New Mexico schools ranked by test score
| Rank | School | Level | English Language Arts | vs state |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ABQ SCHOOL OF EXCELLENCE ALBUQUERQUE · ABQ SCHOOL OF EXCELLENCE | Combined | 66.9% | +22.8pp |
| 2 | EXPLORE ACADEMY ALBUQUERQUE · EXPLORE ACADEMY | Combined | 58.1% | +14.0pp |
| 3 | MISSION ACHIEVEMENT AND SUCCESS 2.0 ALBUQUERQUE · MISSION ACHIEVEMENT AND SUCCESS | Combined | 54.2% | +10.1pp |
| 4 | MISSION ACHIEVEMENT AND SUCCESS 1.0 ALBUQUERQUE · MISSION ACHIEVEMENT AND SUCCESS | Combined | 51.4% | +7.3pp |
| 5 | NEW MEXICO CONNECTIONS ACADEMY SANTA FE · NEW MEXICO CONNECTIONS ACADEMY | Combined | 45.8% | +1.7pp |
| 6 | CORRALES INTERNATIONAL ALBUQUERQUE · ALBUQUERQUE | Combined | 45.2% | +1.1pp |
| 7 | MCCURDY CHARTER SCHOOL ESPANOLA · MCCURDY CHARTER SCHOOL | Combined | 45.1% | +1.0pp |
| 8 | HOZHO ACADEMY GALLUP · HOZHO ACADEMY | Combined | 42.9% | -1.2pp |
| 9 | EXPLORE ACADEMY LAS CRUCES LAS CRUCES · EXPLORE ACADEMY LAS CRUCES | Combined | 41.4% | -2.7pp |
| 10 | JEFFERSON MONTESSORI CARLSBAD · CARLSBAD | Combined | 40.2% | -3.9pp |
| 11 | ACES TECHNICAL CHARTER SCHOOL ALBUQUERQUE · ACES TECHNICAL CHARTER SCHOOL | Combined | 38.7% | -5.4pp |
| 12 | SCHOOL OF DREAMS ACADEMY LOS LUNAS · SCHOOL OF DREAMS ACADEMY | Combined | 37.9% | -6.2pp |
| 13 | THE INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL AT MESA DEL SOL ALBUQUERQUE · ALBUQUERQUE | Combined | 37.5% | -6.6pp |
| 14 | NATIVE AMERICAN COMMUNITY ACADEMY ALBUQUERQUE · ALBUQUERQUE | Combined | 34.2% | -9.9pp |
| 15 | CMS IACADEMY AT LINCOLN JACKSON CLOVIS · CLOVIS | Combined | 32.4% | -11.7pp |
| 16 | PECOS CYBER ACADEMY EDGEWOOD · PECOS CYBER ACADEMY | Combined | 31.8% | -12.3pp |
| 17 | ABQ SIGN LANGUAGE ACADEMY ALBUQUERQUE · ABQ SIGN LANGUAGE ACADEMY | Combined | 29.9% | -14.2pp |
| 18 | ASPEN COMMUNITY SCHOOL SANTA FE · SANTA FE | Combined | 25.3% | -18.8pp |
| 19 | EL CAMINO REAL ACADEMY ALBUQUERQUE · ALBUQUERQUE | Combined | 19.4% | -24.7pp |
About this ranking
Schools are ranked by the percentage of students who scored at or above the NM-MSSA + NM-ASR % Proficient threshold on the latest available NM-MSSA + NM-ASR English Language Arts test (school year 2024-25). A higher percentage is better.
Only public schools with a reasonable cohort size are included (at least 50 total students enrolled, since the source file does not include per-subject student counts), so very small programs and special-purpose centers are filtered out.
The state average shown above is enrollment-weighted: we multiply each school's score by how many of its students tested, sum those across every public school in New Mexico, and divide by the total students tested. This way a big school counts more than a tiny one in the typical-student average.