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Best Public Schools in Zip Code 87375

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At a glance

School

261

Students

Top rankedChee Dodge Elementary96^th of 346 New Mexico elementary schools

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Biggest riser

Chee Dodge Elementary up 47 spots statewide this year

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Summary:

ZIP code 87375, which covers Yatahey, New Mexico, contains exactly one school — Chee Dodge Elementary, an elementary school serving grades PK–5 with 261 students, part of the Gallup-McKinley City Schools district. Because there are no other schools in the ZIP to compare against, the useful benchmarks are the school versus its district and versus the state.

Chee Dodge Elementary is a 4-star school, ranked 96th of 346 New Mexico schools in 2025–2026 — the 72nd percentile — and it has improved every year: 55th percentile (3 stars) in 2023–2024, 59th (3 stars) in 2024–2025, and 72nd (4 stars) in 2025–2026. That puts it far above its district, Gallup-McKinley City Schools, which ranks 60th of 87 districts statewide at the 31st percentile with 2 stars. In 2025–2026, the school scored above both its district and the state in every all-grades measure: English language arts 46.49 versus 39.37 district and 44.66 state, and mathematics 44.64 versus 26.30 district and 27.85 state — roughly 1.7 times the district math rate.

Mathematics is the headline: the school's gap between ELA and math is only 1.85 points, compared with 13.07 points in the district and 16.81 points statewide, and scores rose from 2024–2025 to 2025–2026 in math (+11.62), ELA (+3.09), and 5th-grade science (+6.53). It achieves this with 85.44% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The one below-state result is 3rd-grade ELA at 41.38, which is 3.34 points under New Mexico, while 5th-grade ELA (58.33) and 6th-grade math (48.48) are the strongest grade-level results. Grade-level percentages reflect small cohorts of roughly 25–35 students, so single-grade swings should be read with caution, and no student–teacher ratio is reported; the school is also listed as PK–5 but reports 6th-grade results.

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2026)				Ranking (2025)				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	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients (2025)	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	NM-ASR Science 5th Grade	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 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 All Grades	Total
Chee Dodge Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	641 N Hwy 491	Yatahey	87375	McKinley County	Gallup-McKinley City Schools	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(505) 721-1300	261	13	19.3	85.4%	16 (6.1%)	1 (0.4%)	53 (20.3%)	1 (0.4%)	181 (69.3%)	1 (0.4%)	8 (3.1%)	61.2	96^th of 346 public elementary schools	72.3%		48.9	143^rd of 345 public elementary schools	58.6%	47	41.7	41.4	50.0	58.3	39.4	46.5	39.3	46.4	43.5	48.5	44.6	$12,579

Cities Near Zip Code 87375

City	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Gallup	0.52 mi	19	71^st
Yatahey	5.73 mi	1	34^th
Church Rock	7.89 mi	1	90^th
Vanderwagen	11.19 mi	3	78^th
Fort Wingate	11.43 mi	2

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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.

IMPORTANT DISCLAIMERS: Not all boundaries are included. We make every effort to ensure that boundaries are up-to-date. But it's important to note that these are approximations and are for general informational purposes only. To verify legal descriptions of boundaries or school locations, contact your local tax assessor's office and/or school district.