Schools in Zip Code 87323

ZIP code 87323 covers Thoreau, New Mexico, and holds three public schools — Thoreau Elementary (PK–5), Thoreau Middle (6–8), and Thoreau High (9–12) — all part of the Gallup-McKinley City Schools district. Together they enroll roughly 1,110 students, spread fairly evenly across the three, and all three serve a predominantly low-income population, with free and reduced-price lunch rates between 83% and 90%.

Comparing them: Thoreau Elementary is the most encouraging right now, with its 2025–26 rank rising to the 19th percentile from 8th percentile the year before, and 3rd-grade math at 33.33% — above both the district (27.55%) and state (26.24%) and the only measure in the data that clearly beats both. That strength fades by 5th grade, where Language Arts and Science were both 14.89% and math was under 20%. Thoreau Middle stands out only for its reported student-teacher ratio of 7.7, the single such figure available; its outcomes are low, including 8th-grade Science at 11.39%, and it ranked in the 14th percentile with 1 star. Thoreau High has the lowest rank in the ZIP, 127 of 132 (4th percentile, 0 stars), yet its graduation rate of 78.9% beats the district's 75.8%, though it trails the state's 80.6%.

Across all three, proficiency generally falls below district averages, which are themselves below state averages. Science is weak at every level (5th grade 14.89%, 8th grade 11.39%, 11th grade 20.25%), and high-school math is under 10%. Some data are missing: only Thoreau Middle reports a student-teacher ratio, and Thoreau Elementary shows 6th-grade results even though it is listed as PK–5, something worth verifying. The Gallup-McKinley City Schools district itself ranks 60th of 87 statewide.