New Mexico schools ranked by test score
| Rank | School | Level | Science | vs state |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | EXPLORE ACADEMY ALBUQUERQUE · EXPLORE ACADEMY | Combined | 61.0% | +24.0pp |
| 2 | ELDORADO HIGH ALBUQUERQUE · ALBUQUERQUE | Combined | 60.1% | +23.1pp |
| 3 | ESTANCIA VALLEY CLASSICAL ACADEMY EDGEWOOD · ESTANCIA VALLEY CLASSICAL ACADEMY | Combined | 57.0% | +20.0pp |
| 4 | ABQ SCHOOL OF EXCELLENCE ALBUQUERQUE · ABQ SCHOOL OF EXCELLENCE | Combined | 56.6% | +19.6pp |
| 5 | EXPLORE ACADEMY LAS CRUCES LAS CRUCES · EXPLORE ACADEMY LAS CRUCES | Combined | 49.6% | +12.6pp |
| 6 | MISSION ACHIEVEMENT AND SUCCESS 1.0 ALBUQUERQUE · MISSION ACHIEVEMENT AND SUCCESS | Combined | 46.5% | +9.5pp |
| 7 | MISSION ACHIEVEMENT AND SUCCESS 2.0 ALBUQUERQUE · MISSION ACHIEVEMENT AND SUCCESS | Combined | 44.1% | +7.1pp |
| 8 | NATIVE AMERICAN COMMUNITY ACADEMY ALBUQUERQUE · ALBUQUERQUE | Combined | 43.4% | +6.4pp |
| 9 | SCHOOL OF DREAMS ACADEMY LOS LUNAS · SCHOOL OF DREAMS ACADEMY | Combined | 42.6% | +5.6pp |
| 10 | HOZHO ACADEMY GALLUP · HOZHO ACADEMY | Combined | 38.8% | +1.8pp |
| 11 | NEW MEXICO CONNECTIONS ACADEMY SANTA FE · NEW MEXICO CONNECTIONS ACADEMY | Combined | 38.5% | +1.5pp |
| 12 | MANZANO HIGH ALBUQUERQUE · ALBUQUERQUE | Combined | 30.8% | -6.2pp |
| 13 | MCCURDY CHARTER SCHOOL ESPANOLA · MCCURDY CHARTER SCHOOL | Combined | 27.2% | -9.8pp |
| 14 | ASPEN COMMUNITY SCHOOL SANTA FE · SANTA FE | Combined | 21.6% | -15.4pp |
| 15 | PECOS CYBER ACADEMY EDGEWOOD · PECOS CYBER ACADEMY | Combined | 20.7% | -16.3pp |
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 Science 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.