Summary:
ZIP code 87529 in El Prado, New Mexico is home to a single school in this data set: Anansi Charter School, which enrolls 198 students and serves grades K–8 even though the area summary classifies it as the one elementary school here. There are no middle, high, or alternative schools in the ZIP code, so Anansi is the only local option, and any meaningful comparison has to be against its district, Taos Municipal Schools, the state, and its own past results.
Anansi is a strong performer. In 2025–2026 it ranked 52 of 346 schools statewide, placing it in the 85th percentile with 4 stars, while Taos Municipal Schools ranked 42 of 87 districts, in the 52nd percentile with 3 stars. All-grade proficiency in 2025–2026 was 65.89% in ELA, 44.19% in Mathematics, and 61.36% in Science — well above district figures (43.77%, 21.50%, 31.87%) and state figures (43.34%, 25.54%, 33.40%). Grade-level highlights include 7th grade ELA at 84.21%, 8th grade ELA at 76.19%, and a standout 5th grade class scoring 69.57% in ELA, 73.91% in math, and 65.22% in science.
The caution is a cooling trend. All-grade proficiency slipped from 2024–2025 to 2025–2026 (ELA 80.15% to 65.89%, math 51.91% to 44.19%, science 65.91% to 61.36%), and the school's rank moved from 19 of 413 (95th percentile, 5 stars) in 2023–2024 to 52 of 346 (85th percentile, 4 stars) in 2025–2026. Even so, results remain far above district and state, with 50% of students qualifying for free/reduced lunch and a student-teacher ratio of 11.7. Note that 3rd grade math in 2025–2026 is suppressed by the state and should be treated as unknown, not as a weakness; science is reported only for grades 5 and 8.
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