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Best Public Schools in Zip Code 88201

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At a glance

Schools

6,926

Students

5-star school

Top rankedSidney Gutierrez Middle15^th of 346 New Mexico elementary schools

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Biggest riser

East Grand Plains Elementary up 52 spots statewide this year

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Smallest classes

East Grand Plains Elementary 6.8 students per teacher

SchoolDigger ratings

3★

2★

1★

2 schools without a SchoolDigger rating (too few tested students)

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Summary:

ZIP code 88201 covers 18 schools — 12 elementary, 4 middle, and 2 high schools serving grades K through 12 — all within Roswell Independent Schools, which enrolls about 6,926 students and ranks 48th of 87 districts in New Mexico with a 2-star rating. Nearly every campus serves a high-poverty population: 17 of 18 schools report 100% free/reduced lunch, with Pecos Elementary at 99.22%.

Performance varies enormously. Sidney Gutierrez Middle is the clear standout, ranking 15th of 346 elementary schools (96th percentile, 5 stars) with 79.23% ELA and 68.46% math — far above district marks of 42.71% and 21.75%, and state marks of 43.34% and 25.54%. Nancy Lopez Elementary (70th percentile, 4 stars), Pecos Elementary, Del Norte Elementary, and East Grand Plains Elementary also beat district averages. Among older students, Berrendo Middle is the strongest middle school (53rd percentile, 3 stars) and Goddard High the strongest high school, with 11th-grade ELA and math above both district and state. On the watchlist: University High (1 star, 15.22% ELA, 71.2% graduation), Sunset Elementary (1 star, 25.49% ELA, 9.9% math), Washington Ave Elementary (1 star), and Mesa Middle (1 star).

Two patterns stand out. Math is the weaker subject nearly everywhere: all four middle schools fall below the state's 25.54% math mark, and 8th-grade math runs as low as 5.88% at Mesa Middle. Class size does not explain results — ratios of 6.8 at Nancy Lopez and East Grand Plains produce very different outcomes, while Sidney Gutierrez thrives at 16.3. Note also that some scores are suppressed by the state (—) or shown as bounds such as "under 20%," so those should be treated as unknown rather than zero.

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Ranking:

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2026)				Ranking (2025)				SAT School Day English Language Arts (2026)	SAT School Day Mathematics (2026)		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	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients (2025)	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	SAT School Day English Language Arts 11th Grade	SAT School Day Mathematics 11th Grade	SAT School Day Mathematics All Grades	NM-ASR Science 5th Grade	NM-ASR Science 8th Grade	NM-ASR Science 11th Grade	NM-ASR Science All Grades	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 6th Grade	NM-MSSA English Language Arts 7th Grade	NM-MSSA English Language Arts 8th 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 6th Grade	NM-MSSA Mathematics 7th Grade	NM-MSSA Mathematics 8th Grade	NM-MSSA Mathematics All Grades	Total
Berrendo Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	505 West Pine Lodge Rd	Roswell	88201	Chaves County	Roswell Independent Schools	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(575) 627-2875	327	33	9.9	100.0%	137 (41.9%)	6 (1.8%)	176 (53.8%)	6 (1.8%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	41.7	187^th of 346 public elementary schools	46.0%		50.2	133^rd of 345 public elementary schools	61.4%	54				27.9				50.0	48.2	41.9				46.7	30.0	27.8	32.6				29.9	$9,881
Berrendo Middle	Public	6-8	800 Marion Richards	Roswell	88201	Chaves County	Roswell Independent Schools	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(575) 627-2775	571	43	13.1	100.0%	212 (37.1%)	16 (2.8%)	330 (57.8%)	8 (1.4%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	4 (0.7%)	45.4	90^th of 191 public middle schools	52.9%		51.7	71^st of 192 public middle schools	63.0%	19					42.9						37.4	55.7	46.7	46.9				27.0	24.2	19.6	23.7	$7,639
Del Norte Elementary	Public	K-5	2701 North Garden Ave	Roswell	88201	Chaves County	Roswell Independent Schools	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(575) 637-3325	518	43	12.0	100.0%	138 (26.6%)	11 (2.1%)	361 (69.7%)	3 (0.6%)	3 (0.6%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	52	140^th of 346 public elementary schools	59.5%		50.8	131^st of 345 public elementary schools	62.0%	9				32.9				45.6	64.1	45.2				52.2	36.7	31.5	29.8				32.6	$8,788
East Grand Plains Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	3773 East Grand Plains	Roswell	88201	Chaves County	Roswell Independent Schools	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(575) 637-3350	201	30	6.8	100.0%	48 (23.9%)	1 (0.5%)	150 (74.6%)	1 (0.5%)	1 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	54.8	126^th of 346 public elementary schools	63.6%		43.3	178^th of 345 public elementary schools	48.4%	52								48.2	55.6					43.6	37.0	28.6					27.9	$15,194
El Capitan Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	2807 West Bland St	Roswell	88201	Chaves County	Roswell Independent Schools	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(575) 637-3400	380	34	11.3	100.0%	73 (19.2%)	11 (2.9%)	290 (76.3%)	2 (0.5%)	3 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	40	193^rd of 346 public elementary schools	44.2%		49.1	141^st of 345 public elementary schools	59.1%	52				32.8				46.7	66.0	42.2				50.6	25.0	22.0	15.6				20.7	$9,309
Nancy Lopez Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	1208 East Bland St	Roswell	88201	Chaves County	Roswell Independent Schools	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(575) 637-3500	190	28	6.8	100.0%	18 (9.5%)	2 (1.1%)	170 (89.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	59.3	104^th of 346 public elementary schools	69.9%		73.6	64^th of 345 public elementary schools	81.4%	40				70.8				34.6	46.2	58.3				46.1	26.9		58.3				34.2	$11,263
Goddard High	Public	9-12	701 East Country Club	Roswell	88201	Chaves County	Roswell Independent Schools	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(575) 627-4800	1,096	63	17.3	100.0%	375 (34.2%)	17 (1.6%)	689 (62.9%)	5 (0.5%)	4 (0.4%)	1 (0.1%)	5 (0.5%)	37.9	68^th of 132 public high schools	48.5%		32.4	77^th of 131 public high schools	41.2%	9	39.5	13.3				32.0																$9,218
Mesa Middle	Public	6-8	1601 East Bland St	Roswell	88201	Chaves County	Roswell Independent Schools	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(575) 627-2800	350	32	10.8	100.0%	40 (11.4%)	5 (1.4%)	300 (85.7%)	1 (0.3%)	3 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	20.7	153^rd of 191 public middle schools	19.9%		21.6	155^th of 192 public middle schools	19.3%	2					23.0						31.5	41.0	32.7	35.1				21.7	13.0	6.2	13.1	$9,441
Military Heights Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	1900 North Michigan	Roswell	88201	Chaves County	Roswell Independent Schools	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(575) 637-3425	426	34	12.5	100.0%	118 (27.7%)	13 (3.1%)	279 (65.5%)	7 (1.6%)	4 (0.9%)	2 (0.5%)	3 (0.7%)	42.3	183^rd of 346 public elementary schools	47.1%		49.3	137^th of 345 public elementary schools	60.3%	46				32.3				43.9	54.8	50.0				49.7	14.0	27.4	33.9				25.4	$9,125
Missouri Ave Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	700 W Deming	Roswell	88201	Chaves County	Roswell Independent Schools	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(575) 637-3450	322	34	9.5	100.0%	36 (11.2%)	11 (3.4%)	272 (84.5%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	41.2	188^th of 346 public elementary schools	45.7%		35.9	203^rd of 345 public elementary schools	41.2%	15				42.3				42.3	52.3	42.3				45.3	21.2	20.5	34.6				25.7	$9,841
Monterrey Elementary	Public	K-5	910 West Gayle St	Roswell	88201	Chaves County	Roswell Independent Schools	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(575) 637-3475	373	27	15.1	100.0%	57 (15.3%)	3 (0.8%)	312 (83.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	45.6	170^th of 346 public elementary schools	50.9%		30.8	216^th of 345 public elementary schools	37.4%	46				24.2				42.4	66.2	40.0				50.0	33.3	36.6	20.0				30.2	$8,862
Mountain View Middle	Public	6-8	312 East Mtn View Rd	Roswell	88201	Chaves County	Roswell Independent Schools	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(575) 627-2825	481	28	17.4	100.0%	55 (11.4%)	14 (2.9%)	408 (84.8%)	2 (0.4%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	28.7	130^th of 191 public middle schools	31.9%		27.4	137^th of 192 public middle schools	28.6%	7					38.0						20.4	46.9	37.3	35.5				16.8	22.7	8.5	15.7	$8,327
Pecos Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	600 East Hobbs St	Roswell	88201	Chaves County	Roswell Independent Schools	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(575) 637-3550	255	18	15.3	99.2%	15 (5.9%)	6 (2.4%)	234 (91.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	57	115^th of 346 public elementary schools	66.8%		55.6	114^th of 345 public elementary schools	67.0%	1				34.4				41.5	64.7	50.0				51.4	31.7	32.4	53.1				38.3	$10,251
Sierra Middle	Public	6-8	615 South Sycamore Ave	Roswell	88201	Chaves County	Roswell Independent Schools	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(575) 627-2850	557	42	13.2	100.0%	90 (16.2%)	13 (2.3%)	449 (80.6%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	3 (0.5%)	29.2	129^th of 191 public middle schools	32.5%		22.4	151^st of 192 public middle schools	21.4%	22					31.8						31.2	41.9	39.5	37.7				25.5	19.3	12.9	19.0	$7,359
Sunset Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	606 West Oconnor Road	Roswell	88201	Chaves County	Roswell Independent Schools	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(575) 637-3575	253	17	14.7	100.0%	26 (10.3%)	2 (0.8%)	222 (87.7%)	1 (0.4%)	2 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	20.8	294^th of 346 public elementary schools	15.0%		13.7	329^th of 345 public elementary schools	4.6%	35				29.7				29.6	33.3	< 20%				25.5		< 20%	< 20%				9.9	$9,293
Washington Ave Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	408 North Washington Ave	Roswell	88201	Chaves County	Roswell Independent Schools	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(575) 637-3625	263	32	8.3	100.0%	62 (23.6%)	2 (0.8%)	199 (75.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)								(n/a)								40.6	36.1					31.6	< 20%	< 20%					13.3	$9,488
University High	Public	9-12	25 Martin Street	Roswell	88201	Chaves County	Roswell Independent Schools	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(575) 627-2750	167	12	14.1	100.0%	40 (24.0%)	4 (2.4%)	119 (71.3%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (1.2%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (1.2%)								(n/a)	15.2	< 20%	< 20%			< 20%	< 20%															$13,268
Sidney Gutierrez Middle	Public, Charter	K-8	69 E. Gail Harris	Roswell	88201	Chaves County	Roswell Independent Schools	Yes	(n/a)	No	No	(575) 347-9703	196	12	16.3	100.0%	102 (52.0%)	4 (2.0%)	88 (44.9%)	2 (1.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	95.2	15^th of 346 public elementary schools	95.7%		93.4	18^th of 345 public elementary schools	94.8%	3				52.4	81.0		66.7	81.8	77.3	66.7	82.6	71.4	≥ 90%	79.2	54.6	59.1	76.2	78.3	71.4	71.4	68.5	$10,411

Cities Near Zip Code 88201

City	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Roswell	0.6 mi	23	46^th
Dexter	15.89 mi	3	79^th
Hagerman	17.49 mi	4	48^th
Lake Arthur	28.91 mi	4
Artesia	37.87 mi	9	26^th

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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.

IMPORTANT DISCLAIMERS: Not all boundaries are included. We make every effort to ensure that boundaries are up-to-date. But it's important to note that these are approximations and are for general informational purposes only. To verify legal descriptions of boundaries or school locations, contact your local tax assessor's office and/or school district.