English Language Arts
43.9%
State avg 44.2%
District avg 44.1%
County avg 46.6%
District avg 44.1%
County avg 46.6%
Test scores
See how it ranks: all New Mexico schools by score · Eddy County schools by score
NM-MSSA + NM-ASR, SY 2024-25
All grades, all students. % Proficient.Mathematics
23.1%
State avg 27.2%
District avg 28.3%
County avg 31.0%
District avg 28.3%
County avg 31.0%
Science
37.5%
State avg 37.0%
District avg 34.6%
County avg 36.1%
District avg 34.6%
County avg 36.1%
What this means: On the NM-MSSA + NM-ASR, New Mexico's statewide test, about 44 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level, about 23 of 100 do math at grade level, and about 38 of 100 are at grade level in science. Across all New Mexico schools, those numbers are about 44, 27, and 37.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of NM schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
34.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
50.6%
based on NM schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-16.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 34% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 51% typical for New Mexico schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
By grade, SY 2024-25
School score vs state average per tested grade.| Grade | English Language Arts | Mathematics | Science | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| School | State | n tested | School | State | n tested | School | State | n tested | |
| Grade ALL | 43.9% | 44.2% | 264 | 23.1% | 27.2% | 264 | 37.5% | 37.0% | 88 |
1-year history
All grades, all students. SUNSET New Mexico avgEnglish Language Arts
| Year | School | District | County | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SY 2024-25 | 43.9% | 44.1% | 46.6% | 44.2% |
Mathematics
| Year | School | District | County | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SY 2024-25 | 23.1% | 28.3% | 31.0% | 27.2% |
Science
| Year | School | District | County | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SY 2024-25 | 37.5% | 34.6% | 36.1% | 37.0% |
How to read these scores
What is NM-MSSA + NM-ASR?
NM-MSSA + NM-ASR is the statewide standardized test administered by New Mexico public schools.
What does "% Proficient" mean?
It is the share of students at the school who performed at grade level or above on the test, summed across the top two of four performance levels. A higher number is better.
What does 43.9% mean for English Language Arts at SUNSET ELEMENTARY?
It means about 43.9 percent of students tested at SUNSET ELEMENTARY performed at grade level or above on the NM-MSSA + NM-ASR English Language Arts test in 2024-25. The statewide average for New Mexico that year was 44.2%. The other students fell into the lower performance levels.
How is the state average calculated?
It is a weighted average, not a simple average of each school's number. We multiply each public school's score by how many of its students tested, add those together for all schools in New Mexico, and divide by the total students tested that year. This way a big school with 1,500 students counts more than a small school with 50 students, which is the right way to ask "how did the typical student do this year?". District and county averages on this page use the same method, just scoped to that district or county.
Where does this data come from?
New Mexico Public Education Department, NM-MSSA (ELA + Math) + NM-ASR (Science). School-level All Students subgroup from web.ped.nm.gov public CSV downloads. Headline metric is the cumulative "Proficient + Above" rate (top 2 of 4 MSSA performance levels: Not Proficient / Nearing / Proficient / Advanced).
How often is it updated?
NM-MSSA + NM-ASR is administered once a year (spring). Results are released by the state in the summer or early fall. We refresh this page after each annual release.