Summary:
ZIP code 88028 covers Cliff, New Mexico, and contains two public schools serving students from pre-kindergarten through 12th grade: Cliff Elementary (PK–6, 92 students) and Cliff High (grades 7–12, 95 students). Both belong to Silver Consolidated Schools and share a campus address at 622 State Hwy 211. Although the area is listed as having no middle school, the middle grades 7 and 8 are housed at Cliff High, so the two schools together cover the full PK–12 span. Both report 100% free/reduced lunch participation and low student–teacher ratios (9.8 at the elementary and 7.7 at the high school), making them small, high-poverty rural schools with 187 students combined.
Cliff Elementary is the stronger overall performer. It earned 5 stars and ranked 22 of 346 New Mexico elementary schools (94th percentile) in 2025–26, after 4 stars and 88th percentile in 2024–25 and 5 stars and 93rd percentile in 2023–24. Its standout subject is math: 49.06% of all grades were proficient, compared with 27.76% in the district and 25.54% statewide. Fourth grade math reached 70% and 6th grade math 64.29%. English language arts also exceeded state levels, at 50.94% all grades versus 43.34% statewide.
Cliff High improved its state rank to 15 of 132 (89th percentile, 4 stars) in 2025–26, up from 82nd percentile in 2023–24 and 74th percentile in 2022–23. Science is its clear strength: 70.27% proficient overall, 82.35% in 11th grade and 60% in 8th grade, far above district and state rates; ELA was 58.7%. Math is the area to watch — 47.22% in 2024–25 but 26.09% in 2025–26, roughly at district level. Some values are suppressed by the state for privacy, and small class sizes can cause big year-to-year swings.
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