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ENROLLMENT TRENDS · NEW MEXICO

New Mexico schools on the rise

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

Schools in this report
50
top growth in state
Top growth
+506%
EXPLORE ACADEMY
Range
+23% to +506%
2017-18 → 2024-25
TOP 50 NM PUBLIC SCHOOLS BY ENROLLMENT GROWTH · 2017-18 → 2024-25
SchoolCityDistrict2017-182024-25% change ↓
EXPLORE ACADEMYALBUQUERQUEEXPLORE ACADEMY2331,413506%
GALLUP CENTRAL ALTERNATIVEGALLUPGALLUP2221,244460%
CENTURY ALT HIGHLOS LUNASLOS LUNAS144353145%
LA CASITA ELEMENTARYCLOVISCLOVIS237484104%
SAN JUAN COLLEGE HIGH SCHOOLFARMINGTONFARMINGTON150300100%
NEW MEXICO INTERNATIONAL SCHOOLALBUQUERQUEALBUQUERQUE22543292.0%
ABQ SCHOOL OF EXCELLENCEALBUQUERQUEABQ SCHOOL OF EXCELLENCE5421,00585.4%
LINCOLN ELEMENTARYGALLUPGALLUP23341477.7%
COLLEGE AND CAREER HIGH SCHOOLALBUQUERQUEALBUQUERQUE16028075.0%
COYOTE WILLOW FAMILY SCHOOLALBUQUERQUEALBUQUERQUE16428070.7%
SIERRA VISTA PRIMARYRUIDOSORUIDOSO31051465.8%
TOHATCHI MIDDLETOHATCHIGALLUP18129764.1%
RAMAH HIGHRAMAHGALLUP16626962.0%
CARLSBAD SIXTH GRADE ACADEMY - ALTA VISTA CAMPUSCARLSBADCARLSBAD46674058.8%
ARROWHEAD PARK EARLY COLLEGE HIGH SCHOOLLAS CRUCESLAS CRUCES35054956.9%
NAVAJO MIDDLE SCHOOLNAVAJOGALLUP14522454.5%
CUBA ELEMENTARYCUBACUBA19329854.4%
NM SCHOOL FOR THE ARTSSANTA FENM SCHOOL FOR THE ARTS22033853.6%
CHRISTINE DUNCAN HERITAGE ACADEMYALBUQUERQUEALBUQUERQUE34853453.4%
SUNSET HILLS ELEMENTARYALAMOGORDOALAMOGORDO28643652.4%
THOREAU MIDDLETHOREAUGALLUP24536247.8%
MARK ARMIJO ACADEMYALBUQUERQUEALBUQUERQUE16423342.1%
LOVING ELEMENTARYLOVINGLOVING25035542.0%
ORGAN MOUNTAIN HIGH SCHOOLLAS CRUCESLAS CRUCES1,5112,12840.8%
TAOS INTEGRATED SCHOOL OF ARTSTAOSTAOS INTEGRATED SCHOOL OF ARTS15321540.5%
LOS ALAMOS HIGHLOS ALAMOSLOS ALAMOS8461,18139.6%
MANDELA INTERNATIONAL MAGNET (MIMS)SANTA FESANTA FE20829039.4%
MISSION ACHIEVEMENT AND SUCCESS 1.0ALBUQUERQUEMISSION ACHIEVEMENT AND SUCCESS8691,19337.3%
LOVING HIGHLOVINGLOVING16622535.5%
TWIN LAKES ELEMENTARYGALLUPGALLUP18925635.4%
JEFFERSON ELEMENTARYGALLUPGALLUP34546033.3%
BELEN FAMILY SCHOOLBELENBELEN11615432.8%
UPPER ELEMENTARYESTANCIAESTANCIA13517932.6%
ARTS ACADEMY AT BELLA VISTACLOVISCLOVIS33544432.5%
FARMINGTON HIGHFARMINGTONFARMINGTON1,3361,74730.8%
CROWNPOINT MIDDLECROWNPOINTGALLUP17322630.6%
RAMAH ELEMENTARYRAMAHGALLUP17222329.7%
THE MASTERS PROGRAMSANTA FETHE MASTERS PROGRAM19925829.6%
BELL ELEMENTARYDEMINGDEMING23330129.2%
CHAPARRAL ON-TRACK PREK CENTERCHAPPARALGADSDEN12416029.0%
TATUM HIGHTATUMTATUM10012929.0%
JAL HIGHJALJAL12315828.5%
ABQ CHARTER ACADEMYALBUQUERQUEALBUQUERQUE27435027.7%
UNIVERSITY HIGHROSWELLROSWELL13216726.5%
TURQUOISE TRAIL CHARTER SCHOOLSANTA FETURQUOISE TRAIL CHARTER SCHOOL49562225.7%
LAS MONTANAS CHARTERLAS CRUCESLAS MONTANAS CHARTER16220124.1%
ALDO LEOPOLD CHARTERSILVER CITYALDO LEOPOLD CHARTER16220124.1%
MONTE VISTA ELEMENTARYLAS CRUCESLAS CRUCES57070623.9%
TULAROSA ELEMENTARYTULAROSATULAROSA18623023.7%
ONATE ELEMENTARYALBUQUERQUEALBUQUERQUE24430123.4%
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-on-the-rise-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, which filters out small specialty programs whose percentage swings are dominated by noise. Brick-and-mortar only: virtual academies, cyber charters, and online schools are excluded by name pattern and by NCES is_virtual flag. Those schools dominate raw growth numbers but rarely represent a school families are choosing for their neighborhood.

Enrollment growth is a leading indicator, not a quality measure. Schools grow because catchment areas shift, because districts consolidate, because a magnet program opens, or because reputation pulls in transfers. A school on this list is one that more New Mexicofamilies are sending their kids to in 2024-25 than in 2017-18, for whatever reason. Pair this with the school's page on allk12 for test scores, demographics, and discussion.

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

Anyone is welcome to cite or republish these findings. Please credit allk12.com and link back to this page so readers can verify the underlying data.

allk12 (2026). "New Mexico schools on the rise: enrollment growth 2017–2024." Retrieved from https://allk12.com/reports/on-the-rise/new-mexico
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DOWNLOAD THE DATA
↓ schools-on-the-rise-by-state-nm.csv
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