Best High Schools in Zip Code 87901

ZIP code 87901 contains one high school, Hot Springs High, serving grades 9–12 with 347 students in the T or C area of New Mexico, and it is part of T Or C Municipal Schools. The district is ranked 84th of 87 in New Mexico, at the 3rd percentile with 0 stars. In 2024–2025, the school’s free/reduced lunch percentage was 100% and its student-teacher ratio was 13.9.

For the school, the clearest bright spot is its 2024–2025 graduation rate of 85.6%, which is higher than New Mexico’s 80.6% state rate. Its rank history is unusually volatile: 120th of 172, 30th percentile, 2 stars in 2023–2024; 43rd of 131, 67th percentile, 3 stars in 2024–2025; and 96th of 132, 27th percentile, 1 star in 2025–2026. In 2024–2025, 11th grade NM-ASR science was 48.15%, above the state’s 41.69%, but in 2025–2026 every reported school-level proficiency figure was below the state average, with mathematics especially low.

Current 2025–2026 results show all-grade NM Combined Language Arts at 29.63% versus the state’s 43.34%, all-grade mathematics at 9.88% versus 25.54%, SAT School Day ELA at 28.75% versus 37.09%, and SAT School Day mathematics at 8.75% versus 12.55%. For 11th grade, Language Arts was 27.85% versus 36.78%, mathematics was under 10% versus 12.72% on NM Combined and 12.53% on SAT School Day, and Science on NM-ASR was 28.38% versus 34.27%. Tenth-grade Language Arts, Mathematics, and SAT ELA/Math values are state-suppressed and should be treated as unknown, not as zero. Overall, the graduation rate is the strongest current metric, mathematics is the biggest academic concern, and the large year-to-year swing in rank and stars is worth monitoring.