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)
350198000474	131	El Rito Elementary	Public	PK, KG-3	10 Elementary Rd	El Rito	87530	Rio Arriba County	Mesa Vista	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(575) 581-4273	58	6	9.2	100.0%	4 (6.9%)	0 (0.0%)	50 (86.2%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (3.4%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (3.4%)	$14,830							64.7			(n/a)
350225000524	132	Valley View Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	1400 S Washington	Roswell	88203	Chaves County	Roswell	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(575) 637-3600	463	29	16.2	100.0%	93 (20.1%)	17 (3.7%)	342 (73.9%)	6 (1.3%)	1 (0.2%)	3 (0.6%)	1 (0.2%)	$8,623							64.3	64.6	141	9
350099000287	133	Ladera Del Norte Elementary	Public	K-5	308 East 35th St	Farmington	87401	San Juan County	Farmington	No	(n/a)	No	No	(505) 599-8605	543	35	15.5	40.0%	241 (44.4%)	3 (0.6%)	135 (24.9%)	4 (0.7%)	115 (21.2%)	1 (0.2%)	44 (8.1%)	$7,549							63.3	72.3	110	23
350117000336	134	San Rafael Elementary	Public	K-6	27 Mesa View St	San Rafael	87051	Cibola County	Grants	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(505) 285-2749	53	8	7	100.0%	4 (7.5%)	0 (0.0%)	44 (83.0%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (7.5%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (1.9%)	$15,001							63.2	67.3	134
350013600927	135	Southwest Preparatory Learning Center	Public, Charter	4-8	10301 Candelaria Rd NE	Albuquerque	87112	Bernalillo County	Southwest Preparatory Learning Center	Yes	(n/a)	No	Yes	(505) 296-7677	149	9	16.5	36.9%	122 (81.9%)	5 (3.4%)	2 (1.3%)	3 (2.0%)	8 (5.4%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (6.0%)	$9,538							62.7	70.5	124	11
350243000566	136	G.W.Stout Elementary	Public	1-6	2601 North Silver St	Silver City	88061	Grant County	Silver City	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(575) 956-2100	317	23	13.7	100.0%	69 (21.8%)	2 (0.6%)	238 (75.1%)	3 (0.9%)	2 (0.6%)	1 (0.3%)	2 (0.6%)	$9,874							62.6	56.4	176	40
350030000175	137	Sunset Elementary	Public	K-5	923 North Walter St	Carlsbad	88220	Eddy County	Carlsbad	No	(n/a)	No	No	(575) 234-3300	356	22	16.4	31.7%	141 (39.6%)	1 (0.3%)	202 (56.7%)	5 (1.4%)	2 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (1.4%)	$8,498							62.6	76.6	92	45
350150000380	138	Conlee Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	1701 Boston Dr	Las Cruces	88001	Do�a Ana County	Las Cruces	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(575) 527-9656	422	35	12.1	100.0%	46 (10.9%)	12 (2.8%)	358 (84.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.7%)	3 (0.7%)	$11,071							62.6	47.1	213	75
350033000176	139	Carrizozo Elementary	Public	K-5	800 D Ave	Carrizozo	88301	Lincoln County	Carrizozo	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(575) 648-2348	72	6	12.2	100.0%	32 (44.4%)	1 (1.4%)	39 (54.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$20,738							62.1	82	76	63
350006000109	140	Sierra Vista Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	10220 Paseo Del Norte NW	Albuquerque	87114	Bernalillo County	Albuquerque	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(505) 898-0272	448	32	13.9	100.0%	103 (23.0%)	14 (3.1%)	284 (63.4%)	4 (0.9%)	20 (4.5%)	2 (0.4%)	21 (4.7%)	$8,847							61.6	68.1	130	10

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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.