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)
350210000488	81	Portales High	Public	9-12	201 South Knoxville Ave	Portales	88130	Roosevelt County	Portales	No	(n/a)	No	No	(575) 356-7015	807	46	17.5	58.9%	213 (26.4%)	19 (2.4%)	541 (67.0%)	3 (0.4%)	6 (0.7%)	1 (0.1%)	24 (3.0%)	$9,302							45.2	40.1	85	4
350012000127	82	Artesia High	Public	10-12	1006 West Richardson	Artesia	88210	Eddy County	Artesia	No	(n/a)	No	No	(575) 746-3585	766	49	15.5	39.9%	302 (39.4%)	1 (0.1%)	446 (58.2%)	3 (0.4%)	11 (1.4%)	2 (0.3%)	1 (0.1%)	$9,678							45	45.2	73	9
350105000297	83	Fort Sumner High	Public	9-12	1001 Sumner Ave	Fort Sumner	88119	De Baca County	Fort Sumner	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(575) 355-7734	75	7	10.2	100.0%	32 (42.7%)	2 (2.7%)	39 (52.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (2.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$9,049							44.7	61.4	54	29
350057000213	84	Clovis High	Public	9-12	1900 Thornton	Clovis	88101	Curry County	Clovis	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(575) 769-4300	1,544	80	19.2		396 (25.6%)	85 (5.5%)	1,005 (65.1%)	11 (0.7%)	2 (0.1%)	3 (0.2%)	42 (2.7%)	$9,119							44.5	48.5	68	16
350174000448	85	Lovington High	Public	10-12	701 West Ave K	Lovington	88260	Lea County	Lovington	No	(n/a)	No	No	(575) 739-2230	737	43	17.1	99.6%	136 (18.5%)	8 (1.1%)	592 (80.3%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$9,400							44.1	39.3	89	4
350030000163	86	Carlsbad High	Public	9-12	3000 West Church	Carlsbad	88220	Eddy County	Carlsbad	No	(n/a)	No	No	(575) 234-3300	1,551	72	21.5	26.8%	530 (34.2%)	31 (2.0%)	947 (61.1%)	15 (1.0%)	8 (0.5%)	6 (0.4%)	14 (0.9%)	$10,383							43.9	30	107	21
350030000859	87	Jefferson Montessori	Public, Charter, Alternative	K-12	101 South Canal St	Carlsbad	88220	Eddy County	Carlsbad	Yes	(n/a)	No	No	(575) 234-3300	254	17	15.1	52.0%	128 (50.4%)	1 (0.4%)	122 (48.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (1.2%)	$8,598							43.4	41.1	83	4
350231000529	88	Ruidoso High	Public	9-12	125 Warrior Dr	Ruidoso	88345	Lincoln County	Ruidoso	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(575) 258-4910	532	33	15.9	100.0%	167 (31.4%)	3 (0.6%)	275 (51.7%)	7 (1.3%)	73 (13.7%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (1.3%)	$9,716							43.3	33.4	100	12
350153000406	89	Robertson High	Public	9-12	1236 5th Street	Las Vegas	87701	San Miguel County	Las Vegas City	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(505) 454-5770	402	25	16	100.0%	29 (7.2%)	0 (0.0%)	366 (91.0%)	3 (0.7%)	3 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	$10,792							43.1	27.7	112	23
350252000583	90	Taos High	Public	9-12	134 Cervantes	Taos	87571	Taos County	Taos	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(575) 758-5202	758	48	15.7	100.0%	150 (19.8%)	3 (0.4%)	529 (69.8%)	5 (0.7%)	52 (6.9%)	2 (0.3%)	17 (2.2%)	$9,644							43.1	55.6	59	31

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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.