Summary:
ZIP code 87549 covers Ojo Caliente, New Mexico, where families have two middle-level schools, both run by Mesa Vista Consolidated Schools and both located at the same address on Hwy 285 at Junction 111. Together they enroll 106 students and split the middle grades between them: grades 4–6 are served at Ojo Caliente Elementary, and grades 7–8 at Mesa Vista Middle. Both schools report 100% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch.
Ojo Caliente Elementary is the math standout here and the only school in this ZIP scoring above the state average in a core subject. In 2025-2026, 41.86% of its students were proficient in math, compared with 27.85% statewide, and its 6th graders reached 57.14% in Language Arts against a state figure of 38.90% and 50% in math against 31.89%. It also ranked 33rd of 165 New Mexico middle schools in 2023-2024, placing it in the top fifth of the state. Its strongest results come in the grades closest to moving on.
Mesa Vista Middle is the consistency story, ranking in the top third of New Mexico middle schools for three straight years through 2023-2024, with Language Arts rising from 30% in 2024-2025 to 39.66% in 2025-2026 — the largest single-year gain in the data. Math, though, is reported only as under 20%, more than 22 points below Ojo Caliente Elementary, and 8th-grade Language Arts (33.33%) sits about 10 points below the state's 43.61%. Keep in mind those rankings end two years before the test scores, and science results are suppressed at both schools, so science tells parents nothing here.
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