Summary:
ZIP code 88023 covers Bayard, New Mexico, and contains three public schools serving grades PK through 12 — all within Cobre Consolidated Schools. Together they enroll 614 students: Bayard Elementary (PK–5, 156 students), Snell Middle (6–8, 201 students), and Cobre High (9–12, 257 students). The district ranks 51 of 87 in New Mexico, 41st percentile, with 2 stars. All three schools report 100% free/reduced lunch, so economic context is uniform across the ZIP.
Bayard Elementary is the strongest school here, ranked 143 of 346 elementary schools (59th percentile, 3 stars), and it reached 76th percentile with 4 stars the prior year. Its ELA results exceed both district and state (50.00% vs 45.65% and 44.66%), and 5th grade ELA stands at 76.47% — the best single result in this data. Cobre High posts a graduation rate of 87.2%, above the state's 80.6%, but its test results are mixed, with 11th grade ELA at 33.33% and science falling from 54.17% in 2024–25 to 26.67% in 2025–26.
Snell Middle is the most urgent concern, ranked 173 of 191 (9th percentile, 0 stars) after slipping from 48th percentile two years earlier. Its ELA (28.18%) and math (11.54%) trail district and state, and it has the highest student-teacher ratio at 17.3, versus 12.5 at Cobre High and 10.3 at Bayard Elementary. Math is the shared weakness: Bayard and Snell sit near 11–12% proficient against a state mark of 27.85%, and Cobre High is under 20% versus the state's 25.54%. Note that Bayard's grade-level math scores are suppressed by the state and should be treated as unknown, not as zero.
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