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New Mexico schools ranked by test score

Latest NM-MSSA + NM-ASR year (2024-25). 575 schools with reported English Language Arts scores. State average: 44.1%.
RankSchoolLevelEnglish Language Artsvs state
551ATRISCO ELEMENTARY
ALBUQUERQUE · ALBUQUERQUE
Elementary20.2%-23.9pp
552SUNSET ELEMENTARY
ROSWELL · ROSWELL
Elementary20.2%-23.9pp
553NIZHONI ELEMENTARY
SHIPROCK · CENTRAL
Elementary20.0%-24.1pp
554VALLE VISTA ELEMENTARY
ALBUQUERQUE · ALBUQUERQUE
Elementary19.8%-24.3pp
555WILSON MIDDLE
ALBUQUERQUE · ALBUQUERQUE
Middle19.7%-24.4pp
556DULCE ELEMENTARY
DULCE · DULCE
Elementary19.6%-24.5pp
557WHITTIER ELEMENTARY
ALBUQUERQUE · ALBUQUERQUE
Elementary19.5%-24.6pp
558EL CAMINO REAL ACADEMY
ALBUQUERQUE · ALBUQUERQUE
Combined19.4%-24.7pp
559MAC ARTHUR ELEMENTARY
LAS CRUCES · LAS CRUCES
Elementary19.4%-24.7pp
560GOV BENT ELEMENTARY
ALBUQUERQUE · ALBUQUERQUE
Elementary19.3%-24.8pp
561ARMIJO ELEMENTARY
ALBUQUERQUE · ALBUQUERQUE
Elementary19.0%-25.1pp
562ALTA VISTA INTERMEDIATE
QUESTA · QUESTA
Elementary18.9%-25.2pp
563R.M. SWEENEY ELEMENTARY
SANTA FE · SANTA FE
Elementary18.9%-25.2pp
564RAMAH ELEMENTARY
RAMAH · GALLUP
Elementary18.7%-25.4pp
565ALGODONES ELEMENTARY
ALGODONES · BERNALILLO
Elementary18.6%-25.5pp
566DULCE MIDDLE
DULCE · DULCE
Middle18.3%-25.8pp
567COCHITI ELEMENTARY
PENA BLANCA · BERNALILLO
Elementary18.0%-26.1pp
568LOWELL ELEMENTARY
ALBUQUERQUE · ALBUQUERQUE
Elementary16.5%-27.6pp
569VAN BUREN MIDDLE
ALBUQUERQUE · ALBUQUERQUE
Middle16.5%-27.6pp
570KIRTLAND ELEMENTARY
ALBUQUERQUE · ALBUQUERQUE
Elementary15.9%-28.2pp
571WHERRY ELEMENTARY
ALBUQUERQUE · ALBUQUERQUE
Elementary15.7%-28.4pp
572LA MESA ELEMENTARY
ALBUQUERQUE · ALBUQUERQUE
Elementary15.3%-28.8pp
573CESAR CHAVEZ ELEMENTARY
SANTA FE · SANTA FE
Elementary14.6%-29.5pp
574COLUMBUS ELEMENTARY
COLUMBUS · DEMING
Elementary14.4%-29.7pp
575CUBA ELEMENTARY
CUBA · CUBA
Elementary13.9%-30.2pp
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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.