Schools in Zip Code 87327

Zip code 87327 covers Zuni, New Mexico, and has four schools serving PK–12: one elementary school, one middle school, and two high schools, all in Zuni Public Schools. Total enrollment is 1,052. Free/reduced lunch eligibility is essentially universal (99.32%–100%), and student/teacher ratios range from 7.4 to 11.3. The district is ranked 83rd of 87 in New Mexico, at the 5th percentile with 0 stars. Test-score values marked “—” are suppressed by the state to protect privacy; treat them as unknown, not as zero or as evidence of weakness.

Zuni Middle is the relative standout: 115 of 191, 40th percentile, 2 stars, up from the 3rd percentile in 2023–2024. Its all-grades Language Arts is 41.96% proficient, above the district’s 32.95% and close to the state’s 43.34%; math is 16.31%, above the district’s 12.74% but below the state’s 25.54%. Shiwi Ts’ana Elementary, the largest school with 447 students, ranks 298 of 346 (14th percentile, 1 star). Its 3rd grade Language Arts is 49.06%, above the state’s 44.33%, but 6th grade Language Arts falls to 16.67% versus the state’s 38.90%. Zuni High ranks 126 of 132 (5th percentile, 0 stars); 11th grade Language Arts is 13.04% and math is under 10%, yet its graduation rate is 81.6%, above the district’s 78.2% and state’s 80.6%. Twin Buttes Cyber Academy is smallest at 70 students with the lowest ratio at 7.4; its current proficiency data are suppressed by the state, so those scores are unknown, and its graduation rate is 53.3%, far below district and state.

Across the zip code, mathematics is the common weakness: every school with reported math data is below the state average. Zuni Middle has the best all-grades results, Zuni High shows an unusual contrast between an above-state graduation rate and far-below-state test proficiency, and Shiwi Ts’ana Elementary shows early-grade Language Arts strength that does not persist. Twin Buttes Cyber Academy should not be judged on proficiency because the state suppressed those values; its available data show a low graduation rate. Free/reduced lunch is essentially universal, so it does not distinguish these schools. Parents should compare grade-level results and graduation outcomes, not just the district-wide rating.