Summary:
ZIP code 87059 covers the Tijeras area and has just two public schools, both part of Albuquerque Public Schools: A. Montoya Elementary, which serves prekindergarten through 5th grade with 370 students, and Roosevelt Middle, which serves grades 6–8 with 401 students. That is 771 students total, and because this ZIP has no high school, older students attend school elsewhere. The district overall is rated 2 stars and sits at the 37th percentile of New Mexico districts.
Roosevelt Middle is the academic standout. In 2025–2026 it ranked 41st of 191 middle schools, in the 79th percentile, with 4 stars, even after slipping from the 95th percentile and 5 stars in 2023–2024. Its students scored 57.37% proficient in ELA versus 44.66% statewide, 40.16% in math versus 27.85%, and 48.44% in 8th-grade science versus 34.33%. Seventh-grade ELA was roughly 19 points above the state. About 100% of its students qualify for free or reduced lunch.
A. Montoya Elementary is more mixed. It earned 3 stars and ranked in the 52nd percentile in 2025–2026, down from the 69th percentile three years earlier. Math is a strength at 33.13% proficient versus 27.85% statewide, and 5th-grade science is well above the state at 42.59% versus 32.24%. ELA, however, is slightly below state at 42.94% versus 44.66%, with 5th-grade ELA about 5 points behind. Its student-teacher ratio of 11.9 is lower than Roosevelt's 14.5, but that has not translated into stronger ELA results. Both schools serve very high-poverty populations and both rate above the district's overall standing, but Roosevelt is clearly the stronger performer.
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