at the 17th percentile with 36.12% language arts and 20.18% math; Moriarty Middle is at the 21st percentile with 30.99% language arts and 13.62% math, and its 8th-grade math is reported as under 10%. Math is the shared weak spot across most of the area. The main takeaway for parents: results vary sharply between schools in the same district, with Edgewood Middle and Route 66 Elementary leading and the two Moriarty schools needing the most support.
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