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ENROLLMENT TRENDS · NEW MEXICO

New Mexico schools in decline

New Mexico public schools with the largest enrollment loss from 2017-18 to 2024-25.

Schools in this report
50
steepest declines in state
Largest drop
-100%
ACADEMY DEL SOL ALT.
Range
-100% to -41%
2017-18 → 2024-25
TOP 50 NM PUBLIC SCHOOLS BY ENROLLMENT LOSS · 2017-18 → 2024-25
SchoolCityDistrict2017-182024-25% change ↑
ACADEMY DEL SOL ALT.ALAMOGORDOALAMOGORDO1380-100%
KIRTLAND PRE-K EARLY CHILDHOOD CENTERKIRTLANDCENTRAL1110-100%
RIO GRANDE PREPARATORY INSTITUTEMESILLALAS CRUCES34646-86.7%
DURANES ELEMENTARYALBUQUERQUEALBUQUERQUE19434-82.5%
ALMA D'ARTE CHARTERLAS CRUCESALMA D'ARTE CHARTER18063-65.0%
EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION CENTERCARLSBADCARLSBAD560207-63.0%
COLUMBIA ELEMENTARYLAS CRUCESLAS CRUCES467182-61.0%
THE GREAT ACADEMYALBUQUERQUETHE GREAT ACADEMY15159-60.9%
ANTHONY ELEMENTARYANTHONYGADSDEN415163-60.7%
JIMMY CARTER MIDDLEALBUQUERQUEALBUQUERQUE1,079436-59.6%
GORDON BERNELL CHARTERALBUQUERQUEALBUQUERQUE428175-59.1%
SAN JUAN ELEMENTARYOHKAY OWINGEHESPANOLA324141-56.5%
NORTH ELEMENTARYALAMOGORDOALAMOGORDO361159-56.0%
NEW MEXICO ACADEMY FOR THE MEDIA ARTSALBUQUERQUENEW MEXICO ACADEMY FOR THE MEDIA ARTS247109-55.9%
MY LITTLE SCHOOLDEMINGDEMING12558-53.6%
EUGENE FIELD ELEMENTARYALBUQUERQUEALBUQUERQUE237113-52.3%
SIXTH GRADE ACADEMYPOJOAQUEPOJOAQUE16579-52.1%
CENTRAL ELEMENTARYSANTA CLARACOBRE272133-51.1%
VALLE VISTA ELEMENTARYALBUQUERQUEALBUQUERQUE517259-49.9%
PAINTED SKY ELEMENTARYALBUQUERQUEALBUQUERQUE1,065536-49.7%
BARCELONA ELEMENTARYALBUQUERQUEALBUQUERQUE395202-48.9%
TOMASITA ELEMENTARYALBUQUERQUEALBUQUERQUE361187-48.2%
SANDIA BASE ELEMENTARYALBUQUERQUEALBUQUERQUE529280-47.1%
LOS NINOS ELEMENTARYESPANOLAESPANOLA13471-47.0%
NIZHONI ELEMENTARYSHIPROCKCENTRAL389207-46.8%
YUCCA ELEMENTARYALAMOGORDOALAMOGORDO333179-46.2%
WASHINGTON MIDDLEALBUQUERQUEALBUQUERQUE461248-46.2%
GEORGE I SANCHEZALBUQUERQUEALBUQUERQUE1,840997-45.8%
MILAGRO MIDDLESANTA FESANTA FE600329-45.2%
ABIQUIU ELEMENTARYABIQUIUESPANOLA12468-45.2%
TRUMAN MIDDLEALBUQUERQUEALBUQUERQUE945520-45.0%
ADOBE ACRES ELEMENTARYALBUQUERQUEALBUQUERQUE550303-44.9%
SIERRA VISTA ELEMENTARYALBUQUERQUEALBUQUERQUE720402-44.2%
SUNSET VIEW ELEMENTARYALBUQUERQUEALBUQUERQUE724407-43.8%
R.M. SWEENEY ELEMENTARYSANTA FESANTA FE471265-43.7%
EAGLE NEST MIDDLEEAGLE NESTCIMARRON10157-43.6%
NORTH VALLEY ACADEMYLOS RANCHOS DE ALBUQUERQUENORTH VALLEY ACADEMY495280-43.4%
KIRTLAND ELEMENTARYALBUQUERQUEALBUQUERQUE286162-43.4%
REGINALD CHAVEZ ELEMENTARYALBUQUERQUEALBUQUERQUE307174-43.3%
ZUNI ELEMENTARYALBUQUERQUEALBUQUERQUE374212-43.3%
NORTHPOINT CHARTER SCHOOLALBUQUERQUENORTHPOINT CHARTER SCHOOL254144-43.3%
WHERRY ELEMENTARYALBUQUERQUEALBUQUERQUE423240-43.3%
CHAPARRAL ELEMENTARYSANTA FESANTA FE319181-43.3%
R. SARRACINO MIDDLESOCORROSOCORRO389221-43.2%
GRANT MIDDLEALBUQUERQUEALBUQUERQUE502286-43.0%
EDWARD GONZALES ELEMENTARYALBUQUERQUEALBUQUERQUE595339-43.0%
CHAMIZA ELEMENTARYALBUQUERQUEALBUQUERQUE434249-42.6%
HAWTHORNE ELEMENTARYALBUQUERQUEALBUQUERQUE498288-42.2%
TAYLOR MIDDLELOS RANCHOS DE ALBUQUERQUEALBUQUERQUE418245-41.4%
NEX GEN ACADEMYALBUQUERQUEALBUQUERQUE337198-41.2%
50 of 50 rows · Brick-and-mortar only. Virtual, online, and cyber schools excluded. Schools must have had ≥100 students in 2017-18 and be open in both school years.↓ Download schools-in-decline-by-state-nm.csv

How this list was built

Every New Mexico public school that reported total enrollment in both the NCES SY 2017-18 and SY 2024-25 vintages was scored on percent change in enrollment. Schools needed at least 100 students in 2017-18 to qualify, and must have been open in both school years. Schools that closed entirely are tracked in the separate school closures report. Virtual academies, cyber charters, and online schools are excluded so the list reflects neighborhood schools that families have moved away from rather than program-design changes.

Enrollment loss is not a verdict on a school. Schools shrink because catchment populations shrink, because new schools open nearby, because a magnet program elsewhere pulls transfers, because districts redraw boundaries, or because the building physically aged out. Use this list as a starting point for understanding which New Mexico schools are operating with substantially fewer students than they were seven years ago.

Source data

NCES Common Core of Data, EDGE_ADMINDATA_PUBLICSCH MapServer, vintages 2017-18 and 2024-25. Refreshed yearly when NCES publishes a new admin-data release. School names, slugs, and current district affiliation come from the 2024-25 snapshot.

HOW TO CITE THIS REPORT

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allk12 (2026). "New Mexico schools in decline: enrollment loss 2017–2024." Retrieved from https://allk12.com/reports/in-decline/new-mexico
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↓ schools-in-decline-by-state-nm.csv
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