Best High Schools in New Mexico

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School															Students/Teachers											Per Pupil Expenditures (2019)							Ranking (2024 vs 2023)
ID	Rank (of 190)	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)
350111000310	161	Navajo Pine High	Public	9-12	4 West Walnut Ave	Navajo	87328	McKinley County	Gallup	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(505) 721-3600	255	12	21.2	100.0%	18 (7.1%)	3 (1.2%)	42 (16.5%)	2 (0.8%)	182 (71.4%)	1 (0.4%)	7 (2.7%)	$22,512							18.9	26.1	116	45
350150000932	162	Rio Grande Preparatory Institute	Public	9-12	2355 Avenida De Mesilla	Mesilla	88046	Do�a Ana County	Las Cruces	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(575) 527-6058	144	12	12	100.0%	15 (10.4%)	3 (2.1%)	124 (86.1%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.7%)	$8,855							18.1			(n/a)
350117000330	163	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							17	18.2	144	19
350280000676	164	Zuni High	Public	9-12	71 Rte 301 North	Zuni	87327	McKinley County	Zuni	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(505) 782-5511	324	20	15.8	100.0%	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (1.5%)	1 (0.3%)	318 (98.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$16,666							16.6	8.4	168	4
350096000622	165	Eunice High	Public	9-12	1101 19th Street	Eunice	88231	Lea County	Eunice	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(575) 394-2332	219	16	13.8	56.6%	74 (33.8%)	1 (0.5%)	140 (63.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (1.8%)	$10,036							16.5	62.5	51	114
350006001098	166	Health Leadership High School	Public, Charter	9-12	6401 Jefferson Street NE	Albuquerque	87109	Bernalillo County	Albuquerque	Yes	(n/a)	No	Yes	(505) 750-4547	216	10	21.6	100.0%	30 (13.9%)	8 (3.7%)	175 (81.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (1.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$10,187							16.5			(n/a)
350014201077	167	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							16.3	18	148	19
350030001157	168	Carlsbad Enrichment Center	Public, Alternative	1-12	406 N. Alameda Street	Carlsbad	88220	Eddy County	Carlsbad	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(575) 234-3300	227	11	21.4	42.3%	65 (28.6%)	6 (2.6%)	153 (67.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.4%)	2 (0.9%)								15.8	6.7	170	2
350237001059	169	Aspen Community School	Public, Alternative	PK, KG-12	450 La Madera	Santa Fe	87501	Santa Fe County	Santa Fe	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(505) 467-4500	367	28	13	100.0%	30 (8.2%)	5 (1.4%)	317 (86.4%)	5 (1.4%)	10 (2.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$12,641							15.6			(n/a)
350006000890	170	Gilbert L Sena Charter High School	Public, Charter	9-12	69 Hotel Cir NE	Albuquerque	87123	Bernalillo County	Albuquerque	Yes	(n/a)	No	Yes	(505) 237-2374	141	14	10	100.0%	30 (21.3%)	1 (0.7%)	92 (65.2%)	1 (0.7%)	11 (7.8%)	1 (0.7%)	5 (3.5%)								15.1			(n/a)

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Schooldigger calculates school rankings based on SAT School Day English Language Arts, SAT School Day Mathematics, 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.