Best Elementary Schools in New Mexico for White 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, White students are overperforming or underperforming their peers in each school.

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School															Students/Teachers											Per Pupil Expenditures (2019)							Ranking (White vs All Students - 2024)
ID	Rank (of 293)	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 (White)	Statewide Rank Percentile (All Students)	Rank Percentile Difference from All Students	SchoolDigger Rating (White)	SchoolDigger Rating (All Students)
350017801138	1	Altura Preparatory School	Public, Charter	K-5	8650 Alameda Blvd Bldg 2b	Albuquerque	87122	Bernalillo County	Altura Preparatory School	Yes	(n/a)	No	Yes	(505) 539-5369	222	12	18.5	16.7%	85 (38.3%)	8 (3.6%)	74 (33.3%)	46 (20.7%)	7 (3.2%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.9%)	$22,692							99.7%	99.8%	0.11%
350006000273	2	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							99.3%	99.3%	0.01%
350072000245	3	Des Moines Elementary	Public	PK, KG-6	500 Des Moines Avenue	Des Moines	88418	Union County	Des Moines	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(575) 278-2611	69	9	7.9	49.3%	41 (59.4%)	3 (4.3%)	25 (36.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$25,405							99.0%	99.5%	0.56%
350165000433	4	Mountain Elementary	Public	PK, KG-6	2280 North Rd	Los Alamos	87544	Los Alamos County	Los Alamos	No	(n/a)	No	No	(505) 663-2325	421	33	12.9	9.0%	241 (57.2%)	6 (1.4%)	114 (27.1%)	34 (8.1%)	5 (1.2%)	0 (0.0%)	21 (5.0%)	$11,220							98.6%	99.1%	0.44%
350006000964	5	North Star Elementary	Public	K-5	9301 Ventura NE	Albuquerque	87122	Bernalillo County	Albuquerque	No	(n/a)	No	No	(505) 856-6578	546	37	14.6	8.4%	206 (37.7%)	9 (1.6%)	161 (29.5%)	123 (22.5%)	10 (1.8%)	0 (0.0%)	37 (6.8%)	$7,120							98.3%	98.8%	0.55%
350165000429	6	Chamisa Elementary	Public	PK, KG-6	301 Meadow Ln	White Rock	87547	Los Alamos County	Los Alamos	No	(n/a)	No	No	(505) 663-2470	321	26	12.5	13.1%	136 (42.4%)	5 (1.6%)	156 (48.6%)	4 (1.2%)	6 (1.9%)	0 (0.0%)	14 (4.4%)	$13,063							98.0%	94.9%	3.03%
350165000434	7	Pinon Elementary	Public	PK, KG-6	90 Grand Canyon Dr	White Rock	87547	Los Alamos County	Los Alamos	No	(n/a)	No	No	(505) 663-2680	340	26	13	6.2%	215 (63.2%)	2 (0.6%)	93 (27.4%)	9 (2.6%)	3 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	18 (5.3%)	$5,631							97.6%	98.6%	1.00%
350252000844	8	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							97.3%	97.9%	0.65%
350258000588	9	Texico Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	520 North Griffin	Texico	88135	Curry County	Texico	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(575) 482-3801	258	18	14.1	44.2%	142 (55.0%)	2 (0.8%)	111 (43.0%)	1 (0.4%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.4%)	$10,319							96.9%	97.0%	0.07%
350237000644	10	El Dorado Community School	Public	PK, KG-8	2 Avenida Torreon	Santa Fe	87508	Santa Fe County	Santa Fe	No	(n/a)	No	No	(505) 467-4900	396	33	12.1	25.3%	210 (53.0%)	5 (1.3%)	166 (41.9%)	6 (1.5%)	4 (1.0%)	3 (0.8%)	2 (0.5%)	$11,004							96.6%	95.4%	1.21%

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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.

Educational resources:

State-Administered Standardized Tests: A Comprehensive Guide

Charter Schools vs Regular Public Schools: Understanding the Key Differences

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.