Summary:
ZIP code 87114 in Albuquerque's northwest side contains 14 schools serving roughly 9,144 students: nine elementary schools, three middle schools, and two high schools. Thirteen of them belong to Albuquerque Public Schools, ranked 55th of 87 New Mexico districts (37th percentile, 2 stars), while North Valley Academy operates as its own district, ranked 65th of 87 (25th percentile, 1 star). Free/reduced lunch rates are near universal, with a median around 99.6%, and student-teacher ratios range from 9.0 at Taylor Middle to 16.2 at Sunset View Elementary.
The clear standout is Coyote Willow Family School, a 5-star school ranked 13th of 346 elementary schools statewide (96th percentile), with 77.02% proficiency in English language arts, 65.22% in math, and 69.64% in science — despite a 100% free/reduced lunch rate. Tony Hillerman Middle School (4 stars, 75th percentile) and Petroglyph Elementary (4 stars, 76th percentile) also outperform district and state averages. Among high schools, Volcano Vista High posts the top graduation rate at 87.2%, above APS's 75.6% and the state's 80.6%, while Cibola High graduates 78.1% and has stronger 11th-grade math and science.
At the lower end, Alameda Elementary reports 19.12% ELA proficiency and math under 10%, and Taylor Middle is 1-star with 37.91% ELA and 17.99% math. Math is the weakest subject overall, trailing ELA at nearly every school including the strongest ones. Poverty is widespread but does not uniformly predict results, and staffing ratios alone do not explain performance — Taylor Middle has the smallest classes yet the lowest outcomes, while Coyote Willow has larger classes and the best results.
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