Summary:
Zip code 88124 in Melrose, New Mexico is served by a single high school: Melrose High, part of Melrose Public Schools. It serves grades 9–12 with an enrollment of 79 students, so all school-level information for this area describes that one school.
Melrose High has posted strong results in recent years. In 2024–2025 it ranked 13th out of 131 schools — the 90th percentile, with 5 stars — after ranking 24th out of 172 (86th percentile, 4 stars) in 2023–2024. The most recent year, 2025–2026, shows a step down to 49th out of 132, the 63rd percentile with 3 stars, which is still above the middle of schools. Reported test results follow the same pattern: in 2024–2025, 11th-grade SAT English Language Arts was 80% proficient against a state figure of 38.44%, and 11th-grade NM-ASR Science was 66.67% against 41.69% statewide. In 2025–2026 the school still exceeded the state in SAT ELA (45% vs. 37.07%), NM Combined Language Arts (45% vs. 36.78%), NM-ASR Science (40% vs. 34.27%) and NM Combined Science (40% vs. 34.02%), though by much smaller margins.
The latest school-level graduation rate available is 91.8% in 2023–2024, equal to the district rate; the latest state figure listed is 80.6% for 2024–2025, a different year, so that comparison should be treated cautiously. Nearly all students — 98.73% — were eligible for free or reduced lunch in 2024–2025, meaning the school serves a high-need population while still producing these outcomes. Student-teacher ratio is not reported. Mathematics results at the school level are suppressed by the state, so math performance cannot be evaluated here; the district-wide all-grades math figure of 23.39% is slightly below the state's 25.54%, but that is not a school-level high school result. District and school rankings align closely in 2025–2026 (both 3 stars and roughly the 63rd–64th percentile). With only 79 students, year-to-year swings can be large.
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