Best High Schools in Zip Code 88401

ZIP code 88401 has exactly one high school: Tucumcari High, serving grades 9–12 in Tucumcari, New Mexico, as part of Tucumcari Public Schools. It enrolls 247 students, and 100% are eligible for free/reduced lunch, a major context factor showing high economic need. The student-teacher ratio is 14.8, but the data set provides no state benchmark to say whether that is high or low.

Science is the clearest strength. In 11th-grade science on NM-ASR, the school was at 52.27% in 2025–2026 versus the state’s 34.27%, and 66.04% in 2024–2025 versus the state’s 41.69%. On NM Combined science in 2025–2026, it was 51.11% versus the state’s 34.02% — consistently well above the state. The school’s statewide high-school rank has also been above median for three years: 47th of 132 (64th percentile, 3 stars) in 2025–2026, 38th of 131 (71st percentile, 4 stars) in 2024–2025, and 67th of 172 (61st percentile, 3 stars) in 2023–2024. It slipped from 4 stars to 3 stars in the most recent year.

English language arts is near the state average but slightly below in the latest results: 33.33% versus 36.78% on NM Combined, and 34.09% versus 37.07% on SAT ELA in 2025–2026. Math is the least clear and most concerning area. On NM Combined, All Grades, the school is under 20% while the state is 25.54%, so it is below the state there. Other math results are also under 20% for the school, while state values are around 12.5%–12.7%; because the school figure is a bound, we cannot tell whether it is above or below the state on those exams. Graduation is 76.0% versus the state’s 80.6%, about 4.6 points lower. The district ranks 59th of 87 (32nd percentile, 2 stars), so the high school appears to be a relative strength within the district, but math and graduation are key areas to watch.