Best School Districts in New Mexico

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Rank (of 119)	District	Grades	# Elementary Schools	# Middle Schools	# High Schools	# Alt. Schools	City	County	Rank score (2024)	Rank (2023)	Rank change from 2023
17^th	21st Century Public Academy	1-8	1	0	0	0	Albuquerque	Bernalillo County	0.832		(n/a)
	Abq School Of Excellence	K-12	0	0	0	1	Albuquerque	Bernalillo County			(n/a)
	Abq Sign Language Academy	K-12	0	0	0	1	Albuquerque	Bernalillo County			(n/a)
	Aces Technical Charter School	K-9	0	0	0	1	Albuquerque	Bernalillo County			(n/a)
	Alamo Navajo Community School	K-12	0	0	0	1	Alamo	Socorro County			(n/a)
43^rd	Alamogordo	PK, KG-12	9	3	2	0	Alamogordo	Otero County	0.635	50	7
89^th	Albuquerque	PK, KG-12	100	29	36	9	Albuquerque	Bernalillo County	0.43	78	11
86^th	Albuquerque Bilingual Academy	PK, KG-8	1	0	0	0	Albuquerque	Bernalillo County	0.459	69	17
20^th	Albuquerque Collegiate Charter School	K-5	1	0	0	0	Albuquerque	Bernalillo County	0.82	20
2^nd	Albuquerque Institute Of Math & Science	6-12	0	0	1	0	Albuquerque	Bernalillo County	0.995	1	1
13^th	Aldo Leopold Charter	6-12	0	0	1	0	Silver City	Grant County	0.878	22	9
103^rd	Alma D'Arte Charter	9-12	0	0	1	0	Las Cruces	Do�a Ana County	0.258	90	13
1^st	Altura Preparatory School	K-5	1	0	0	0	Albuquerque	Bernalillo County	0.998	2	1
25^th	Amy Biehl Charter High School	9-12	0	0	1	0	Albuquerque	Bernalillo County	0.779	29	4
	Animas	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Animas	Hidalgo County			(n/a)
39^th	Artesia	PK, KG-12	7	1	1	0	Artesia	Eddy County	0.688	31	8
	Atsa' Biya' a'zh Community School	K-6	1	0	0	0	Shiprock	San Juan County			(n/a)
64^th	Aztec	PK, KG-12	4	1	2	0	Aztec	San Juan County	0.529	55	9
	Baca/Dlo'ay Azhi Community School	K-6	1	0	0	0	Prewitt	McKinley County			(n/a)
	Beclabito Day School	K-4	1	0	0	0	Shiprock	San Juan County			(n/a)
61^st	Belen	PK, KG-12	6	2	2	0	Belen	Valencia County	0.549	49	12
106^th	Bernalillo	PK, KG-12	5	4	1	0	Bernalillo	Sandoval County	0.245	103	3
92^nd	Bloomfield	PK, KG-12	3	2	2	0	Bloomfield	San Juan County	0.379	94	2
	Bread Springs Day School	K-3	1	0	0	0	Gallup	McKinley County			(n/a)
16^th	Capitan	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Capitan	Lincoln County	0.834	34	18
80^th	Carlsbad	PK, KG-12	7	2	2	2	Carlsbad	Eddy County	0.472	75	5
73^rd	Carrizozo	K-12	1	1	1	0	Carrizozo	Lincoln County	0.502		(n/a)
108^th	Central	PK, KG-12	9	3	4	0	Shiprock	San Juan County	0.223	112	4
117^th	Cesar Chavez Community School	9-12	0	0	1	0	Albuquerque	Bernalillo County	0.042		(n/a)
	Chama Valley	PK, KG-12	2	1	1	0	Tierra Amarilla	Rio Arriba County			(n/a)
	Chi Chil'tah Community School	K-8	1	0	0	0	Vanderwagen	McKinley County			(n/a)
	Ch'ooshgai Community School	K-8	1	0	0	0	Tohatchi	McKinley County			(n/a)
36^th	Cimarron	PK, KG-12	2	2	2	0	Cimarron	Colfax County	0.698	42	6
42^nd	Clayton	PK, KG-12	1	2	1	0	Clayton	Union County	0.649	35	7
10^th	Cloudcroft	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Cloudcroft	Otero County	0.892	18	8
84^th	Clovis	PK, KG-12	11	3	1	1	Clovis	Curry County	0.462	85	1
70^th	Cobre	PK, KG-12	4	1	1	0	Bayard	Grant County	0.516	82	12
12^th	Corona	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Corona	Lincoln County	0.882	7	5
	Cottonwood Classical Prep	6-12	0	0	1	0	Albuquerque	Bernalillo County			(n/a)
	Crystal Boarding School	K-6	1	0	0	0	Navajo	McKinley County			(n/a)
116^th	Cuba	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Cuba	Sandoval County	0.044	119	3
93^rd	Deming	PK, KG-12	6	2	4	0	Deming	Luna County	0.371	86	7
6^th	Des Moines	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Des Moines	Union County	0.933	5	1
72^nd	Dexter	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Dexter	Chaves County	0.515	77	5
	Dibe Yazhi Habitiin Olta' Inc.	K-8	1	0	0	0	Crownpoint	McKinley County			(n/a)
22^nd	Dora	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Dora	Roosevelt County	0.809	13	9
118^th	Dulce	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Dulce	Rio Arriba County	0.033	118
	Dzilth-Na-O-Dith-Hle Community School	K-8	1	0	0	0	Bloomfield	San Juan County			(n/a)
	Dzit Dit Lool School Of Empowerment Action And Perseverance	6-12	0	0	1	0	Navajo	McKinley County			(n/a)
8^th	Elida	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Elida	Roosevelt County	0.899	44	36
99^th	Espanola	PK, KG-12	11	1	1	0	Espanola	Rio Arriba County	0.274	111	12
65^th	Estancia	PK, KG-12	2	1	1	0	Estancia	Torrance County	0.528	52	13
	Estancia Valley Classical Academy	K-12	0	0	0	1	Edgewood	Santa Fe County			(n/a)
111^th	Eunice	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Eunice	Lea County	0.186	93	18
	Explore Academy	K-12	0	0	0	1	Albuquerque	Bernalillo County			(n/a)
	Explore Academy - Rio Rancho	K-6	1	0	0	0	Rio Rancho	Sandoval County			(n/a)
	Explore Academy Las Cruces	4-10	0	0	0	1	Las Cruces	Do�a Ana County			(n/a)
62^nd	Farmington	PK, KG-12	10	4	4	0	Farmington	San Juan County	0.537	71	9
44^th	Floyd	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Floyd	Roosevelt County	0.627	39	5
34^th	Fort Sumner	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Fort Sumner	De Baca County	0.702	37	3
67^th	Gadsden	PK, KG-12	16	3	5	0	Anthony	Do�a Ana County	0.521	67
97^th	Gallup	PK, KG-12	16	7	9	1	Gallup	McKinley County	0.312	101	4
7^th	Grady	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Grady	Curry County	0.929	24	17
82^nd	Grants	PK, KG-12	7	2	3	0	Grants	Cibola County	0.465	83	1
	Haak'u Community Academy	K-8	1	0	0	0	Pueblo of Acoma	Cibola County			(n/a)
48^th	Hagerman	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Hagerman	Chaves County	0.601	73	25
	Hanaa'dli Community School	K	1	0	0	0	Bloomfield	San Juan County			(n/a)
112^th	Hatch Valley	PK, KG-12	3	1	1	0	Hatch	Do�a Ana County	0.182	117	5
74^th	Hobbs	PK, KG-12	13	3	1	0	Hobbs	Lea County	0.497	65	9
45^th	Hondo Valley	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Hondo	Lincoln County	0.625	100	55
15^th	Horizon Academy West	PK, KG-5	1	0	0	0	Albuquerque	Bernalillo County	0.857	10	5
	House	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	House	Quay County			(n/a)
	Hozho Academy	K-10	0	0	0	1	Gallup	McKinley County			(n/a)
	Isleta Elementary School	K-6	1	0	0	0	Albuquerque	Bernalillo County			(n/a)
14^th	J Paul Taylor Academy	K-8	1	0	0	0	Las Cruces	Do�a Ana County	0.875	9	5
101^st	Jal	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Jal	Lea County	0.262	109	8
	Jemez Day School	K-6	1	0	0	0	Jemez Pueblo	Sandoval County			(n/a)
	Jemez Mountain	PK, KG-12	2	1	1	0	Cuba	Sandoval County			(n/a)
114^th	Jemez Valley	PK, KG-12	2	1	1	0	Jemez Pueblo	Sandoval County	0.153		(n/a)
	Juvenile Justice	6-12	0	0	3	0	Albuquerque	Bernalillo County			(n/a)
	Kha'p'o Community School	K-6	1	0	0	0	Espanola	Rio Arriba County			(n/a)
104^th	La Academia Dolores Huerta	6-8	0	1	0	0	Las Cruces	Do�a Ana County	0.251	79	25
	Laguna Elementary School	K-5	1	0	0	0	Laguna	Cibola County			(n/a)
	Laguna Middle School	6-8	0	1	0	0	Laguna	Cibola County			(n/a)
	Lake Arthur	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Lake Arthur	Chaves County			(n/a)
	Lake Valley Navajo School	K-8	1	0	0	0	Crownpoint	McKinley County			(n/a)
63^rd	Las Cruces	PK, KG-12	25	8	6	0	Las Cruces	Do�a Ana County	0.531	60	3
	Las Montanas Charter	9-12	0	0	1	0	Las Cruces	Do�a Ana County			(n/a)
76^th	Las Vegas City	PK, KG-12	3	2	1	0	Las Vegas	San Miguel County	0.485	97	21
40^th	Logan	PK, KG-12	1	1	2	0	Logan	Quay County	0.683	43	3
83^rd	Lordsburg	PK, KG-12	1	2	1	0	Lordsburg	Hidalgo County	0.463	99	16
4^th	Los Alamos	PK, KG-12	5	1	1	0	Los Alamos	Los Alamos County	0.955	3	1
87^th	Los Lunas	PK, KG-12	10	2	3	1	Los Lunas	Valencia County	0.459	76	11
46^th	Loving	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Loving	Eddy County	0.624	38	8
105^th	Lovington	PK, KG-12	5	2	2	0	Lovington	Lea County	0.246		(n/a)
88^th	Magdalena	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Magdalena	Socorro County	0.438	84	4
	Mariano Lake Community School	K-6	1	0	0	0	Crownpoint	McKinley County			(n/a)
	Maxwell	K-12	1	1	1	0	Maxwell	Colfax County			(n/a)
	McCurdy Charter School	K-12	0	0	0	1	Espanola	Rio Arriba County			(n/a)
21^st	Melrose	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Melrose	Curry County	0.817	21
77^th	Mesa Vista	PK, KG-12	1	2	1	0	Ojo Caliente	Taos County	0.483	66	11
	Mescalero Apache School	K-12	0	0	0	1	Mescalero	Otero County			(n/a)
37^th	Middle College High School Charter - Gallup	9-12	0	0	1	0	Gallup	McKinley County	0.695	23	14
	Mission Achievement And Success	PK, KG-12	0	0	0	2	Albuquerque	Bernalillo County			(n/a)
81^st	Monte Del Sol Charter	7-12	0	0	1	0	Santa Fe	Santa Fe County	0.471	68	13
11^th	Montessori Elementary School	K-8	1	0	0	0	Albuquerque	Bernalillo County	0.89	14	3
79^th	Mora	PK, KG-12	2	1	1	0	Mora	Mora County	0.473	80	1
58^th	Moriarty-Edgewood	PK, KG-12	3	2	1	0	Moriarty	Torrance County	0.555	47	11
24^th	Mosquero	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Mosquero	Harding County	0.785	95	71
51^st	Mountainair	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Mountainair	Torrance County	0.596	89	38
	Na' Neelzhiin Ji'Olta	K-8	1	0	0	0	Cuba	Sandoval County			(n/a)
	Navajo Preparatory School	9-12	0	0	1	0	Farmington	San Juan County			(n/a)
	Nenahnezad Community School	K-6	1	0	0	0	Fruitland	San Juan County			(n/a)
100^th	New America School - Las Cruces	9-12	0	0	1	0	Las Cruces	Do�a Ana County	0.268		(n/a)
23^rd	New Mexico Academy For The Media Arts	6-12	0	0	1	0	Albuquerque	Bernalillo County	0.794	51	28
	New Mexico Connections Academy	4-12	0	0	0	1	Santa Fe	Santa Fe County			(n/a)
	Nm Corrections	8-12	0	0	11	0	Albuquerque	Bernalillo County			(n/a)
3^rd	Nm School For The Arts	9-12	0	0	1	0	Santa Fe	Santa Fe County	0.963	6	3
	Nm School For The Blind And Visually Impaired	PK, KG-12	1	0	0	1	Alamogordo	Otero County			(n/a)
	Nm School For The Deaf	PK, KG-12	0	0	0	1	Santa Fe	Santa Fe County			(n/a)
59^th	North Valley Academy	PK, KG-8	1	0	0	0	Albuquerque	Bernalillo County	0.552	104	45
	Ohkay Owingeh Community School	K-6	1	0	0	0	Espanola	Rio Arriba County			(n/a)
	Ojo Encino Day School	K-8	1	0	0	0	Cuba	Sandoval County			(n/a)
95^th	Pecos	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Pecos	San Miguel County	0.334	102	7
	Pecos Cyber Academy	K-12	0	0	0	1	Edgewood	Santa Fe County			(n/a)
50^th	Penasco	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Penasco	Taos County	0.599	61	11
	Pine Hill Schools	K-12	0	0	0	1	Pinehill	Cibola County			(n/a)
91^st	Pojoaque	PK, KG-12	2	2	1	0	Santa Fe	Santa Fe County	0.384	96	5
47^th	Portales	PK, KG-12	3	2	1	0	Portales	Roosevelt County	0.614	53	6
	Pueblo Pintado Community School	K-8	1	0	0	0	Cuba	Sandoval County			(n/a)
18^th	Quemado	PK, KG-12	2	0	1	0	Quemado	Catron County	0.829	26	8
	Questa	PK, KG-12	2	1	1	0	Questa	Taos County			(n/a)
107^th	Raices Del Saber Xinachtli Community	K-5	1	0	0	0	Las Cruces	Do�a Ana County	0.224	91	16
	Raton	PK, KG-12	2	0	1	0	Raton	Colfax County			(n/a)
75^th	Red River Valley Charter School	PK, KG-8	1	0	0	0	Red River	Taos County	0.496	87	12
32^nd	Reserve	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Reserve	Catron County	0.723	16	16
96^th	Rio Grande Academy Of Fine Arts	K-7	1	0	0	0	Albuquerque	Bernalillo County	0.324	45	51
30^th	Rio Rancho	PK, KG-12	12	4	4	0	Rio Rancho	Sandoval County	0.736	27	3
	Roots & Wings Community	K-8	1	0	0	0	Questa	Taos County			(n/a)
69^th	Roswell	PK, KG-12	13	4	4	0	Roswell	Chaves County	0.517	63	6
	Roy	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Roy	Harding County			(n/a)
55^th	Ruidoso	PK, KG-12	2	1	1	0	Ruidoso	Lincoln County	0.582	64	9
	San Felipe Pueblo Elementary School	K-8	1	0	0	0	San Felipe Pb	Sandoval County			(n/a)
	San Ildefonso Day School	K-6	1	0	0	0	San Ildefonso Pueblo	Santa Fe County			(n/a)
38^th	San Jon	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	San Jon	Quay County	0.693	59	21
53^rd	Sandoval Academy Of Bilingual Education	K-8	1	0	0	0	Rio Rancho	Sandoval County	0.587	58	5
	Sanostee Day School	K-3	1	0	0	0	Sanostee	San Juan County			(n/a)
85^th	Santa Fe	PK, KG-12	19	2	6	2	Santa Fe	Santa Fe County	0.46	74	11
	Santa Fe Indian School	7-12	0	0	1	0	Santa Fe	Santa Fe County			(n/a)
57^th	Santa Rosa	PK, KG-12	2	2	1	0	Santa Rosa	Guadalupe County	0.558	70	13
	School Of Dreams Academy	PK, KG-12	0	0	0	1	Los Lunas	Valencia County			(n/a)
	Sequoyah	6-12	0	0	1	0	Albuquerque	Bernalillo County			(n/a)
	Shiprock Northwest High School	7-12	0	0	1	0	Shiprock	San Juan County			(n/a)
33^rd	Silver City	PK, KG-12	5	1	2	0	Silver City	Grant County	0.714	40	7
119^th	Six Directions Indigenous School	6-12	0	0	1	0	Gallup	McKinley County	0.017		(n/a)
56^th	Socorro	PK, KG-12	4	1	1	0	Socorro	Socorro County	0.579	62	6
78^th	Solare Collegiate Charter School	5-8	0	1	0	0	Albuquerque	Bernalillo County	0.477	81	3
90^th	South Valley Prep	6-8	0	1	0	0	Albuquerque	Bernalillo County	0.43	110	20
35^th	Southwest Preparatory Learning Center	4-8	0	1	0	0	Albuquerque	Bernalillo County	0.699	30	5
49^th	Southwest Secondary Learning Center	9-12	0	0	1	0	Albuquerque	Bernalillo County	0.6	32	17
54^th	Springer	K-12	2	0	1	0	Springer	Colfax County	0.583		(n/a)
19^th	SW Aeronautics Mathematics And Science Academy	6-12	0	0	1	0	Albuquerque	Bernalillo County	0.823	19
94^th	T Or C	PK, KG-12	3	1	1	0	T Or C	Sierra County	0.37	88	6
41^st	Taos	PK, KG-12	5	1	3	0	Taos	Taos County	0.652	36	5
26^th	Taos Academy	5-12	0	0	1	0	Taos	Taos County	0.772	25	1
	Taos Day School	K-8	1	0	0	0	Taos	Taos County			(n/a)
31^st	Taos Integrated School Of Arts	K-8	1	0	0	0	Taos	Taos County	0.727	28	3
110^th	Taos International School	K-8	1	0	0	0	Taos	Taos County	0.192	107	3
29^th	Tatum	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Tatum	Lea County	0.747	33	4
	Te Tsu Geh Oweenge Day School	K-6	1	0	0	0	Tesuque Pueblo	Santa Fe County			(n/a)
9^th	Texico	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Texico	Curry County	0.897	8	1
5^th	The Ask Academy	6-12	0	0	1	0	Rio Rancho	Sandoval County	0.933	4	1
115^th	The Great Academy	6-12	0	0	1	0	Albuquerque	Bernalillo County	0.118	115
28^th	The Masters Program	9-12	0	0	1	0	Santa Fe	Santa Fe County	0.753	12	16
71^st	Thrive Community School	K-7	1	0	0	0	Santa Fe	Santa Fe County	0.516	46	25
66^th	Tierra Adentro	6-12	0	0	1	0	Albuquerque	Bernalillo County	0.521	54	12
102^nd	Tierra Encantada Charter School	7-12	0	0	1	0	Santa Fe	Santa Fe County	0.261	105	3
	T'iis Ts'ozi Bi'Olta' Community School	K-8	1	0	0	0	Crownpoint	McKinley County			(n/a)
	Tohaali' Community School	K-8	1	0	0	0	Newcomb	San Juan County			(n/a)
	To'hajiilee Day School	K-12	0	0	0	1	ToHajiilee	Cibola County			(n/a)
	Tse'ii'ahi' Community School	K-4	1	0	0	0	Crownpoint	McKinley County			(n/a)
	T'siya Day School	K-6	1	0	0	0	Zia Pueblo	Sandoval County			(n/a)
68^th	Tucumcari	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Tucumcari	Quay County	0.52	56	12
60^th	Tularosa	PK, KG-12	2	1	1	0	Tularosa	Otero County	0.549	106	46
98^th	Turquoise Trail Charter School	PK, KG-8	1	0	0	0	Santa Fe	Santa Fe County	0.306	98
	Unm Mimbres School	PK, KG-12	0	0	0	1	Albuquerque	Bernalillo County			(n/a)
27^th	Vaughn	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Vaughn	Guadalupe County	0.77	57	30
52^nd	Vista Grande High School	9-12	0	0	1	0	Taos	Taos County	0.595		(n/a)
	Wagon Mound	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Wagon Mound	Mora County			(n/a)
	Walatowa Charter High	9-12	0	0	1	0	Jemez Pueblo	Sandoval County			(n/a)
109^th	West Las Vegas	PK, KG-12	5	3	2	0	Las Vegas	San Miguel County	0.218	92	17
	Wingate Elementary School	K-8	1	0	0	0	Fort Wingate	McKinley County			(n/a)
	Wingate High School	9-12	0	0	1	0	Fort Wingate	McKinley County			(n/a)
113^th	Zuni	PK, KG-12	1	1	2	0	Zuni	McKinley County	0.174	114	1

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