Best Middle Schools in New Mexico for Special Education Students

Check out our new feature available only on SchoolDigger: rankings for different groups of students in New Mexico!

Every year, the New Mexico Public Education Department shares test results for various student groups in each school. We use these results to find out which schools do best for each group and list them from the best to the worst.

Additionally, we also compare the performance of the subgroup to the performance of the school as a whole. This makes it easy to see if, for example, Special Education students are overperforming or underperforming their peers in each school.

JUST IN! New Mexico NM-ASR and NM-MSSA test scores and updated rankings for the 2023-24 school year were recently posted to SchoolDigger!

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School															Students/Teachers											Per Pupil Expenditures (2019)							Ranking (Special Education vs All Students - 2024)
ID	Rank (of 54)	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	Statewide Rank Percentile (Special Education)	Statewide Rank Percentile (All Students)	Rank Percentile Difference from All Students	SchoolDigger Rating (Special Education)	SchoolDigger Rating (All Students)
350006000273	1	Desert Willow Family School	Public	K-8	3303 Monroe NE	Albuquerque	87110	Bernalillo County	Albuquerque	No	(n/a)	No	No	(505) 888-1647	294	18	16.8	8.5%	179 (60.9%)	1 (0.3%)	81 (27.6%)	10 (3.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	23 (7.8%)	$6,492							98.1%	99.1%	1.00%
350258000590	2	Texico Middle	Public	6-8	520 North Griffin	Texico	88135	Curry County	Texico	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(575) 482-3801	122	9	13.6	36.1%	78 (63.9%)	2 (1.6%)	41 (33.6%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$9,989							96.3%	95.3%	0.98%
350015101088	3	SW Aeronautics Mathematics And Science Academy	Public, Charter	6-12	4100 Aerospace Pkwy Bw	Albuquerque	87121	Bernalillo County	SW Aeronautics Mathematics And Science Academy	Yes	(n/a)	No	Yes	(505) 296-7677	278	12	22.3	31.7%	228 (82.0%)	3 (1.1%)	30 (10.8%)	1 (0.4%)	6 (2.2%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (3.6%)	$10,269							94.4%	82.6%	11.89%
350252000844	4	Anansi Charter School	Public, Charter	K-8	57 Nm 230	El Prado	87529	Taos County	Taos	Yes	(n/a)	No	No	(575) 758-5202	195	18	11	56.9%	108 (55.4%)	0 (0.0%)	72 (36.9%)	7 (3.6%)	5 (2.6%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (1.5%)	$8,803							92.6%	98.3%	5.71%
350099000285	5	Heights Middle School	Public	6-8	3700 College Blvd	Farmington	87401	San Juan County	Farmington	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(505) 599-8611	718	45	15.9	44.3%	227 (31.6%)	1 (0.1%)	219 (30.5%)	9 (1.3%)	211 (29.4%)	0 (0.0%)	51 (7.1%)	$7,834							90.7%	67.7%	23.08%
350099000286	6	Hermosa Middle School	Public	6-8	1500 East 25th	Farmington	87401	San Juan County	Farmington	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(505) 599-8612	622	43	14.6	46.6%	195 (31.4%)	2 (0.3%)	202 (32.5%)	3 (0.5%)	175 (28.1%)	0 (0.0%)	45 (7.2%)	$7,438							88.9%	69.4%	19.53%
350013800938	7	Aldo Leopold Charter	Public, Charter	6-12	410 W 10th St	Silver City	88061	Grant County	Aldo Leopold Charter	Yes	(n/a)	No	Yes	(575) 538-2547	182	17	10.9	57.1%	102 (56.0%)	0 (0.0%)	73 (40.1%)	3 (1.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (2.2%)	$24,523							87.0%	87.2%	0.20%
350006001133	8	Coyote Willow Family School	Public	K-8	7125 Irving Blvd NW	Albuquerque	87114	Bernalillo County	Albuquerque	No	(n/a)	No	No	(505) 253-0050	279	17	16.4	8.2%	165 (59.1%)	3 (1.1%)	98 (35.1%)	3 (1.1%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (3.2%)	$6,075							85.2%	97.9%	12.69%
350189000818	9	Edgewood Middle	Public	6-8	17 Venus Rd West	Moriarty	87035	Torrance County	Moriarty-Edgewood	No	(n/a)	No	No	(505) 835-5835	296	19	15.7	100.0%	156 (52.7%)	3 (1.0%)	128 (43.2%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (2.4%)	$8,890							83.3%	80.9%	2.48%
350018501150	10	Aces Technical Charter School	Public, Charter, Alternative	K-9	4501 Montgomery Blvd NE	Albuquerque	87109	Bernalillo County	Aces Technical Charter School	Yes	(n/a)	No	No	(505) 506-1186	162	17	9.5	58.6%	36 (22.2%)	16 (9.9%)	83 (51.2%)	0 (0.0%)	12 (7.4%)	0 (0.0%)	15 (9.3%)								81.5%	61.3%	20.20%

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About our rankings:

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.
For more information about our ranking process, please see our Ranking FAQ. Details about our methodology are here.

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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.