Best Elementary Schools in New Mexico

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School															Students/Teachers											Per Pupil Expenditures (2019)							Ranking (2023 vs 2022)
ID	Rank (of 435)	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 (2023)	Average Standard Score (2022)	Rank (2022)	Rank Change from 2022	SchoolDigger Rating (2023)
350123000753	401	Rio Grande Elementary	Public	3-5	940 East Herrera	Hatch	87937	Do�a Ana County	Hatch Valley	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(575) 267-8260	230	16	14	95.2%	9 (3.9%)	0 (0.0%)	221 (96.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$8,160							14.5	21.2	335	66
350006000054	402	Eugene Field Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	700 Edith Blvd SE	Albuquerque	87102	Bernalillo County	Albuquerque	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(505) 764-2014	137	13	10.3	100.0%	9 (6.6%)	12 (8.8%)	106 (77.4%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (5.1%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (2.2%)	$11,581							14.3	24.3	316	86
350006000072	403	Kirtland Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	3530 Gibson Blvd SE	Albuquerque	87118	Bernalillo County	Albuquerque	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(505) 255-3131	164	22	7.6	100.0%	31 (18.9%)	7 (4.3%)	101 (61.6%)	4 (2.4%)	13 (7.9%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (4.9%)	$12,250							14.2	12.3	384	19
350006000064	404	Hodgin Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	3801 Morningside Dr NE	Albuquerque	87110	Bernalillo County	Albuquerque	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(505) 881-9855	425	34	12.5	100.0%	79 (18.6%)	15 (3.5%)	224 (52.7%)	9 (2.1%)	75 (17.6%)	0 (0.0%)	23 (5.4%)	$11,974							14.1	17.2	360	44
350006000022	405	Alamosa Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	6500 Sunset Gardens Rd SW	Albuquerque	87121	Bernalillo County	Albuquerque	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(505) 836-0288	376	39	9.6	100.0%	13 (3.5%)	8 (2.1%)	338 (89.9%)	1 (0.3%)	12 (3.2%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (1.1%)	$9,495							13.8	11.3	389	16
350057000217	406	Lockwood Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	1113 S. Oak St	Clovis	88101	Curry County	Clovis	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(575) 769-4300	338	19	17.7	100.0%	38 (11.2%)	2 (0.6%)	293 (86.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (1.5%)	$8,832							13.8	13.4	378	28
350081000252	407	Dulce Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	Mundo Dr	Dulce	87528	Rio Arriba County	Dulce	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(575) 759-3353	248	29	8.5	100.0%	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	26 (10.5%)	3 (1.2%)	216 (87.1%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (1.2%)	$16,394							13.6			(n/a)
350006000077	408	Lavaland Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	501 57th St NW	Albuquerque	87105	Bernalillo County	Albuquerque	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(505) 836-4911	420	34	12.4	100.0%	26 (6.2%)	5 (1.2%)	374 (89.0%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (2.4%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (1.2%)	$8,894							13.3	11	391	17
350162000426	409	R.V.Traylor Elementary	Public	PK, KG-4	500 Ownby	Lordsburg	88045	Hidalgo County	Lordsburg	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(575) 542-3252	155	11	14	58.7%	24 (15.5%)	1 (0.6%)	129 (83.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.6%)	$11,783							13.2	21.3	333	76
350237000759	410	Cesar Chavez Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	6251 Jaguar Dr	Santa Fe	87507	Santa Fe County	Santa Fe	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(505) 467-3200	318	27	11.6	100.0%	13 (4.1%)	2 (0.6%)	293 (92.1%)	1 (0.3%)	8 (2.5%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	$11,463							12.8	8.5	400	10

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About our rankings:

Schooldigger calculates school rankings based on NM Combined Language Arts, NM Combined Mathematics, NM Combined Science test scores released by the New Mexico Public Education Department.
These rankings were last updated on December 6, 2023, 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.
For more information about our ranking process, please see our Ranking FAQ. Details about our methodology are here.

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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.