Best Public Schools in Zip Code 87048

ZIP code 87048 contains just one listed public school — Corrales K-8 in Corrales, New Mexico — a school classified in the area summary as elementary but actually serving grades K–8, so it also educates middle-grade students even though the summary shows zero middle schools in the ZIP code. The school enrolls 378 students, is part of Albuquerque Public Schools, has a student–teacher ratio of 13.2, and reports 99.74% free/reduced lunch eligibility in 2024–2025, meaning nearly every student is economically disadvantaged by that measure.

Against that backdrop, Corrales K-8 performs well above its district and state. It has earned 4 stars in each of the last three reported years, ranking 88th percentile statewide in 2023–2024 and 2024–2025 and 82nd percentile in 2025–2026, while Albuquerque Public Schools sits at the 37th percentile with 2 stars. In 2025–2026 all-grades proficiency, the school reached 61.69% in Language Arts, 42.34% in Mathematics, and 44.78% in Science — roughly 18, 17, and 11 points above the state, respectively. Grade-level highlights include 8th-grade Language Arts at 75.00% (over 31 points above district and state), 4th-grade Mathematics at 50.91%, and strong 3rd-, 4th-, 5th-, and 7th-grade Language Arts results.

Language Arts is the school's strongest subject, running about 19 points above its own math results, and 6th grade is the relative dip at 45.00% in Language Arts — still above district and state. The state suppressed 8th-grade Mathematics and 8th-grade Science results, so those remain unknown, not zero or weak. All-grades proficiency did slip year over year (ELA −2.90 points, Math −5.03 points) even as district and state figures edged up, so the school remains well ahead but is worth watching.