Summary:
ZIP code 87420 in Shiprock, New Mexico contains nine schools serving roughly 2,021 students across the full K–12 pipeline — five elementary schools, one middle school, and three high schools (including a combined 7–12 campus). Six of the nine schools, about 82% of enrollment, belong to Central Consolidated Schools, which ranks 80th of 87 districts statewide. Poverty is near-universal here: free/reduced lunch rates range from 85.71% to 100%, with four schools at exactly 100%. Class sizes are small by national standards, with student–teacher ratios from 5.2 to 12.7.
Eva B Stokely Elementary is the clear academic standout — the only school here with a 2-star rating, ranked 178th of 346 elementary schools (49th percentile), with language arts at 44.0% and math at 28.0%, the latter 2.5 points above the state. Its 5th grade math (58.82%) and science (41.18%) are the highest figures in the data set. Mesa Elementary shows the biggest turnaround, climbing from the 1st percentile in 2023-24 to the 28th percentile in 2025-26. By contrast, Nizhoni Elementary, in the same district and also at 100% free/reduced lunch, posts just 17.27% in language arts and 10.07% in math.
The recurring concerns are secondary performance and missing data. Tse Bit Ai Middle reports 8.41% in 8th grade science, the lowest figure in the ZIP. Shiprock High graduates 77.4% of students with 11th grade math at 6.86% and SAT math under 10%. Career Prep Alternative graduates 46.6% — roughly 34 points below the state — and has all achievement scores suppressed. Math trails language arts in every school with data, and results generally weaken in higher grades. Meanwhile, Atsa' Biya' a'zh Community School, Northwest High School, and Beclabito Day School report no proficiency data, leaving about one in five students here without a comparable academic measure.
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