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Best Elementary Schools in Zip Code 87901

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Top rankedSierra Elementary337^th of 346 New Mexico elementary schools

Summary:

ZIP code 87901, in Truth or Consequences, New Mexico, has two elementary schools that together cover all elementary grades: T Or C Elementary (grades PK–3, 367 students) and Sierra Elementary (grades 4–5, 184 students), both in the T Or C Municipal Schools district, which ranks 84th of 87 in New Mexico at the 3rd percentile with 0 stars.

Because the two schools split grade levels and share one campus address, their all-grade scores are not directly comparable. Both serve very high-poverty populations: free/reduced lunch is 99.73% at T Or C Elementary and 100% at Sierra Elementary, with student–teacher ratios of 14.6 and 15.0. T Or C's clearest bright spot is 3rd-grade English language arts, at 39.74% proficient (39.51% on the combined measure) — essentially at the district average and about 5 points below the state. Its math results are a severe weakness: 3rd-grade math is 8.64%, and all-grade math is under 10%, far below the state. Sierra's all-grade ELA is 24.53% and all-grade math 16.35%, roughly 20 and 11.5 points below state averages. Within Sierra, 4th grade outperforms: 31.94% ELA and 16.44% math, both above district averages for those grades, while 5th-grade ELA (18.39%) and math (16.28%) fall below district averages, and 5th-grade science dropped to 16.09%.

Ranking histories tell a similar story. Sierra slid from the 37th percentile in 2022–2023 (2 stars) to the 21st percentile in 2024–2025 (1 star) to the 3rd percentile in 2025–2026 (0 stars). T Or C Elementary sat at the 13th percentile in 2023–2024 with 1 star, though in 2009–2010 it ranked 130th of 419 at the 69th percentile with 3 stars. Notably, no reported metric at either school exceeds the New Mexico average.

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2026)				Ranking (2025)				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	Directly certified (2024-25)	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	NM-ASR Science 5th Grade	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 All Grades	NM-MSSA Mathematics 3rd Grade	NM-MSSA Mathematics 4th Grade	NM-MSSA Mathematics 5th Grade	NM-MSSA Mathematics All Grades	Total
Sierra Elementary	Public	4-5	1500 North Silver	T Or C	87901	Sierra County	T Or C Municipal Schools	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(575) 894-8150	184	12	15.0	73.9%	98 (53.3%)	4 (2.2%)	77 (41.8%)	4 (2.2%)	1 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	10	337^th of 346 public elementary schools	2.6%		23.1	273^rd of 345 public elementary schools	20.9%	64	16.1		31.9	18.4	24.5		16.4	16.3	16.4	$9,771
T Or C Elementary	Public	PK, KG-3	1500 North Silver	T Or C	87901	Sierra County	T Or C Municipal Schools	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(575) 894-8150	367	25	14.6	78.2%	191 (52.0%)	6 (1.6%)	149 (40.6%)	13 (3.5%)	2 (0.5%)	1 (0.3%)	5 (1.4%)								(n/a)		39.7				< 10%			< 10%	$12,742

Cities Near Zip Code 87901

City	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
T Or C	1.2 mi	4	91^st
Arrey	19.88 mi	1
Garfield	25.96 mi	1
Hatch	32.33 mi	4	79^th
San Lorenzo	45.61 mi	1

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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.

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