Best Cities in New Mexico for Schools

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Rank (of 132)	City	# Elementary Schools	# Middle Schools	# High Schools	# Alt. Schools	# Private Schools*	Rank score (2024)	Rank (2023)	Rank change from 2023
1^st	El Prado	1	0	0	0	0	0.981	1
2^nd	White Rock	2	0	0	0	0	0.968	2
3^rd	Bluewater	1	0	0	0	0	0.952	3
4^th	Los Alamos	3	1	1	0	2	0.949	4
5^th	Des Moines	1	0	1	0	0	0.933	5
6^th	Grady	1	1	1	0	0	0.929	25	19
7^th	Elida	1	0	1	0	0	0.899	42	35
8^th	Texico	1	1	1	0	0	0.897	8
9^th	Cloudcroft	1	1	1	0	0	0.892	15	6
10^th	Corrales	1	0	0	0	3	0.887	6	4
11^th	Corona	1	0	1	0	0	0.882	7	4
12^th	Polvadera	1	0	0	0	0	0.859	52	40
13^th	Sandia Park	1	0	2	0	0	0.845	9	4
14^th	Capitan	1	1	1	0	0	0.834	31	17
15^th	Quemado	1	0	1	0	0	0.829	26	11
16^th	Hurley	1	0	0	0	0	0.827	83	67
17^th	Tijeras	1	1	0	0	1	0.825	18	1
18^th	Cliff	1	0	1	0	0	0.818	21	3
19^th	Melrose	1	1	1	0	0	0.817	23	4
20^th	Dora	1	0	1	0	0	0.809	12	8
21^st	Mosquero	1	0	1	0	0	0.785	99	78
22^nd	Vaughn	1	0	1	0	0	0.77	55	33
23^rd	Cimarron	1	1	1	0	0	0.754	17	6
24^th	Cubero	1	0	0	0	0	0.748	36	12
25^th	Tatum	1	1	1	0	0	0.747	30	5
26^th	Rio Rancho	14	4	5	0	3	0.74	27	1
27^th	Maxwell	1	1	1	0	0	0.739	10	17
28^th	Arroyo Seco	1	0	0	0	0	0.73	24	4
29^th	Reserve	1	0	1	0	0	0.723	14	15
30^th	San Antonio	1	0	0	0	0	0.721	35	5
31^st	Silver City	4	1	2	0	3	0.716	43	12
32^nd	Dixon	1	0	0	0	1	0.709	11	21
33^rd	Fort Sumner	1	1	1	0	0	0.702	37	4
34^th	Anton Chico	1	1	0	0	0	0.699	97	63
35^th	El Rito	1	0	0	0	0	0.697		(n/a)
36^th	San Jon	1	1	1	0	0	0.693	59	23
37^th	San Rafael	1	0	0	0	0	0.691	32	5
38^th	Artesia	6	1	1	0	0	0.688	28	10
39^th	Logan	1	1	2	0	0	0.683	41	2
40^th	San Miguel	1	0	0	0	0	0.667	66	26
41^st	Animas	1	1	1	0	0	0.651	29	12
42^nd	Clayton	1	2	2	0	0	0.649	34	8
43^rd	Alamogordo	7	3	2	1	6	0.642	47	4
44^th	Sunland Park	4	0	0	0	0	0.628	46	2
45^th	Floyd	1	1	1	0	0	0.627	40	5
46^th	Hondo	1	0	1	0	0	0.625	103	57
47^th	Loving	1	1	1	0	0	0.624	38	9
48^th	Portales	3	2	1	0	0	0.614	51	3
49^th	Arrey	1	0	0	0	0	0.603	33	16
50^th	Hagerman	1	1	2	0	0	0.601	72	22
51^st	Penasco	1	1	1	0	0	0.599	60	9
52^nd	Mountainair	1	1	1	0	0	0.596	92	40
53^rd	Eagle Nest	1	1	0	0	0	0.587	93	40
54^th	Springer	2	0	2	0	0	0.583	111	57
55^th	Ruidoso	2	1	1	0	0	0.582	63	8
56^th	San Lorenzo	1	0	0	0	0	0.58	19	37
57^th	Taos	5	1	6	0	0	0.57	48	9
58^th	Santa Teresa	1	1	1	1	0	0.569	78	20
59^th	Raton	3	1	1	0	0	0.565	50	9
60^th	Yatahey	1	0	0	0	0	0.564	90	30
61^st	Moriarty	3	2	1	0	0	0.555	44	17
62^nd	La Luz	1	0	0	0	0	0.554	39	23
63^rd	Tularosa	2	1	1	0	0	0.549	114	51
64^th	Belen	6	2	2	0	2	0.549	45	19
65^th	Farmington	10	4	5	0	10	0.537	70	5
66^th	Las Cruces	27	10	11	1	5	0.529	58	8
67^th	Aztec	4	1	2	0	0	0.529	53	14
68^th	Estancia	2	1	1	0	0	0.528	49	19
69^th	Los Ranchos de Albuquerque	1	1	0	0	0	0.523	112	43
70^th	Tucumcari	1	1	1	0	0	0.52	54	16
71^st	Roswell	13	4	5	0	6	0.517	62	9
72^nd	Dexter	1	1	1	0	0	0.515	79	7
73^rd	Carrizozo	1	1	1	0	0	0.502	16	57
74^th	Anthony	5	1	4	0	2	0.5	75	1
75^th	Hobbs	14	3	2	0	3	0.497	64	11
76^th	Red River	1	0	0	0	0	0.496	89	13
77^th	Socorro	2	1	1	0	0	0.495	68	9
78^th	Chaparral	3	1	1	0	0	0.475	73	5
79^th	Mora	2	1	1	0	0	0.473	81	2
80^th	Carlsbad	7	2	2	3	1	0.472	76	4
81^st	Bayard	1	1	1	0	0	0.47	113	32
82^nd	Albuquerque	109	32	50	18	60	0.465	69	13
83^rd	Santa Fe	23	3	14	4	18	0.465	77	6
84^th	Santa Rosa	1	1	2	0	0	0.464	61	23
85^th	Lordsburg	2	2	1	0	0	0.463	102	17
86^th	Clovis	11	3	1	1	1	0.462	88	2
87^th	Los Lunas	10	2	4	2	1	0.451	86	1
88^th	Grants	2	1	4	0	1	0.444	109	21
89^th	Magdalena	1	1	1	0	0	0.438	87	2
90^th	Kirtland	3	2	1	0	0	0.428	106	16
91^st	Ojo Caliente	0	2	1	0	0	0.411	67	24
92^nd	Deming	5	2	4	0	0	0.396	85	7
93^rd	Bloomfield	5	2	2	0	1	0.379	95	2
94^th	Gallup	9	3	5	2	4	0.379	84	10
95^th	Ramah	1	0	1	0	0	0.357	80	15
96^th	Las Vegas	7	4	3	0	1	0.339	100	4
97^th	Pecos	1	1	1	0	0	0.334	110	13
98^th	Questa	4	1	1	0	0	0.334	74	24
99^th	Bernalillo	2	2	1	0	0	0.324	105	6
100^th	Ranchos de Taos	1	0	0	0	0	0.312	101	1
101^st	T Or C	2	1	1	0	0	0.311	104	3
102^nd	Crownpoint	6	1	1	0	0	0.306	98	4
103^rd	Vado	1	0	0	0	0	0.296	96	7
104^th	Gallina	1	1	1	0	0	0.281	108	4
105^th	Santa Clara	1	0	0	0	0	0.279	71	34
106^th	Tesuque	1	0	0	0	0	0.277	56	50
107^th	Espanola	14	1	1	1	1	0.273	121	14
108^th	Milan	1	0	0	0	0	0.268	107	1
109^th	Jal	1	1	1	0	0	0.262	117	8
110^th	Tierra Amarilla	1	0	1	0	0	0.254	124	14
111^th	Lovington	5	2	2	0	0	0.246	91	20
112^th	Tohatchi	2	1	1	0	0	0.209	119	7
113^th	Pena Blanca	1	1	0	0	0	0.192	82	31
114^th	Eunice	1	1	1	0	1	0.186	94	20
115^th	Hatch	2	1	1	0	0	0.182	128	13
116^th	Zuni	1	1	2	0	2	0.174	125	9
117^th	Shiprock	6	1	3	0	0	0.174	123	6
118^th	Thoreau	1	1	1	0	1	0.173	126	8
119^th	Jemez Pueblo	3	1	2	0	0	0.153		(n/a)
120^th	Columbus	1	0	0	0	0	0.152	115	5
121^st	Mesilla	0	0	1	0	1	0.147		(n/a)
122^nd	Cuba	5	1	2	0	1	0.147	130	8
123^rd	Casa Blanca	0	0	1	0	0	0.142	122	1
124^th	Santo Domingo Pueblo	1	1	0	0	0	0.128	135	11
125^th	Navajo	2	1	2	0	0	0.126	118	7
126^th	Fruitland	2	0	0	0	0	0.111	127	1
127^th	Church Rock	1	0	0	0	0	0.109	129	2
128^th	Vanderwagen	2	0	0	0	0	0.074	134	6
129^th	New Laguna	0	1	0	0	0	0.072	120	9
130^th	Algodones	1	0	0	0	0	0.072		(n/a)
131^st	Newcomb	2	1	1	0	0	0.068	132	1
132^nd	Dulce	1	1	1	0	0	0.033	131	1

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* Private schools are not used in determining city rank.
Schooldigger calculates school rankings based on test scores released by the New Mexico Public Education Department.
These rankings were last updated on November 10, 2024, and are based on the most recent test scores available. We update rankings as we receive new test scores from the New Mexico Public Education Department, usually on a yearly basis.
Our sources of data include the National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education and the New Mexico Public Education Department.
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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.