Summary:
Zip code 87508 covers three elementary schools serving pre-kindergarten through middle school: Turquoise Trail Charter School (PK–8, enrollment 622), El Dorado Community School (PK–8, enrollment 432), and Amy Biehl Community School At Rancho Viejo (PK–6, enrollment 354). El Dorado and Amy Biehl belong to Santa Fe Public Schools, while Turquoise Trail is a charter that reports as its own district, Turquoise Trail Charter School. Because two schools include grades 7–8 and one ends at grade 6, all-grade comparisons are not perfectly equivalent, though grade-level results still allow useful comparisons.
El Dorado Community School is the standout by every major measure, ranking 6 of 346 schools statewide in 2025–26 (98th percentile, 5 stars) and holding 5 stars for three straight years. Its all-grade proficiency is 76.6 in language arts, 66.79 in math, and 71.05 in science, far above both district and state. Amy Biehl Community School At Rancho Viejo ranks 245 of 346 (29th percentile, 1 star); its scores sit near district averages but below state, with bright spots in 3rd-grade language arts (45.65) and 6th-grade math (31.82). Turquoise Trail Charter School ranks 328 of 346 (5th percentile, 0 stars), with all-grade scores of 27.84 in language arts, 10.83 in math, and 17.17 in science.
Math is the widest divide: El Dorado’s 66.79 all-grade math proficiency compares with 24.02 at Amy Biehl and 10.83 at Turquoise Trail, against a state figure of 25.54; Turquoise Trail’s 3rd and 5th grade math are under 10%. Turquoise Trail is also in a clear decline, its percentile falling from 31 to 13 to 5 and its stars from 2 to 1 to 0. Amy Biehl and Turquoise Trail report nearly universal free/reduced-lunch rates (100% and 99.84%), while El Dorado’s is not reported; student-teacher ratios are 12.8, 15.5, and 19.7 respectively. These patterns are suggestive only — this data cannot establish why the gaps exist.
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