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Best Public Schools in Zip Code 87144

At a glance

Schools

8,125

Students

Districts

Top rankedMountain View Middle25^th of 191 New Mexico middle schools

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Biggest riser

Colinas Del Norte Elementary up 114 spots statewide this year

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Smallest classes

Sandoval Academy Of Bilingual Education 13.6 students per teacher

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Newly ranked this year

Riotech

SchoolDigger ratings

4★

3★

2★

1 school without a SchoolDigger rating (too few tested students)

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Summary:

ZIP 87144 in Rio Rancho, New Mexico, is home to nine schools — six elementary, two middle and one high school — serving roughly 8,125 students. Eight are part of Rio Rancho Public Schools; the ninth is a charter, Sandoval Academy Of Bilingual Education, which is listed as elementary but serves grades K–8. About 44% of students are in elementary schools, 24% in middle schools and 32% in the single high school, Cleveland High School.

The strongest school in the ZIP is Mountain View Middle, ranked 25th of 191 middle schools (87th percentile, 4 stars), with Language Arts at 60.62%, math at 44.88% and science at 61.05% — all well above district and state averages. Among elementary schools, Vista Grande Elementary (47th of 346) and Sandia Vista Elementary (49th of 346) both sit in the 86th percentile with 4 stars; Sandia Vista has the ZIP's highest elementary math result at 46.26%, while Vista Grande leads elementary science at 50.31%. Enchanted Hills Elementary is close behind at 83rd percentile. Cleveland High School graduates 91.5% of students, above the district's 89.4% and the state's 80.6%, and its reading and science results are strong, but math is much lower at 16.92% and 16.44%. Colinas Del Norte Elementary is the biggest improvement story, rising from 1 star and the 20th percentile to 3 stars and the 53rd percentile.

For parents, the key takeaway is that performance varies widely rather than tracking class size. Both Vista Grande and Mountain View post the highest student-teacher ratios in the ZIP yet rank among its best schools, while Sandoval Academy Of Bilingual Education has the lowest ratio at 13.6 but math at 12.26%, far below the state's 25.54%, with 3rd-grade math reported only as under 20% and science suppressed. Where free/reduced lunch is reported, it is essentially universal — 99.8% to 100% — and outcomes still differ greatly. Rio Rancho Middle School has slipped from the 91st to the 67th percentile, while Cielo Azul Elementary sits at the 48th percentile with 2 stars.

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2026)				Ranking (2025)				SAT School Day English Language Arts (2026)	SAT School Day Mathematics (2026)	NM-ASR Science (2026)				NM-MSSA English Language Arts (2026)							NM-MSSA Mathematics (2026)							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	Directly certified (2024-25)	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2026)	Statewide Rank (2026)	State Percentile (2026)	SchoolDigger Rating (2026)	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	Rank Change from Previous Year	SAT School Day English Language Arts 11th Grade	SAT School Day Mathematics 11th Grade	NM-ASR Science 5th Grade	NM-ASR Science 8th Grade	NM-ASR Science 11th Grade	NM-ASR Science All Grades	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 7th Grade	NM-MSSA English Language Arts 8th 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 7th Grade	NM-MSSA Mathematics 8th Grade	NM-MSSA Mathematics All Grades	Total
Mountain View Middle	Public	6-8	4101 Montreal Loop NE	Rio Rancho	87144	Sandoval County	Rio Rancho Public Schools	No	(n/a)	No	No	(505) 867-0711	931	42	22.3	26.4%	218 (23.4%)	26 (2.8%)	563 (60.5%)	15 (1.6%)	57 (6.1%)	2 (0.2%)	50 (5.4%)	81.8	25^th of 191 public middle schools	86.9%		84.1	25^th of 192 public middle schools	87.0%					61.1						56.5	63.9	62.1	60.9				52.8	49.2	35.4	45.4	$7,185
Colinas Del Norte Elementary	Public	K-5	1001 Night Sky Ave NE	Rio Rancho	87144	Sandoval County	Rio Rancho Public Schools	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(505) 896-3378	540	34	15.9	47.4%	130 (24.1%)	10 (1.9%)	358 (66.3%)	1 (0.2%)	10 (1.9%)	0 (0.0%)	31 (5.7%)	47.6	161^st of 346 public elementary schools	53.5%		22.9	275^th of 345 public elementary schools	20.3%	114			33.7				62.9	40.4	47.3				50.0	39.3	23.4	28.6				30.3	$8,935
Vista Grande Elementary	Public	K-5	7001 Chayote Rd NE	Rio Rancho	87144	Sandoval County	Rio Rancho Public Schools	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(505) 771-2366	786	34	22.9	26.1%	186 (23.7%)	13 (1.7%)	444 (56.5%)	13 (1.7%)	45 (5.7%)	2 (0.3%)	83 (10.6%)	79	47^th of 346 public elementary schools	86.4%		65.2	87^th of 345 public elementary schools	74.8%	40			50.6				67.2	62.8	60.5				63.2	47.5	37.2	49.7				45.0	$8,253
Rio Rancho Middle School	Public	6-8	1600 Loma Colorado Dr NE	Rio Rancho	87144	Sandoval County	Rio Rancho Public Schools	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(505) 891-5335	1,024	58	17.5	36.6%	230 (22.5%)	20 (2.0%)	632 (61.7%)	9 (0.9%)	52 (5.1%)	1 (0.1%)	80 (7.8%)	62	63^rd of 191 public middle schools	67.0%		73.7	41^st of 192 public middle schools	78.6%	22				53.3						41.4	47.0	52.3	47.1				48.3	33.1	31.8	37.7	$8,149
Cleveland High School	Public	9-12	4800 Cleveland Heights Rd NE	Rio Rancho	87144	Sandoval County	Rio Rancho Public Schools	No	(n/a)	No	No	(505) 938-0300	2,596	136	19.1	28.3%	638 (24.6%)	54 (2.1%)	1,541 (59.4%)	19 (0.7%)	148 (5.7%)	4 (0.2%)	192 (7.4%)	62.8	41^st of 132 public high schools	68.9%		69.2	34^th of 131 public high schools	74.0%	7	55.6	16.4			49.5																$7,561
Cielo Azul Elementary	Public	K-5	3804 Shiloh Rd NE	Rio Rancho	87144	Sandoval County	Rio Rancho Public Schools	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(505) 338-2320	640	38	16.7	36.7%	152 (23.8%)	21 (3.3%)	368 (57.5%)	14 (2.2%)	22 (3.4%)	1 (0.2%)	62 (9.7%)	43.3	181^st of 346 public elementary schools	47.7%		39	192^nd of 345 public elementary schools	44.3%	11			37.0				50.5	43.3	46.7				46.6	32.3	20.0	35.9				28.5	$8,635
Sandia Vista Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	6800 Franklin Rd NE	Rio Rancho	87144	Sandoval County	Rio Rancho Public Schools	No	(n/a)	No	No	(505) 338-2526	713	35	20.2	22.6%	185 (25.9%)	17 (2.4%)	401 (56.2%)	18 (2.5%)	37 (5.2%)	2 (0.3%)	53 (7.4%)	78.7	49^th of 346 public elementary schools	85.8%		77.4	52^nd of 345 public elementary schools	84.9%	3			46.4				66.1	70.1	52.7				63.3	38.5	41.7	60.0				46.5	$9,047
Enchanted Hills Elementary	Public	K-5	5400 Obregon Rd NE	Rio Rancho	87144	Sandoval County	Rio Rancho Public Schools	No	(n/a)	No	No	(505) 891-8526	673	42	16.0	23.2%	207 (30.8%)	6 (0.9%)	384 (57.1%)	3 (0.4%)	15 (2.2%)	0 (0.0%)	58 (8.6%)	74.1	59^th of 346 public elementary schools	82.9%		75.2	55^th of 345 public elementary schools	84.1%	4			48.7				61.3	61.4	53.0				58.6	36.1	47.4	47.0				43.4	$7,891
Riotech	Public	10-12	7001 Zenith Ct NE	Rio Rancho	87144	Sandoval County	Rio Rancho Public Schools	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(505) 962-4358	0			—	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	53.1	51^st of 132 public high schools	61.4%					(n/a)	47.8	15.2			43.5
Sandoval Academy Of Bilingual Education	Public, Charter	K-8	4321 Fulcrum Way NE Suite A	Rio Rancho	87144	Sandoval County	Sandoval Academy Of Bilingual Education	Yes	(n/a)	No	Yes	(505) 771-0555	222	16	13.6	27.5%	27 (12.2%)	4 (1.8%)	178 (80.2%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (1.8%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (4.1%)								(n/a)							38.7	52.2			64.3		45.3	< 20%						12.3	$7,858

Cities Near Zip Code 87144

City	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Rio Rancho	0.62 mi	24	25^th
Albuquerque	3.22 mi	213	44^th
Corrales	3.91 mi	1	22^nd
Los Ranchos De Albuquerque	5.63 mi	2	76^th
Bernalillo	8.07 mi	6	97^th

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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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