Best High Schools in New Mexico

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School															Students/Teachers											Per Pupil Expenditures (2019)							Ranking (2023 vs 2022)
ID	Rank (of 170)	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 (2023)	Average Standard Score (2022)	Rank (2022)	Rank Change from 2022	SchoolDigger Rating (2023)
350006000119	111	West Mesa High	Public	9-12	6701 Fortuna Rd NW	Albuquerque	87121	Bernalillo County	Albuquerque	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(505) 831-6993	1,799	116	15.4	100.0%	89 (4.9%)	37 (2.1%)	1,510 (83.9%)	11 (0.6%)	112 (6.2%)	2 (0.1%)	38 (2.1%)	$9,378							27.9	21.3	125	14
350153000406	112	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							27.7	29.4	109	3
350129000360	113	Hondo High	Public	7-12	111 Don Pablo Lane	Hondo	88336	Lincoln County	Hondo Valley	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(575) 653-4411	62	7	9.2	100.0%	14 (22.6%)	0 (0.0%)	48 (77.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$20,313							27.7			(n/a)
350198000475	114	Mesa Vista High	Public	9-12	Hwy 285 Junction 111	Ojo Caliente	87549	Taos County	Mesa Vista	No	(n/a)	No	No	(575) 583-2274	95	6	15.2	100.0%	4 (4.2%)	0 (0.0%)	90 (94.7%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (1.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$14,830							27			(n/a)
350207000483	115	Pojoaque High	Public	9-12	1574 State Road 502	Santa Fe	87506	Santa Fe County	Pojoaque	No	(n/a)	No	No	(505) 455-2282	636	33	19.4	54.2%	37 (5.8%)	0 (0.0%)	522 (82.1%)	0 (0.0%)	74 (11.6%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.5%)	$9,106							26.5	44	78	37
350111000310	116	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							26.1	13.3	149	33
350237000788	117	Desert Sage Academy	Public, Virtual, Alternative	K-12	2504 Camino Entrada	Santa Fe	87505	Santa Fe County	Santa Fe	No	(n/a)	Yes	Yes	(505) 467-0310	313	21	14.8	100.0%	24 (7.7%)	9 (2.9%)	259 (82.7%)	3 (1.0%)	17 (5.4%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	$7,359							25.7	51.4	60	57
350015301083	118	McCurdy Charter School	Public, Charter, Alternative	K-12	515 Calle Arbolera	Espanola	87532	Rio Arriba County	McCurdy Charter School	Yes	(n/a)	No	Yes	(505) 692-6090	540	32	16.8	68.5%	13 (2.4%)	0 (0.0%)	496 (91.9%)	4 (0.7%)	22 (4.1%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (0.9%)	$7,481							25.6	17.9	136	18
350240000557	119	Santa Rosa High	Public	9-12	717 3rd St	Santa Rosa	88435	Guadalupe County	Santa Rosa	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(575) 472-3171	197	15	12.8	100.0%	8 (4.1%)	0 (0.0%)	188 (95.4%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$13,543							24.7	25.3	118	1
350075000248	120	Dexter High	Public	9-12	100 North Lincoln	Dexter	88230	Chaves County	Dexter	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(575) 734-5420	254	20	12.6	100.0%	47 (18.5%)	0 (0.0%)	206 (81.1%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$10,996							24.6	35.4	92	28

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About our rankings:

Schooldigger calculates school rankings based on NM Combined Language Arts, NM Combined Mathematics, NM Combined Science test scores released by the New Mexico Public Education Department.
These rankings were last updated on December 6, 2023, 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.