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)
350006000078	271	Longfellow Elementary	Public	K-5	400 Edith NE	Albuquerque	87102	Bernalillo County	Albuquerque	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(505) 764-2024	167	17	9.7	100.0%	11 (6.6%)	3 (1.8%)	133 (79.6%)	0 (0.0%)	18 (10.8%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (1.2%)	$10,893							34.4	47.8	210	61
350264000602	272	Tucumcari Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	1623 South 9th St	Tucumcari	88401	Quay County	Tucumcari	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(575) 461-3910	450	33	13.6	100.0%	124 (27.6%)	7 (1.6%)	314 (69.8%)	2 (0.4%)	2 (0.4%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	$6,181							34.4	29.3	312	40
350069000237	273	Chaparral Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	1400 East Holly	Deming	88030	Luna County	Deming	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(575) 546-2047	413	26	16.1	100.0%	64 (15.5%)	1 (0.2%)	328 (79.4%)	10 (2.4%)	1 (0.2%)	3 (0.7%)	6 (1.5%)	$10,204							33.9	31	302	29
350108000905	274	Sunrise Elementary	Public	PK, KG-6	1000 County Line Dr	Anthony	88021	Do�a Ana County	Gadsden	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(575) 882-6203	453	28	16.1	100.0%	8 (1.8%)	1 (0.2%)	444 (98.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$9,400							33.8	36.4	277	3
350001000750	275	Colinas Del Norte Elementary	Public	K-5	1001 Night Sky Ave NE	Rio Rancho	87144	Sandoval County	Rio Rancho	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(505) 896-3378	584	45	12.9	100.0%	145 (24.8%)	14 (2.4%)	370 (63.4%)	1 (0.2%)	16 (2.7%)	1 (0.2%)	37 (6.3%)	$8,935							33.6	52.1	197	78
350011201051	276	School Of Dreams Academy	Public, Charter, Alternative	PK, KG-12	906 Juan Perea Rd	Los Lunas	87031	Valencia County	School Of Dreams Academy	Yes	(n/a)	No	Yes	(505) 866-7632	606	38	15.9	100.0%	171 (28.2%)	3 (0.5%)	404 (66.7%)	0 (0.0%)	17 (2.8%)	0 (0.0%)	11 (1.8%)	$10,792							33.6	24.4	344	68
350057001155	277	Cms Iacademy At Lincoln Jackson	Public, Alternative	K-12	206 Alphon St	Clovis	88101	Curry County	Clovis	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(575) 769-4300	148	9	16.2	100.0%	36 (24.3%)	8 (5.4%)	103 (69.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.7%)								33.5	23.6	353	76
350261000435	278	Sierra Elementary	Public	4-5	1500 North Silver	T Or C	87901	Sierra County	T Or C	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(575) 894-8150	144	9	16	100.0%	65 (45.1%)	2 (1.4%)	70 (48.6%)	2 (1.4%)	1 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (2.8%)	$9,771							33.5	37	272	6
350237000541	279	E.J. Martinez Elementary	Public	PK, KG-6	401 North San Mateo	Santa Fe	87505	Santa Fe County	Santa Fe	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(505) 467-3800	189	13	14.3	100.0%	21 (11.1%)	8 (4.2%)	151 (79.9%)	3 (1.6%)	6 (3.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$9,516							33.3	38.5	265	14
350153000721	280	Sierra Vista Elementary	Public	4-6	475 Legion Dr	Las Vegas	87701	San Miguel County	Las Vegas City	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(505) 454-5740	253	15	16.5	100.0%	12 (4.7%)	1 (0.4%)	238 (94.1%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.4%)	$10,509							33.3	44.7	226	54

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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.