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)
350126000356	221	Taylor Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	1520 N. Breckon	Hobbs	88240	Lea County	Hobbs	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(575) 433-2000	421	24	17.2	100.0%	56 (13.3%)	11 (2.6%)	346 (82.2%)	2 (0.5%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (1.2%)	$6,365							43.7	43.4	233	12
350006000067	222	Inez Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	1700 Pennsylvania St NE	Albuquerque	87110	Bernalillo County	Albuquerque	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(505) 299-9010	306	31	9.7	100.0%	66 (21.6%)	11 (3.6%)	185 (60.5%)	14 (4.6%)	17 (5.6%)	0 (0.0%)	13 (4.2%)	$9,474							43.6	49.5	205	17
350126000358	223	Will Rogers Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	300 East Clinton	Hobbs	88240	Lea County	Hobbs	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(575) 433-2200	314	22	14.5	100.0%	42 (13.4%)	6 (1.9%)	263 (83.8%)	2 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	$8,594							43.6	63.9	146	77
350126000354	224	Sanger Elementary	Public	K-5	2020 North Adobe	Hobbs	88240	Lea County	Hobbs	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(575) 433-1800	393	22	18.2	100.0%	100 (25.4%)	7 (1.8%)	270 (68.7%)	5 (1.3%)	3 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (2.0%)	$7,295							43.5	76.1	94	130
350117000332	225	Mesa View Elementary	Public	PK, KG-6	400 East Washington	Grants	87020	Cibola County	Grants	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(505) 285-2717	475	41	11.5	100.0%	39 (8.2%)	5 (1.1%)	203 (42.7%)	11 (2.3%)	215 (45.3%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	$10,316							43.1	37.3	271	46
350014300845	226	Red River Valley Charter School	Public, Charter	PK, KG-8	500 E High St	Red River	87558	Taos County	Red River Valley Charter School	Yes	(n/a)	No	Yes	(575) 754-6117	81	9	8.9	100.0%	47 (58.0%)	4 (4.9%)	27 (33.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (3.7%)	$12,750							43.1	38	268	42
350016001096	227	New Mexico Connections Academy	Public, Virtual, Charter, Alternative	4-12	130 Siringo Road	Santa Fe	87505	Santa Fe County	New Mexico Connections Academy	Yes	(n/a)	Yes	Yes	(505) 984-1133	1,401	65	21.5	50.4%	437 (31.2%)	36 (2.6%)	785 (56.0%)	9 (0.6%)	79 (5.6%)	1 (0.1%)	54 (3.9%)	$8,147							42.7	39.9	257	30
350006001142	228	Tres Volcanes Community Collaborative School	Public	K-8	9601 Tierra Pintada NW	Albuquerque	87120	Bernalillo County	Albuquerque	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(505) 253-0200	934	58	16.1	52.9%	95 (10.2%)	37 (4.0%)	626 (67.0%)	18 (1.9%)	123 (13.2%)	2 (0.2%)	33 (3.5%)	$9,400							42.5	54.8	184	44
350111000321	229	Twin Lakes Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	19 Mi. N Hwy 491 Hc 30	Gallup	87301	McKinley County	Gallup	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(505) 721-5100	248	15	16.5	100.0%	8 (3.2%)	3 (1.2%)	37 (14.9%)	5 (2.0%)	190 (76.6%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (2.0%)	$15,322							42.4	29.7	309	80
350237000543	230	Gonzales Elementary	Public	K-8	851 West Alameda	Santa Fe	87501	Santa Fe County	Santa Fe	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(505) 467-3100	319	26	12.3	100.0%	30 (9.4%)	3 (0.9%)	264 (82.8%)	9 (2.8%)	10 (3.1%)	2 (0.6%)	1 (0.3%)	$10,679							42.3	55.8	177	53

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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.