Best High Schools in New Mexico

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School															Students/Teachers											Per Pupil Expenditures (2019)							Ranking (2023 vs 2022)
ID	Rank (of 170)	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)
350111000907	141	Tse Yi Gai High	Public	6-12	118 Counselor Rd	Cuba	87013	Sandoval County	Gallup	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(505) 721-5500	53	11	4.8	100.0%	1 (1.9%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (1.9%)	1 (1.9%)	49 (92.5%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (1.9%)	$17,796							20.3			(n/a)
350081000253	142	Dulce High	Public	9-12	113 Hawk Dr	Dulce	87528	Rio Arriba County	Dulce	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(575) 759-3353	154	16	9.6	100.0%	1 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (3.9%)	2 (1.3%)	143 (92.9%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (1.3%)	$18,022							19.7			(n/a)
350108000323	143	Santa Teresa High	Public	9-12	100 Airport Rd	Santa Teresa	88008	Do�a Ana County	Gadsden	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(575) 882-6203	1,198	70	17.2	100.0%	38 (3.2%)	3 (0.3%)	1,152 (96.2%)	2 (0.2%)	3 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$8,819							18.9	20.6	127	16
350117000330	144	Laguna-Acoma High	Public	9-12	282 Casa Blanca Road Exit 108	Casa Blanca	87007	Cibola County	Grants	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(505) 285-2667	196	16	12.4	100.0%	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (5.1%)	4 (2.0%)	179 (91.3%)	1 (0.5%)	2 (1.0%)	$15,690							18.2	10	155	11
350006000809	145	South Valley Academy	Public, Charter	6-12	3426 Blake Road SW	Albuquerque	87105	Bernalillo County	Albuquerque	Yes	(n/a)	No	Yes	(505) 452-3132	606	50	12	99.5%	9 (1.5%)	0 (0.0%)	592 (97.7%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$8,739							18.2	34.2	97	48
350267000605	146	Tularosa High	Public	9-12	1305 8th Street	Tularosa	88352	Otero County	Tularosa	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(575) 585-8800	272	22	12.1	94.9%	64 (23.5%)	3 (1.1%)	119 (43.8%)	0 (0.0%)	81 (29.8%)	1 (0.4%)	4 (1.5%)	$12,289							18.2	17.4	141	5
350039000186	147	Shiprock High	Public	9-12	Hwy 64	Shiprock	87420	San Juan County	Central	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(505) 368-5161	582	36	16.1	100.0%	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	18 (3.1%)	2 (0.3%)	550 (94.5%)	0 (0.0%)	11 (1.9%)	$13,123							18	19.1	134	13
350014201077	148	The Great Academy	Public, Charter	6-12	6001-A San Mateo Blvd NE	Albuquerque	87109	Bernalillo County	The Great Academy	Yes	(n/a)	No	Yes	(505) 792-0306	127	6	21.4	64.6%	14 (11.0%)	9 (7.1%)	93 (73.2%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (4.7%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (3.9%)	$11,383							18	41.3	82	66
350099000740	149	Rocinante High	Public	6-12	3250 East 30th St	Farmington	87401	San Juan County	Farmington	No	(n/a)	No	No	(505) 599-8627	179	14	12.9	100.0%	56 (31.3%)	2 (1.1%)	61 (34.1%)	0 (0.0%)	53 (29.6%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (3.9%)	$8,380							17.6	16.6	143	6
350006001026	150	Albuquerque Talent Development Charter	Public, Charter	9-12	1800 Atrisco Rd NW	Albuquerque	87120	Bernalillo County	Albuquerque	Yes	(n/a)	No	Yes	(505) 503-2465	135	9	14.8	100.0%	1 (0.7%)	3 (2.2%)	118 (87.4%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (4.4%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (5.2%)	$13,004							17.1			(n/a)

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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.
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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.