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)
350141000373	131	Jemez Valley High	Public	9-12	8501 Hwy 4	Jemez Pueblo	87024	Sandoval County	Jemez Valley	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(575) 834-7391	106	7	15.1	100.0%	4 (3.8%)	0 (0.0%)	22 (20.8%)	0 (0.0%)	78 (73.6%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (1.9%)	$25,836							29.9			(n/a)
350111000907	132	Tse Yi Gai High	Public	6-12	118 Counselor Rd	Cuba	87013	Sandoval County	Gallup	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(505) 721-5500	131	9	14.5	79.4%	21 (16.0%)	2 (1.5%)	39 (29.8%)	0 (0.0%)	66 (50.4%)	1 (0.8%)	2 (1.5%)	$17,796							28.5	20.3	141	9
350006000116	133	Valley High	Public	9-12	1505 Candelaria Rd NW	Albuquerque	87107	Bernalillo County	Albuquerque	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(505) 345-9021	1,012	71	14.2	100.6%	95 (9.4%)	13 (1.3%)	847 (83.7%)	6 (0.6%)	32 (3.2%)	0 (0.0%)	19 (1.9%)	$10,979							27.6	31.7	103	30
350006000082	134	Manzano High	Public, Alternative	PK, KG-12	12200 Lomas Blvd NE	Albuquerque	87112	Bernalillo County	Albuquerque	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(505) 559-2200	1,217	88	13.9	101.0%	210 (17.3%)	55 (4.5%)	761 (62.5%)	47 (3.9%)	99 (8.1%)	2 (0.2%)	43 (3.5%)	$9,622							27.5	37.7	93	41
350111000303	135	Gallup High	Public	9-12	1055 Rico St	Gallup	87301	McKinley County	Gallup	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(505) 721-2500	994	46	21.8	98.1%	53 (5.3%)	8 (0.8%)	184 (18.5%)	4 (0.4%)	731 (73.5%)	2 (0.2%)	12 (1.2%)	$12,128							27.5	14.2	153	18
350017300950	136	Tierra Encantada Charter School	Public, Charter	7-12	4601 Mission Bend	Santa Fe	87507	Santa Fe County	Tierra Encantada Charter School	Yes	(n/a)	No	Yes	(505) 983-3337	284	18	15.7	99.6%	19 (6.7%)	6 (2.1%)	257 (90.5%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$9,361							26.6	24.3	122	14
350018000848	137	Belen Infinity High	Public	9-12	221 S 4th St	Belen	87002	Valencia County	Belen	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(505) 966-1500	123	6	22.3	91.9%	27 (22.0%)	0 (0.0%)	92 (74.8%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (2.4%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.8%)	$8,877							26.3			(n/a)
350033000177	138	Carrizozo High	Public	9-12	800 D Ave	Carrizozo	88301	Lincoln County	Carrizozo	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(575) 648-2348	60	5	11.4	100.0%	22 (36.7%)	3 (5.0%)	34 (56.7%)	1 (1.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$16,768							26.2			(n/a)
350015601082	139	New America School - Las Cruces	Public, Charter	9-12	207 S Main St	Las Cruces	88001	Do�a Ana County	New America School - Las Cruces	Yes	(n/a)	No	Yes	(575) 527-9085	178	11	16.5	98.9%	12 (6.7%)	5 (2.8%)	158 (88.8%)	1 (0.6%)	2 (1.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$12,195							25.7			(n/a)
350159001147	140	Ute Lake Online Learning Center	Public, Virtual	6-12	301 North 2nd St	Logan	88426	Quay County	Logan	No	(n/a)	Yes	No	(575) 487-2252	75	2	48.3	60.0%	30 (40.0%)	1 (1.3%)	41 (54.7%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (1.3%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (2.7%)								25.4	34	99	41

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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.