Schools in Zip Code 87311

ZIP code 87311 contains just one public school: Catherine A. Miller Elementary, an elementary campus in Church Rock, New Mexico, serving grades PK–5 with 317 students as part of Gallup-McKinley City Schools. Because it is the only school in this ZIP code, families here have a single local option, and students beyond grade 5 most likely attend middle and high schools outside the area.

Academically, the school trails both its district and the state in every reported all-grade subject for 2025–2026. All-grade English language arts is 29.33% proficient (NM Combined) and 29.73% (NM-MSSA), compared with district rates of 36.49% and 39.37% and state rates of 43.34% and 44.66%. Mathematics is the weakest area: 15.23% on NM Combined and 14.77% on NM-MSSA, below district rates of 23.81% and 26.3% and state rates of 25.54% and 27.85%. Science is reported only as under 20% at the school level, while district and state rates sit near 30% and in the low 30s. The one clear bright spot is 4th-grade English language arts at 44.44% (NM Combined) and 45.71% (NM-MSSA) — the only grade-level ELA result above the district average, though still below the state. Third- and 5th-grade results are under 20% or well below district and state levels.

Overall, the school ranks 285th of 346 schools, the 18th percentile with 1 star, while the district sits at the 31st percentile with 2 stars. Its rank percentile has inched up from the 14th to the 15th to the 18th percentile over three years, yet it remains in the bottom quintile and has never moved past 1 star. ELA improved slightly year over year (27.78% to 29.73%), but the district improved faster, so the relative gap widened; math dipped slightly while the district rose. About 87.38% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, indicating high economic need, and no student-teacher ratio is reported. Note also that 6th-grade test results appear in the file even though the school is listed as PK–5, an inconsistency worth verifying.