Best Elementary Schools in New Mexico

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School															Students/Teachers											Per Pupil Expenditures (2019)							Ranking (2024 vs 2023)
ID	Rank (of 433)	School	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Disc Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Per Pupil Expenditures: Total	Personnel from Federal Funds	Non-Personnel from Federal Funds	Total from Federal Funds	Personnel from State and Local Funds	Non-Personnel from State and Local Funds	Total from State and Local Funds	Average Standard Score (2024)	Average Standard Score (2023)	Rank (2023)	Rank Change from 2023	SchoolDigger Rating (2024)
350117000327	21	Bluewater Elementary	Public	K-6	15 West Chess Rd	Bluewater	87005	Cibola County	Grants	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(505) 285-2694	70	9	8.2	100.0%	25 (35.7%)	2 (2.9%)	18 (25.7%)	0 (0.0%)	25 (35.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$13,064							97.7	98	17	4
350165000429	22	Chamisa Elementary	Public	PK, KG-6	301 Meadow Ln	White Rock	87547	Los Alamos County	Los Alamos	No	(n/a)	No	No	(505) 663-2470	321	26	12.5	13.1%	136 (42.4%)	5 (1.6%)	156 (48.6%)	4 (1.2%)	6 (1.9%)	0 (0.0%)	14 (4.4%)	$13,063							97.4	97.4	22
350063000231	23	Corona Elementary	Public	PK, KG-6	531 Franklin St	Corona	88318	Lincoln County	Corona	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(575) 849-1711	41	7	5.8	58.5%	29 (70.7%)	0 (0.0%)	12 (29.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$31,188							96.2	97.1	24	1
350006000030	24	Bandelier Elementary	Public	K-5	3309 Pershing St SE	Albuquerque	87106	Bernalillo County	Albuquerque	No	(n/a)	No	No	(505) 255-8744	453	33	13.8	34.2%	194 (42.8%)	8 (1.8%)	196 (43.3%)	9 (2.0%)	18 (4.0%)	0 (0.0%)	28 (6.2%)	$8,498							95.2	96.5	26	2
350192000470	25	Mosquero Elementary	Public	PK, KG-6	43 McNeil Ave	Mosquero	87733	Harding County	Mosquero	No	(n/a)	No	No	(575) 673-2271	40	4	11	37.5%	24 (60.0%)	1 (2.5%)	10 (25.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (12.5%)	$49,314							94	64.8	140	115
350012201071	26	Abq School Of Excellence	Public, Charter, Alternative	K-12	13201 Lomas Blvd NE	Albuquerque	87112	Bernalillo County	Abq School Of Excellence	Yes	(n/a)	No	Yes	(505) 312-7711	910	51	17.9	54.8%	385 (42.3%)	43 (4.7%)	380 (41.8%)	41 (4.5%)	17 (1.9%)	7 (0.8%)	37 (4.1%)	$6,044							93.9	91.1	42	16
350003000006	27	Holloman Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	750 Arnold	Alamogordo	88330	Otero County	Alamogordo	No	(n/a)	No	No	(575) 812-6100	490	25	19.6	27.1%	249 (50.8%)	39 (8.0%)	116 (23.7%)	10 (2.0%)	6 (1.2%)	3 (0.6%)	67 (13.7%)	$7,119							93.8	79.2	84	57
350006000095	28	Onate Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	12415 Brentwood Hills NE	Albuquerque	87112	Bernalillo County	Albuquerque	No	(n/a)	No	No	(505) 291-6819	264	21	12.8	37.1%	110 (41.7%)	3 (1.1%)	126 (47.7%)	11 (4.2%)	2 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	12 (4.5%)	$9,445							93.8	97.9	18	10
350099000283	29	Country Club Elementary	Public	K-5	5300 Foothills Dr	Farmington	87401	San Juan County	Farmington	No	(n/a)	No	No	(505) 599-8604	525	31	17.2	29.0%	257 (49.0%)	9 (1.7%)	153 (29.1%)	8 (1.5%)	55 (10.5%)	0 (0.0%)	43 (8.2%)	$7,570							93.4	89.5	46	17
350114000325	30	Grady Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	100 Franklin St	Grady	88120	Curry County	Grady	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(575) 357-2192	84	8	10.9	45.2%	62 (73.8%)	3 (3.6%)	19 (22.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$20,713							93.4	85.1	66	36

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Schooldigger calculates school rankings based on NM-MSSA English Language Arts, NM-MSSA Mathematics, NM-ASR Science 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.