Summary:
ZIP code 88435 covers Santa Rosa, New Mexico, a small rural community in the eastern part of the state, and it contains exactly one high school: Santa Rosa High. The school serves grades 9–12 with 193 students and is the only high school in Santa Rosa Consolidated Schools, so its results effectively are the district's high school results.
Santa Rosa High's clearest strength is its graduation rate: 91.7% in 2024–2025, compared with 80.6% statewide — 11.1 percentage points above New Mexico as a whole. Class sizes also look favorable, with a student-teacher ratio of 8.5 in 2024–2025, suggesting more individual attention than many schools can offer. At the same time, 98.96% of students qualified for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024–2025, meaning nearly every student comes from an economically disadvantaged household. That context matters when reading the academic results below.
Academic performance is the concern. Mathematics proficiency is reported as under 5% in every math row — all grades and 11th grade, on both the NM Combined and SAT School Day exams — while state math proficiency ranges from about 12.5% to 25.5%. English language arts was 22.44% for 11th grade in 2025–2026 and science was 19.23%, both below state. Both subjects also slipped from the prior year: science fell from 31.25% to 19.35%, and ELA dropped from 27.08% to 22.58%. The school ranked 124th out of 132 ranked New Mexico high schools in 2025–2026, at the 6th percentile with 0 stars, down from the 19th percentile the year before. Families should note that the 11th-grade cohort is small, so a few students can swing these percentages significantly.
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