Best Elementary Schools in New Mexico

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School															Students/Teachers											Per Pupil Expenditures (2019)							Ranking (2023 vs 2022)
ID	Rank (of 435)	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)
350018000867	61	Belen Family School	Public	1-8	4 Eastside School Road	Belen	87002	Valencia County	Belen	No	(n/a)	No	No	(505) 966-2270	138	6	21.9	100.0%	42 (30.4%)	1 (0.7%)	91 (65.9%)	2 (1.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (1.4%)	$8,877							86.2	90.5	28	33
350090000265	62	Dixon Elementary	Public	K-6	220 New Mexico Highway 75	Dixon	87527	Rio Arriba County	Espanola	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(505) 579-4325	48	6	7.7	100.0%	6 (12.5%)	0 (0.0%)	38 (79.2%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (8.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$12,218							85.8			(n/a)
350013500929	63	Montessori Elementary School	Public, Charter	K-8	1730 Montano Rd NW	Albuquerque	87107	Bernalillo County	Montessori Elementary School	Yes	(n/a)	No	Yes	(505) 796-0149	439	25	17.5	0.7%	166 (37.8%)	3 (0.7%)	225 (51.3%)	8 (1.8%)	9 (2.1%)	0 (0.0%)	28 (6.4%)	$7,123							85.3	75.5	72	9
350001000864	64	Vista Grande Elementary	Public	K-5	7001 Chayote Rd NE	Rio Rancho	87144	Sandoval County	Rio Rancho	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(505) 771-2366	768	52	14.8	10.2%	212 (27.6%)	14 (1.8%)	433 (56.4%)	13 (1.7%)	44 (5.7%)	0 (0.0%)	52 (6.8%)	$8,253							85.2	74	76	12
350213000492	65	Quemado Elementary	Public	PK, KG-6	Hwy 60	Quemado	87829	Catron County	Quemado	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(575) 773-4700	86	8	10.5	58.1%	56 (65.1%)	0 (0.0%)	18 (20.9%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (7.0%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (7.0%)	$21,160							85.1	71.9	81	16
350114000325	66	Grady Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	100 Franklin St	Grady	88120	Curry County	Grady	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(575) 357-2192	84	8	10.9	45.2%	62 (73.8%)	3 (3.6%)	19 (22.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$20,713							85.1	88.4	35	31
350225000515	67	Military Heights Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	1900 North Michigan	Roswell	88201	Chaves County	Roswell	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(575) 637-3425	404	26	15.8	100.0%	119 (29.5%)	12 (3.0%)	259 (64.1%)	8 (2.0%)	2 (0.5%)	4 (1.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$9,125							84.9	67.6	93	26
350001001159	68	Joe Harris Elementary	Public	K-5	2100 10th Street SE	Rio Rancho	87124	Sandoval County	Rio Rancho	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(505) 896-0706	517	33	15.6	17.4%	146 (28.2%)	7 (1.4%)	316 (61.1%)	9 (1.7%)	14 (2.7%)	0 (0.0%)	25 (4.8%)								84.9	81.9	51	17
350001001039	69	Sandia Vista Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	6800 Franklin Rd NE	Rio Rancho	87144	Sandoval County	Rio Rancho	No	(n/a)	No	No	(505) 338-2526	690	47	14.8	10.9%	194 (28.1%)	14 (2.0%)	388 (56.2%)	15 (2.2%)	36 (5.2%)	0 (0.0%)	43 (6.2%)	$9,047							84.4	78.8	58	11
350006000039	70	Petroglyph Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	5100 Marna Lynn Ave NW	Albuquerque	87114	Bernalillo County	Albuquerque	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(505) 898-0923	471	30	15.7	43.5%	127 (27.0%)	12 (2.5%)	257 (54.6%)	15 (3.2%)	43 (9.1%)	0 (0.0%)	17 (3.6%)	$8,986							83.8	64.8	107	37

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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.