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)
350252000817	41	Taos Municipal Charter	Public, Charter	K-8	1303 Paseo Del Canon East	Taos	87571	Taos County	Taos	Yes	(n/a)	No	No	(575) 751-7222	218	17	12.5	52.8%	81 (37.2%)	3 (1.4%)	129 (59.2%)	2 (0.9%)	2 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.5%)	$8,687							91	90.9	43	2
350150000649	42	Desert Hills Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	280 North Roadrunner Pkwy	Las Cruces	88011	Do�a Ana County	Las Cruces	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(575) 527-9619	559	40	14	100.0%	156 (27.9%)	10 (1.8%)	343 (61.4%)	25 (4.5%)	6 (1.1%)	3 (0.5%)	16 (2.9%)	$8,467							90.7	93.2	39	3
350183000465	43	Melrose Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	100 Missouri Ave	Melrose	88124	Curry County	Melrose	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(575) 253-4269	158	11	14.2	45.6%	130 (82.3%)	0 (0.0%)	27 (17.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.6%)	$13,204							90.6	74	99	56
350168000436	44	Bosque Farms Elementary	Public	PK, KG-6	1390 West Bosque Lp	Los Lunas	87031	Valencia County	Los Lunas	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(505) 866-8231	457	26	17.5	100.0%	120 (26.3%)	0 (0.0%)	255 (55.8%)	0 (0.0%)	68 (14.9%)	0 (0.0%)	14 (3.1%)	$8,813							88.6	82.8	72	28
350006000894	45	Montessori Of The Rio Grande	Public, Charter	K-5	1650 Gabaldon Dr. N.W.	Albuquerque	87104	Bernalillo County	Albuquerque	Yes	(n/a)	No	No	(505) 842-5993	215	17	12.7	14.4%	104 (48.4%)	5 (2.3%)	87 (40.5%)	10 (4.7%)	3 (1.4%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (2.8%)	$8,950							88.5	88.1	56	11
350001030011	46	Enchanted Hills Elementary	Public	K-5	5400 Obregon Rd NE	Rio Rancho	87144	Sandoval County	Rio Rancho	No	(n/a)	No	No	(505) 891-8526	723	48	14.9	14.7%	230 (31.8%)	16 (2.2%)	411 (56.8%)	7 (1.0%)	17 (2.4%)	0 (0.0%)	42 (5.8%)	$7,891							88.4	81.9	77	31
350006000070	47	John Baker Elementary	Public	K-5	12015-B Tivoli St NE	Albuquerque	87111	Bernalillo County	Albuquerque	No	(n/a)	No	No	(505) 298-7486	443	33	13.5	35.9%	147 (33.2%)	22 (5.0%)	196 (44.2%)	10 (2.3%)	27 (6.1%)	0 (0.0%)	41 (9.3%)	$8,477							88.3	80.5	80	33
350003000013	48	Sierra Elementary	Public	K-5	2211 Puerto Rico Ave	Alamogordo	88310	Otero County	Alamogordo	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(575) 812-5800	301	18	17.2	41.2%	125 (41.5%)	14 (4.7%)	130 (43.2%)	6 (2.0%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	25 (8.3%)	$8,417							88.1	94.3	35	13
350006000107	49	Corrales Elementary	Public	K-6	200 Target Rd	Corrales	87048	Sandoval County	Albuquerque	No	(n/a)	No	No	(505) 792-7400	328	22	14.9	23.2%	137 (41.8%)	4 (1.2%)	160 (48.8%)	6 (1.8%)	7 (2.1%)	1 (0.3%)	13 (4.0%)	$8,540							87.9	95.5	30	19
350006000096	50	Osuna Elementary	Public	K-5	4715 Moon St NE	Albuquerque	87111	Bernalillo County	Albuquerque	No	(n/a)	No	No	(505) 296-4811	437	32	13.8	36.2%	147 (33.6%)	14 (3.2%)	199 (45.5%)	13 (3.0%)	43 (9.8%)	0 (0.0%)	21 (4.8%)	$7,895							87.4	88.4	54	4

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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.