Best High Schools in New Mexico

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The list is updated annually upon the release of the SAT School Day and NM-ASR and NM-MSSA test scores by the New Mexico Public Education Department. The most recent update was on Sunday, November 10, 2024.

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School															Students/Teachers											Per Pupil Expenditures (2019)							Ranking (2024 vs 2023)
ID	Rank (of 190)	School	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Disc Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Per Pupil Expenditures: Total	Personnel from Federal Funds	Non-Personnel from Federal Funds	Total from Federal Funds	Personnel from State and Local Funds	Non-Personnel from State and Local Funds	Total from State and Local Funds	Average Standard Score (2024)	Average Standard Score (2023)	Rank (2023)	Rank Change from 2023	SchoolDigger Rating (2024)
350016001096	91	New Mexico Connections Academy	Public, Virtual, Charter, Alternative	4-12	130 Siringo Road	Santa Fe	87505	Santa Fe County	New Mexico Connections Academy	Yes	(n/a)	Yes	Yes	(505) 984-1133	1,410	65	21.5	41.2%	481 (34.1%)	33 (2.3%)	801 (56.8%)	12 (0.9%)	81 (5.7%)	2 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	$8,147							41.6	39.9	87	4
350237001120	92	Early College Opportunities	Public	9-12	2301 W. Zia Rd.	Santa Fe	87505	Santa Fe County	Santa Fe	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(505) 467-2701	120	11	10.8	98.3%	23 (19.2%)	1 (0.8%)	91 (75.8%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (4.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$20,303							41.5	42	79	13
350012401068	93	Tierra Adentro	Public, Charter	6-12	1781 Bellemah Ave	Albuquerque	87104	Bernalillo County	Tierra Adentro	Yes	(n/a)	No	Yes	(505) 967-4720	258	19	13.9	97.3%	9 (3.5%)	6 (2.3%)	235 (91.1%)	1 (0.4%)	5 (1.9%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.8%)	$10,093							41.4	47.8	69	24
350117000329	94	Grants High	Public	9-12	500 Mountain Rd	Grants	87020	Cibola County	Grants	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(505) 285-2651	817	61	13.3	99.0%	88 (10.8%)	7 (0.9%)	323 (39.5%)	12 (1.5%)	384 (47.0%)	1 (0.1%)	2 (0.2%)	$10,412							41.1	29.5	108	14
350219000500	95	Raton High	Public	7-12	1535 Tiger Circle	Raton	87740	Colfax County	Raton	No	(n/a)	No	No	(575) 445-9261	351	26	13.5	100.3%	109 (31.1%)	2 (0.6%)	238 (67.8%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$9,012							40.3	46.1	71	24
350017000816	96	Monte Del Sol Charter	Public, Charter	7-12	4157 Walking Rain Rd	Santa Fe	87507	Santa Fe County	Monte Del Sol Charter	Yes	(n/a)	No	Yes	(505) 982-5225	356	25	14	57.3%	49 (13.8%)	1 (0.3%)	296 (83.1%)	6 (1.7%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.8%)	$11,040							39.8	41.4	82	14
350099000284	97	Farmington High	Public	9-12	2200 Sunset Ave	Farmington	87401	San Juan County	Farmington	No	(n/a)	No	No	(505) 324-0352	1,821	104	17.4	60.8%	447 (24.5%)	15 (0.8%)	447 (24.5%)	10 (0.5%)	789 (43.3%)	0 (0.0%)	113 (6.2%)	$8,330							39.7	40.8	84	13
350018000140	98	Belen High	Public	9-12	1619 West Delgado Ave	Belen	87002	Valencia County	Belen	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(505) 966-1300	1,044	50	21	85.4%	184 (17.6%)	15 (1.4%)	808 (77.4%)	6 (0.6%)	23 (2.2%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (0.8%)	$9,581							39.3	37.9	92	6
350150000390	99	Mayfield High	Public	9-12	1955 North Valley Dr	Las Cruces	88007	Do�a Ana County	Las Cruces	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(575) 527-9415	1,401	85	16.5	99.6%	219 (15.6%)	14 (1.0%)	1,147 (81.9%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (0.6%)	3 (0.2%)	10 (0.7%)	$8,583							39.2	34.9	97	2
350011201051	100	School Of Dreams Academy	Public, Charter, Alternative	PK, KG-12	906 Juan Perea Rd	Los Lunas	87031	Valencia County	School Of Dreams Academy	Yes	(n/a)	No	Yes	(505) 866-7632	555	36	15.3	100.5%	162 (29.2%)	1 (0.2%)	362 (65.2%)	2 (0.4%)	22 (4.0%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (1.1%)	$10,792							39.2	24.4	121	21

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About our rankings:

Schooldigger calculates school rankings based on SAT School Day English Language Arts, SAT School Day Mathematics, NM-MSSA English Language Arts, NM-MSSA Mathematics, NM-ASR Science test scores released by the New Mexico Public Education Department.
These rankings were last updated on November 10, 2024, and are based on the most recent test scores available. We update rankings as we receive new test scores from the New Mexico Public Education Department, usually on a yearly basis.
Our sources of data include the National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education and the New Mexico Public Education Department.
For more information about our ranking process, please see our Ranking FAQ. Details about our methodology are here.

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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the New Mexico Public Education Department.