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)
350013000921	1	Albuquerque Institute Of Math & Science	Public, Charter	6-12	933 Bradbury SE	Albuquerque	87106	Bernalillo County	Albuquerque Institute Of Math & Science	Yes	(n/a)	No	Yes	(505) 559-4249	342	20	17.5	8.5%	89 (26.0%)	4 (1.2%)	164 (48.0%)	66 (19.3%)	12 (3.5%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (2.0%)	$8,884							100	100	1
350006000916	2	Early College Academy	Public	9-12	807 Mountain Rd NE	Albuquerque	87102	Bernalillo County	Albuquerque	No	(n/a)	No	No	(505) 247-3658	217	0	723.3	18.9%	61 (28.1%)	5 (2.3%)	129 (59.4%)	5 (2.3%)	2 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	15 (6.9%)	$2,851							99.1	98.8	3	1
350099001119	3	San Juan College High School	Public	9-12	4601 College Boulevard	Farmington	87402	San Juan County	Farmington	No	(n/a)	No	No	(505) 566-3986	284	11	26.5	20.1%	117 (41.2%)	2 (0.7%)	74 (26.1%)	16 (5.6%)	49 (17.3%)	1 (0.4%)	25 (8.8%)	$6,875							98.2	98.9	2	1
350237001106	4	Mandela International Magnet (Mims)	Public	7-12	1604 Agua Fria	Santa Fe	87505	Santa Fe County	Santa Fe	No	(n/a)	No	No	(505) 467-1901	293	26	11.1	29.0%	137 (46.8%)	6 (2.0%)	129 (44.0%)	13 (4.4%)	4 (1.4%)	2 (0.7%)	2 (0.7%)	$13,565							97.6	98.2	5	1
350150001064	5	Arrowhead Park Early College High School	Public	9-12	3400 South Espina St	Las Cruces	88001	Do�a Ana County	Las Cruces	No	(n/a)	No	No	(575) 527-9540	0	21	0		0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	$9,868							97.1	92.2	14	9
350006000698	6	La Cueva High	Public	9-12	7801 Wilshire NE	Albuquerque	87122	Bernalillo County	Albuquerque	No	(n/a)	No	No	(505) 823-2327	1,816	96	18.9	12.2%	732 (40.3%)	22 (1.2%)	773 (42.6%)	170 (9.4%)	38 (2.1%)	2 (0.1%)	79 (4.4%)	$7,910							95.6	98.2	6
350011901058	7	Nm School For The Arts	Public, Charter	9-12	500 Montezuma Avenue	Santa Fe	87501	Santa Fe County	Nm School For The Arts	Yes	(n/a)	No	Yes	(505) 310-4194	329	24	13.8	22.2%	143 (43.5%)	7 (2.1%)	142 (43.2%)	0 (0.0%)	14 (4.3%)	2 (0.6%)	21 (6.4%)	$11,007							95.5	92.6	13	6
350165000431	8	Los Alamos High	Public	10-12	1300 Diamond Dr	Los Alamos	87544	Los Alamos County	Los Alamos	No	(n/a)	No	No	(505) 663-2210	860	59	14.5	11.2%	474 (55.1%)	11 (1.3%)	285 (33.1%)	44 (5.1%)	17 (2.0%)	1 (0.1%)	28 (3.3%)	$12,951							95.1	98.1	7	1
350012201071	9	Abq School Of Excellence	Public, Charter, Alternative	K-12	13201 Lomas Blvd NE	Albuquerque	87112	Bernalillo County	Abq School Of Excellence	Yes	(n/a)	No	Yes	(505) 312-7711	910	51	17.9	54.8%	385 (42.3%)	43 (4.7%)	380 (41.8%)	41 (4.5%)	17 (1.9%)	7 (0.8%)	37 (4.1%)	$6,044							94.5	91.1	15	6
350108001104	10	Alta Vista Early College High School	Public	9-12	5235 Highway 28	Anthony	88021	Do�a Ana County	Gadsden	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(575) 882-6400	201	10	20.1	100.0%	6 (3.0%)	0 (0.0%)	195 (97.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$9,636							94.5	90.6	17	7

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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.