Best Public Schools in Zip Code 87416

ZIP code 87416 in Fruitland, New Mexico, has two elementary schools serving about 436 students in grades PK/K–6, with no middle or high schools in the area and very high economic disadvantage at both schools. Ojo Amarillo Elementary (PK–6, 280 students) is in Central Consolidated Schools, while Nenahnezad Community School (K–6, 156 students) is listed under its own district. Ojo Amarillo reports 100% free/reduced lunch, and Nenahnezad reports 98.08%. Nenahnezad has no test-score, rank-history, or district-rank data in this file, so most academic comparison centers on Ojo Amarillo.

Ojo Amarillo Elementary is the only school with reported academic performance data. It has 1 star in each of the last three years, and its percentile rank improved slightly from 13th in 2023–24 to 16th in 2025–26, but it remains in the bottom fifth of ranked New Mexico schools. Its district ranks 80th of 87 districts, at the 8th percentile with 0 stars. Academic results are mixed: grade 6 math is above both district and state, and grade 3 English/language arts is above district but below state. Overall, however, all-grade ELA and science are below state, and several grade 4–6 results are reported as under 20%. By contrast, Nenahnezad Community School has a reported student-teacher ratio of 39, compared with 10.9 at Ojo Amarillo—about 3.6 times higher—but it has no test scores or rank data, so its academics cannot be compared.

In year-to-year NM-MSSA results, Ojo Amarillo’s all-grade ELA declined from 26.28% to 22.3% while district and state rose. Math improved slightly from 21.79% to 22.3%, but the district improved much more, from 17.13% to 22.29%, erasing Ojo’s previous relative advantage. Science is reported as under 20%, below the state’s roughly 33%; because the school value is a bound, its exact relation to the district is not fully determined. Ojo Amarillo is the only academically comparable school here, with math as a relative bright spot and ELA/science as weaknesses; Nenahnezad offers no academic data, but its much higher student-teacher ratio is a non-academic difference. With no middle or high schools in the ZIP, older students must attend secondary schools outside this area.