New Mexico schools ranked by test score
| Rank | School | Level | English Language Arts | vs state |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ALBUQUERQUE INSTITUTE OF MATH & SCIENCE ALBUQUERQUE · ALBUQUERQUE INSTITUTE OF MATH & SCIENCE | High | 93.3% | +49.2pp |
| 2 | MANDELA INTERNATIONAL MAGNET (MIMS) SANTA FE · SANTA FE | High | 83.9% | +39.8pp |
| 3 | RIO RANCHO CYBER ACADEMY RIO RANCHO · RIO RANCHO | High | 82.4% | +38.3pp |
| 4 | COTTONWOOD CLASSICAL PREP ALBUQUERQUE · COTTONWOOD CLASSICAL PREP | High | 81.4% | +37.3pp |
| 5 | QUEMADO HIGH QUEMADO · QUEMADO | High | 77.1% | +33.0pp |
| 6 | THE ASK ACADEMY RIO RANCHO · THE ASK ACADEMY | High | 65.7% | +21.6pp |
| 7 | ALBUQUERQUE AVIATION ACADEMY ALBUQUERQUE · ALBUQUERQUE AVIATION ACADEMY | High | 62.3% | +18.2pp |
| 8 | ACADEMY FOR TECHNOLOGY & CLASSICS SANTA FE · SANTA FE | High | 61.1% | +17.0pp |
| 9 | PUBLIC ACADEMY FOR PERFORMING ARTS ALBUQUERQUE · ALBUQUERQUE | High | 60.8% | +16.7pp |
| 10 | ALDO LEOPOLD CHARTER SILVER CITY · ALDO LEOPOLD CHARTER | High | 58.6% | +14.5pp |
| 11 | TAOS ACADEMY TAOS · TAOS ACADEMY | High | 54.3% | +10.2pp |
| 12 | CLIFF HIGH CLIFF · SILVER CITY | High | 50.0% | +5.9pp |
| 13 | DIGITAL ARTS AND TECHNOLOGY ACADEMY ALBUQUERQUE · ALBUQUERQUE | High | 48.4% | +4.3pp |
| 14 | TIERRA ADENTRO ALBUQUERQUE · TIERRA ADENTRO | High | 46.2% | +2.1pp |
| 15 | NEW MEXICO ACADEMY FOR THE MEDIA ARTS ALBUQUERQUE · NEW MEXICO ACADEMY FOR THE MEDIA ARTS | High | 45.7% | +1.6pp |
| 16 | ARTESIA PARK JUNIOR HIGH ARTESIA · ARTESIA | High | 42.5% | -1.6pp |
| 17 | MONTE DEL SOL CHARTER SANTA FE · MONTE DEL SOL CHARTER | High | 38.9% | -5.2pp |
| 18 | RATON HIGH RATON · RATON | High | 37.9% | -6.2pp |
| 19 | TIERRA ENCANTADA CHARTER SCHOOL SANTA FE · TIERRA ENCANTADA CHARTER SCHOOL | High | 37.2% | -6.9pp |
| 20 | RAMAH HIGH RAMAH · GALLUP | High | 36.8% | -7.3pp |
| 21 | SOUTH VALLEY ACADEMY ALBUQUERQUE · ALBUQUERQUE | High | 35.2% | -8.9pp |
| 22 | ESCALANTE MIDDLE/HIGH SCHOOL TIERRA AMARILLA · CHAMA VALLEY | High | 27.0% | -17.1pp |
| 23 | ROBERT F. KENNEDY CHARTER ALBUQUERQUE · ALBUQUERQUE | High | 23.7% | -20.4pp |
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.