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)
350013500929	51	Montessori Elementary School	Public, Charter	K-8	1730 Montano Rd NW	Albuquerque	87107	Bernalillo County	Montessori Elementary School	Yes	(n/a)	No	Yes	(505) 796-0149	439	25	17.5	0.7%	166 (37.8%)	3 (0.7%)	225 (51.3%)	8 (1.8%)	9 (2.1%)	0 (0.0%)	28 (6.4%)	$7,123							87.2	85.3	63	12
350001000736	52	Ernest Stapleton Elementary	Public	K-5	3100 Stapleton Ave NE	Rio Rancho	87124	Sandoval County	Rio Rancho	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(505) 891-8473	815	52	15.6	17.3%	298 (36.6%)	6 (0.7%)	427 (52.4%)	5 (0.6%)	24 (2.9%)	0 (0.0%)	55 (6.7%)	$8,890							86.8	80.2	81	29
350021000151	53	Placitas Elementary	Public	K-6	5 Calle Del Carbon	Bernalillo	87004	Sandoval County	Bernalillo	No	(n/a)	No	No	(505) 867-2488	106	10	10.6	100.0%	38 (35.8%)	0 (0.0%)	64 (60.4%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (2.8%)	$12,097							86.8	88.4	53
350246000843	54	Cottonwood Valley Charter	Public, Charter	K-8	201 Neel St	Socorro	87801	Socorro County	Socorro	Yes	(n/a)	No	Yes	(575) 838-2026	170	14	12.1	92.9%	56 (32.9%)	2 (1.2%)	104 (61.2%)	3 (1.8%)	3 (1.8%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (1.2%)	$9,174							86.5	88.7	51	3
350016701103	55	Explore Academy	Public, Charter, Alternative	K-12	5100 Masthead St NE	Albuquerque	87109	Bernalillo County	Explore Academy	Yes	(n/a)	No	Yes	(505) 305-5300	1,204	93	12.9	21.8%	541 (44.9%)	47 (3.9%)	542 (45.0%)	41 (3.4%)	23 (1.9%)	5 (0.4%)	5 (0.4%)	$8,648							86.3	90.9	44	11
350168000722	56	Katherine Gallegos Elementary	Public	PK, KG-6	236 Dom Pasqual Rd	Los Lunas	87031	Valencia County	Los Lunas	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(505) 866-8231	635	33	19.1	100.0%	120 (18.9%)	6 (0.9%)	482 (75.9%)	1 (0.2%)	8 (1.3%)	1 (0.2%)	17 (2.7%)	$7,700							86.2	89.5	47	9
350014101057	57	J Paul Taylor Academy	Public, Charter	K-8	402 W. Court Ave Bldg 2	Las Cruces	88005	Do�a Ana County	J Paul Taylor Academy	Yes	(n/a)	No	Yes	(575) 652-4006	198	15	12.9	27.8%	52 (26.3%)	1 (0.5%)	135 (68.2%)	5 (2.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (2.5%)	$7,963							86.1	88.7	50	7
350006000089	58	Monte Vista Elementary	Public	K-5	3211 Monte Vista Blvd NE	Albuquerque	87106	Bernalillo County	Albuquerque	No	(n/a)	No	No	(505) 260-2030	426	29	14.6	31.0%	159 (37.3%)	13 (3.1%)	208 (48.8%)	10 (2.3%)	15 (3.5%)	0 (0.0%)	21 (4.9%)	$7,341							85.9	93.3	38	20
350018000867	59	Belen Family School	Public	1-8	4 Eastside School Road	Belen	87002	Valencia County	Belen	No	(n/a)	No	No	(505) 966-2270	138	6	21.9	100.0%	42 (30.4%)	1 (0.7%)	91 (65.9%)	2 (1.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (1.4%)	$8,877							85	86.2	61	2
350240000555	60	Rita A. Marquez Elementary	Public	K-5	Main St	Anton Chico	87711	Guadalupe County	Santa Rosa	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(575) 472-3171	61	7	9.2	100.0%	1 (1.6%)	0 (0.0%)	59 (96.7%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (1.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$9,101							84.7	36.3	279	219

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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.