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New Mexico schools ranked by test score

Latest NM-MSSA + NM-ASR year (2024-25). 487 schools with reported Science scores. State average: 37.0%.
RankSchoolLevelSciencevs state
1ALTURA PREPARATORY SCHOOL
ALBUQUERQUE · ALTURA PREPARATORY SCHOOL
Elementary91.4%+54.4pp
2SAN JUAN COLLEGE HIGH SCHOOL
FARMINGTON · FARMINGTON
High85.4%+48.4pp
3ALBUQUERQUE INSTITUTE OF MATH & SCIENCE
ALBUQUERQUE · ALBUQUERQUE INSTITUTE OF MATH & SCIENCE
High84.2%+47.2pp
4NM SCHOOL FOR THE ARTS
SANTA FE · NM SCHOOL FOR THE ARTS
High81.8%+44.8pp
5AMY BIEHL CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL
ALBUQUERQUE · AMY BIEHL CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL
High80.4%+43.4pp
6NEW MEXICO INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL
ALBUQUERQUE · ALBUQUERQUE
Elementary79.0%+42.0pp
7EARLY COLLEGE ACADEMY
ALBUQUERQUE · ALBUQUERQUE
High76.8%+39.8pp
8CARLSBAD EARLY COLLEGE HIGH
CARLSBAD · CARLSBAD
High76.2%+39.2pp
9EAST MOUNTAIN HIGH SCHOOL
SANDIA PARK · ALBUQUERQUE
High75.3%+38.3pp
10HOLLOMAN MIDDLE
HOLLOMAN AFB · ALAMOGORDO
Middle74.4%+37.4pp
11MANDELA INTERNATIONAL MAGNET (MIMS)
SANTA FE · SANTA FE
High73.8%+36.8pp
12NORTH STAR ELEMENTARY
ALBUQUERQUE · ALBUQUERQUE
Elementary73.6%+36.6pp
13DOUBLE EAGLE ELEMENTARY
ALBUQUERQUE · ALBUQUERQUE
Elementary73.4%+36.4pp
14EL DORADO COMMUNITY SCHOOL
SANTA FE · SANTA FE
Elementary72.4%+35.4pp
15RIO RANCHO CYBER ACADEMY
RIO RANCHO · RIO RANCHO
High72.1%+35.1pp
16ARROWHEAD PARK EARLY COLLEGE HIGH SCHOOL
LAS CRUCES · LAS CRUCES
High71.0%+34.0pp
17ALTA VISTA EARLY COLLEGE HIGH SCHOOL
ANTHONY · GADSDEN
High70.7%+33.7pp
18SIDNEY GUTIERREZ MIDDLE
ROSWELL · ROSWELL
Elementary70.5%+33.5pp
19MIDDLE COLLEGE HIGH SCHOOL CHARTER - GALLUP
GALLUP · MIDDLE COLLEGE HIGH SCHOOL CHARTER - GALLUP
High70.3%+33.3pp
20LOS ALAMOS MIDDLE
LOS ALAMOS · LOS ALAMOS
Middle70.0%+33.0pp
21MOUNTAIN ELEMENTARY
LOS ALAMOS · LOS ALAMOS
Elementary70.0%+33.0pp
22NEX GEN ACADEMY
ALBUQUERQUE · ALBUQUERQUE
High69.4%+32.4pp
23CHAMISA ELEMENTARY
WHITE ROCK · LOS ALAMOS
Elementary69.2%+32.2pp
24COTTONWOOD CLASSICAL PREP
ALBUQUERQUE · COTTONWOOD CLASSICAL PREP
High69.2%+32.2pp
25COLLEGE AND CAREER HIGH SCHOOL
ALBUQUERQUE · ALBUQUERQUE
High69.1%+32.1pp
26DESERT HILLS ELEMENTARY
LAS CRUCES · LAS CRUCES
Elementary67.9%+30.9pp
27MONTESSORI ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
ALBUQUERQUE · MONTESSORI ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
Elementary67.8%+30.8pp
28ATALAYA ELEMENTARY
SANTA FE · SANTA FE
Elementary67.6%+30.6pp
29TEXICO ELEMENTARY
TEXICO · TEXICO
Elementary67.6%+30.6pp
30HOLLOMAN ELEMENTARY
HOLLOMAN AFB · ALAMOGORDO
Elementary67.2%+30.2pp
31S. Y. JACKSON ELEMENTARY
ALBUQUERQUE · ALBUQUERQUE
Elementary67.1%+30.1pp
32DESERT RIDGE MIDDLE
ALBUQUERQUE · ALBUQUERQUE
Middle66.2%+29.2pp
33TUCUMCARI HIGH
TUCUMCARI · TUCUMCARI
High66.0%+29.0pp
34ANANSI CHARTER SCHOOL
EL PRADO · TAOS
Elementary65.9%+28.9pp
35NORTHPOINT CHARTER SCHOOL
ALBUQUERQUE · NORTHPOINT CHARTER SCHOOL
High65.9%+28.9pp
36WOOD-GORMLEY ELEMENTARY
SANTA FE · SANTA FE
Elementary65.4%+28.4pp
37DENNIS CHAVEZ ELEMENTARY
ALBUQUERQUE · ALBUQUERQUE
Elementary65.0%+28.0pp
38THE ASK ACADEMY
RIO RANCHO · THE ASK ACADEMY
High65.0%+28.0pp
39GEORGIA O'KEEFFE ELEMENTARY
ALBUQUERQUE · ALBUQUERQUE
Elementary64.5%+27.5pp
40EISENHOWER MIDDLE
ALBUQUERQUE · ALBUQUERQUE
Middle64.1%+27.1pp
41RIO RANCHO HIGH
RIO RANCHO · RIO RANCHO
High64.1%+27.1pp
42LA CUEVA HIGH
ALBUQUERQUE · ALBUQUERQUE
High63.8%+26.8pp
43RIO RANCHO MIDDLE SCHOOL
RIO RANCHO · RIO RANCHO
Middle63.2%+26.2pp
44ROOSEVELT MIDDLE
TIJERAS · ALBUQUERQUE
Middle63.0%+26.0pp
45ALBUQUERQUE AVIATION ACADEMY
ALBUQUERQUE · ALBUQUERQUE AVIATION ACADEMY
High62.9%+25.9pp
46CLEVELAND HIGH SCHOOL
RIO RANCHO · RIO RANCHO
High62.9%+25.9pp
47LOS ALAMOS HIGH
LOS ALAMOS · LOS ALAMOS
High62.6%+25.6pp
48EARLY COLLEGE HIGH SCHOOL
DEMING · DEMING
High62.5%+25.5pp
49TAOS ACADEMY
TAOS · TAOS ACADEMY
High62.5%+25.5pp
50MOUNTAIN VIEW MIDDLE
RIO RANCHO · RIO RANCHO
Middle61.5%+24.5pp
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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 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.