Summary:
Zip code 87501 in Santa Fe has six elementary schools, all part of Santa Fe Public Schools, serving about 1,694 students from pre-kindergarten through 6th grade — except Gonzales Elementary, which runs K–8 and therefore isn’t perfectly comparable on “all grades” scores. Enrollment ranges from 154 at Acequia Madre Elementary to 338 at Kearny Elementary.
Four schools here are among New Mexico’s strongest. Wood-Gormley Elementary ranks 3rd of 346 elementary schools (99th percentile, 5 stars) with 83.04% ELA and 68.82% math. Carlos Gilbert Elementary is 8th of 346 (98th percentile, 5 stars) with the highest ELA in the group at 84.24% and 65.45% math. Acequia Madre is 23rd (93rd percentile, 5 stars) at 69.41% ELA and 50.59% math, and Atalaya Elementary is 46th (87th percentile, 4 stars). All four beat the district and state averages, and fifth-grade science is a standout: Carlos Gilbert 69.77%, Acequia Madre 66.67%, Wood-Gormley 65.85%, and Atalaya 50%, all far above the state’s 32.24%.
The other two are much further behind. Gonzales sits at 176th of 346 (49th percentile, 2 stars), with ELA slightly above state at 45.33% but math weak at 17.29%. Kearny is the lowest-ranked at 318th (8th percentile, 0 stars), with 28.07% ELA, 10% math, and science under 20%; both schools report 100% free/reduced lunch. Note that Santa Fe Public Schools is itself rated 56th of 87 districts with 2 stars, so the district rating hides how wide the gap is between schools in this zip code. Math is lower than ELA at every school, and smaller class sizes here don’t reliably predict higher scores.
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