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)
350108000629	81	La Union Elementary	Public	PK, KG-6	875 Mercantile	Anthony	88021	Do�a Ana County	Gadsden	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(575) 882-6203	366	24	15.1	100.0%	31 (8.5%)	0 (0.0%)	334 (91.3%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$10,430							79.3	65	139	58
350015000139	82	Lydia Rippey Elementary	Public	PK, KG-3	401 Rio Pecos Rd	Aztec	87410	San Juan County	Aztec	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(575) 334-9474	351	27	12.9	100.0%	160 (45.6%)	1 (0.3%)	119 (33.9%)	1 (0.3%)	55 (15.7%)	1 (0.3%)	14 (4.0%)	$8,928							78.8	64.4	145	63
350006000025	83	Alvarado Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	1100 Solar Rd NW	Albuquerque	87107	Bernalillo County	Albuquerque	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(505) 344-4412	287	23	12.4	100.0%	54 (18.8%)	3 (1.0%)	215 (74.9%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (1.4%)	0 (0.0%)	11 (3.8%)	$9,972							78.6	87.3	58	25
350150000689	84	Hillrise Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	1400 South Curnutt St	Las Cruces	88011	Do�a Ana County	Las Cruces	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(575) 527-9666	446	31	14.4	100.0%	127 (28.5%)	9 (2.0%)	285 (63.9%)	13 (2.9%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (2.2%)	$9,028							78.5	75.4	96	12
350243000562	85	Jose Barrios Elementary	Public	1-6	1625 Little Walnut	Silver City	88061	Grant County	Silver City	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(575) 956-2120	218	16	13.8	100.0%	72 (33.0%)	2 (0.9%)	131 (60.1%)	3 (1.4%)	3 (1.4%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (3.2%)	$9,483							78.3	78.8	87	2
350015201085	86	Estancia Valley Classical Academy	Public, Charter, Alternative	K-12	110 State Hwy 344	Edgewood	87015	Santa Fe County	Estancia Valley Classical Academy	Yes	(n/a)	No	Yes	(505) 431-3822	626	38	16.4	21.7%	388 (62.0%)	1 (0.2%)	216 (34.5%)	7 (1.1%)	12 (1.9%)	2 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	$7,462							78.2	80.5	79	7
350099000291	87	Northeast Elementary	Public	K-6	1400 East 23rd	Farmington	87401	San Juan County	Farmington	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(505) 599-8609	522	35	14.7	100.0%	107 (20.5%)	5 (1.0%)	132 (25.3%)	2 (0.4%)	241 (46.2%)	1 (0.2%)	34 (6.5%)	$7,721							78	75.6	95	8
350108000625	88	Anthony Elementary	Public	PK, KG-6	609 Church St	Anthony	88021	Do�a Ana County	Gadsden	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(575) 882-6203	324	26	12.4	100.0%	19 (5.9%)	0 (0.0%)	305 (94.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$10,061							77.6	72.4	108	20
350171000442	89	Loving Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	601 South Sixth	Loving	88256	Eddy County	Loving	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(575) 745-2071	306	21	14.4	100.0%	97 (31.7%)	0 (0.0%)	208 (68.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$14,857							77.5	67.8	132	43
350237000641	90	Pinon Elementary	Public	PK, KG-6	2921 Camino Caballos	Santa Fe	87507	Santa Fe County	Santa Fe	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(505) 467-1600	545	35	15.7	47.3%	74 (13.6%)	3 (0.6%)	440 (80.7%)	18 (3.3%)	6 (1.1%)	2 (0.4%)	2 (0.4%)	$9,330							77.3	71	119	29

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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.