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)
350006000094	371	Reginald Chavez Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	2700 Mountain Rd NW	Albuquerque	87104	Bernalillo County	Albuquerque	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(505) 764-2008	207	21	10	100.0%	15 (7.2%)	3 (1.4%)	181 (87.4%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (3.4%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.5%)	$11,074							18	19.4	376	5
350237000550	372	Salazar Elementary	Public	PK, KG-6	1231 Apache Ave.	Santa Fe	87505	Santa Fe County	Santa Fe	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(505) 467-3900	205	16	13.1	100.0%	23 (11.2%)	3 (1.5%)	167 (81.5%)	2 (1.0%)	9 (4.4%)	1 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	$12,878							17.9	20.7	367	5
350006000072	373	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							17.9	14.2	403	30
350006000022	374	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							17.8	13.8	405	31
350168030007	375	Tome Elementary	Public	PK, KG-6	46 Chacon Rd	Los Lunas	87031	Valencia County	Los Lunas	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(505) 866-8231	331	22	15.3	100.0%	42 (12.7%)	2 (0.6%)	283 (85.5%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.6%)	$9,366							17.8	28.2	317	58
350018000142	376	Central Elementary	Public	4-6	600 W. Picard Ave	Belen	87002	Valencia County	Belen	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(505) 966-1200	223	15	14.8	100.0%	35 (15.7%)	3 (1.3%)	179 (80.3%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (2.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$9,859							17.7	25.8	332	44
350039000183	377	Newcomb Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	Us 491	Newcomb	87455	San Juan County	Central	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(505) 696-3415	175	16	10.9	100.0%	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (3.4%)	2 (1.1%)	161 (92.0%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (3.4%)	$13,225							17.5	17.7	384	7
350006000090	378	Montezuma Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	3100 Indian School NE	Albuquerque	87106	Bernalillo County	Albuquerque	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(505) 260-2040	357	36	9.9	100.0%	70 (19.6%)	14 (3.9%)	230 (64.4%)	2 (0.6%)	27 (7.6%)	0 (0.0%)	14 (3.9%)	$14,900							17.3	20.4	370	8
350261000594	379	T Or C Elementary	Public	PK, KG-3	1500 North Silver	T Or C	87901	Sierra County	T Or C	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(575) 894-8150	389	25	15.4	100.0%	215 (55.3%)	2 (0.5%)	159 (40.9%)	4 (1.0%)	2 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (1.8%)	$12,742							17.2	10.1	419	40
350006000113	380	Tomasita Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	701 Tomasita St NE	Albuquerque	87123	Bernalillo County	Albuquerque	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(505) 291-6844	236	19	12.7	100.0%	28 (11.9%)	23 (9.7%)	150 (63.6%)	7 (3.0%)	21 (8.9%)	1 (0.4%)	6 (2.5%)	$10,001							17.2	11	417	37

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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.