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Best Public Schools in Zip Code 87701

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At a glance

Schools

2,641

Students

Districts

Top rankedWest Las Vegas High School93^rd of 132 New Mexico high schools

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Biggest riser

Memorial Middle up 7 spots statewide this year

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Smallest classes

Robertson High 11.2 students per teacher

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Summary:

ZIP code 87701 covers Las Vegas, New Mexico, and has 13 schools—6 elementary, 4 middle, and 3 high—across West Las Vegas Public Schools (8 schools, 1,520 students) and Las Vegas City Public Schools (5 schools, 1,121 students), with 2,641 students total. Every school reports 100% free/reduced lunch for 2024-2025, and student-teacher ratios range from 8.3 at Wlv Family Partnership to 20.5 at Rio Gallinas School. Note that some test scores are suppressed as “—” and bounds like “under 10%” or “under 20%” are limits, not exact values.

Elementary English language arts is the relative bright spot. Mike Sena Elementary (58 students) had 56.52 in 2024-2025 all-grades ELA and 47.37 in 2025-2026, above district and state. Los Ninos Elementary (314 students) scored 46.88 ELA and 23.44 math in 2024-2025, and its 2023-2024 rank was 67th percentile, 3 stars. Luis E. Armijo Elementary reported 48.78 ELA for 2025-2026. Sierra Vista Elementary (251 students) had 41.04 ELA and 20.48 math in 2025-2026, above district but below state. Among high schools, West Las Vegas High School (442 students) had an 83.8 graduation rate and a 30th percentile rank, better than Robertson High (14th percentile).

Math is the consistent weakness. West Las Vegas Middle School (345 students) had 31.61 ELA and 11.62 math, with 8th-grade math at 6.54. Tony Serna Junior Elementary had 8.14 in 4th-grade math and 6.48 in 2024-2025 all-grades math. Don Cecilio Martinez Elementary ranked 11th percentile in 2023-2024. Wlv Family Partnership (30 students) has a 53.6 graduation rate, far below the state’s 80.6. Rio Gallinas School has the highest ratio (20.5) and reported math under 20%. Student-teacher ratio alone does not predict performance. Also, some “middle” schools like Sierra Vista Elementary and Union Elementary serve upper-elementary grades, and rank histories come from different years, so recent results matter more.

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2026)				Ranking (2025)				SAT School Day English Language Arts (2026)		SAT School Day Mathematics (2026)		NM-ASR Science (2026)				NM-MSSA English Language Arts (2026)							NM-MSSA Mathematics (2026)							Per Pupil Expenditures (2019)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients (2025)	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2026)	Statewide Rank (2026)	State Percentile (2026)	SchoolDigger Rating (2026)	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	Rank Change from Previous Year	SAT School Day English Language Arts 11th Grade	SAT School Day English Language Arts All Grades	SAT School Day Mathematics 11th Grade	SAT School Day Mathematics All Grades	NM-ASR Science 5th Grade	NM-ASR Science 8th Grade	NM-ASR Science 11th Grade	NM-ASR Science All Grades	NM-MSSA English Language Arts 3rd Grade	NM-MSSA English Language Arts 4th Grade	NM-MSSA English Language Arts 5th Grade	NM-MSSA English Language Arts 6th Grade	NM-MSSA English Language Arts 7th Grade	NM-MSSA English Language Arts 8th Grade	NM-MSSA English Language Arts All Grades	NM-MSSA Mathematics 3rd Grade	NM-MSSA Mathematics 4th Grade	NM-MSSA Mathematics 5th Grade	NM-MSSA Mathematics 6th Grade	NM-MSSA Mathematics 7th Grade	NM-MSSA Mathematics 8th Grade	NM-MSSA Mathematics All Grades	Total
Los Ninos Elementary	Public	PK, KG-3	100 Mountain View Drive	Las Vegas	87701	San Miguel County	Las Vegas City Public Schools	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(505) 454-5720	314	24	12.9	100.0%	17 (5.4%)	2 (0.6%)	290 (92.4%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (1.0%)								(n/a)									43.4							22.4							$9,710
Memorial Middle	Public	7-8	1236 5th Street	Las Vegas	87701	San Miguel County	Las Vegas City Public Schools	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(505) 454-5710	167	15	11.4	100.0%	11 (6.6%)	0 (0.0%)	150 (89.8%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (3.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.6%)	20.6	154^th of 191 public middle schools	19.4%		19.5	161^st of 192 public middle schools	16.1%	7						25.0							39.7	26.4	32.9					11.8	13.9	12.9	$11,702
Robertson High	Public	9-12	1236 5th Street	Las Vegas	87701	San Miguel County	Las Vegas City Public Schools	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(505) 454-5770	331	30	11.2	100.0%	30 (9.1%)	0 (0.0%)	293 (88.5%)	1 (0.3%)	5 (1.5%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.6%)	17.5	114^th of 132 public high schools	13.6%		32.5	76^th of 131 public high schools	42.0%	38	27.9		< 10%	< 10%			16.7																$10,792
Mike Sena Elementary	Public	K-5	12 County Road A-1	Sapello	87701	San Miguel County	Las Vegas City Public Schools	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(505) 454-5750	58	5	11.7	100.0%	7 (12.1%)	1 (1.7%)	48 (82.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (3.4%)								(n/a)															47.4								$12,346
Sierra Vista Elementary	Public	4-6	475 Legion Dr	Las Vegas	87701	San Miguel County	Las Vegas City Public Schools	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(505) 454-5740	251	17	14.4	100.0%	11 (4.4%)	0 (0.0%)	231 (92.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (1.2%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (2.4%)								(n/a)					26.8					43.6	42.9	36.4			41.0		11.3	26.5	21.5			20.5	$10,509
Lvcs Early Childhood	Public	K	1022 9th Street	Las Vegas	87701	San Miguel County	Las Vegas City Public Schools	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(505) 454-5780	0	0			0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()								(n/a)																							$11,753
Luis E. Armijo Elementary	Public	PK, KG-1	600 Porter St	Las Vegas	87701	San Miguel County	West Las Vegas Public Schools	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(505) 426-2661	229	14	15.8	100.0%	7 (3.1%)	1 (0.4%)	220 (96.1%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)								(n/a)																							$12,760
Don Cecilio Martinez Elementary	Public	2-3	412 Santa Fe St	Las Vegas	87701	San Miguel County	West Las Vegas Public Schools	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(505) 426-2861	189	13	15.0	100.0%	7 (3.7%)	0 (0.0%)	180 (95.2%)	2 (1.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)								(n/a)									30.3							15.7							$12,802
Tony Serna Junior Elementary	Public	4	1725 New Mexico Ave	Las Vegas	87701	San Miguel County	West Las Vegas Public Schools	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(505) 426-2621	115	8	13.7	100.0%	7 (6.1%)	0 (0.0%)	107 (93.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.9%)								(n/a)										30.2							8.1						$16,027
West Las Vegas High School	Public	9-12	157 Moreno St	Las Vegas	87701	San Miguel County	West Las Vegas Public Schools	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(505) 426-2500	442	34	13.1	100.0%	32 (7.2%)	5 (1.1%)	398 (90.0%)	1 (0.2%)	3 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.7%)	25.1	93^rd of 132 public high schools	29.5%		29.3	84^th of 131 public high schools	35.9%	9	25.8		< 10%	< 10%			30.0																$13,363
West Las Vegas Middle School	Public	6-8	1024 South Pacific	Las Vegas	87701	San Miguel County	West Las Vegas Public Schools	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(505) 426-2541	345	21	16.8	100.0%	14 (4.1%)	3 (0.9%)	321 (93.0%)	3 (0.9%)	3 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	17.3	163^rd of 191 public middle schools	14.7%		23.3	148^th of 192 public middle schools	22.9%	15						14.7						25.0	43.8	23.2	31.8				10.1	15.6	< 10%	10.9	$22,581
Union Elementary	Public	5	421 Union St	Las Vegas	87701	San Miguel County	West Las Vegas Public Schools	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(505) 426-2701	90	6	13.9	100.0%	4 (4.4%)	0 (0.0%)	84 (93.3%)	1 (1.1%)	1 (1.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)								(n/a)					21.7						25.7							9.5					$11,917
Wlv Family Partnership	Public	7-12	1341 South Gonzales St	Las Vegas	87701	San Miguel County	West Las Vegas Public Schools	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(505) 426-2559	30	4	8.3	100.0%	1 (3.3%)	1 (3.3%)	27 (90.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (3.3%)								(n/a)																							$9,958
Rio Gallinas School	Public, Charter	K-8	2730 Romero St	Las Vegas	87701	San Miguel County	West Las Vegas Public Schools	Yes	(n/a)	No	Yes	(505) 426-2311	80	4	20.5	100.0%	19 (23.8%)	0 (0.0%)	59 (73.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (2.5%)								(n/a)															24.4							< 20%	$12,154

Cities Near Zip Code 87701

City	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Las Vegas	1.37 mi	13	84^th
Sapello	13.42 mi	1
Ribera	23.1 mi	2
Pecos	26.98 mi	3	89^th
Anton Chico	27.06 mi	2

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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the New Mexico Public Education Department.

IMPORTANT DISCLAIMERS: Not all boundaries are included. We make every effort to ensure that boundaries are up-to-date. But it's important to note that these are approximations and are for general informational purposes only. To verify legal descriptions of boundaries or school locations, contact your local tax assessor's office and/or school district.