Best Elementary Schools in New Mexico

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School															Students/Teachers											Per Pupil Expenditures (2019)							Ranking (2024 vs 2023)
ID	Rank (of 433)	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)
350246000569	121	San Antonio Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	2 4th St	San Antonio	87832	Socorro County	Socorro	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(575) 835-1758	61	7	9	72.1%	13 (21.3%)	0 (0.0%)	46 (75.4%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (1.6%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (1.6%)	$11,825							68.3	66.3	136	15
350069000236	122	Bell Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	1000 East Maple	Deming	88030	Luna County	Deming	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(575) 546-9712	287	22	12.7	100.0%	25 (8.7%)	1 (0.3%)	259 (90.2%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	$12,814							68.1	62.4	154	32
350006000924	123	Alice King Community School	Public, Charter	K-8	8100 Mountain Rd. NE	Albuquerque	87110	Bernalillo County	Albuquerque	Yes	(n/a)	No	No	(505) 344-0746	409	39	10.5	68.0%	139 (34.0%)	15 (3.7%)	223 (54.5%)	1 (0.2%)	10 (2.4%)	2 (0.5%)	19 (4.6%)	$8,207							67.6	72.1	111	12
350012701060	124	Taos Integrated School Of Arts	Public, Charter	K-8	118 Toalne Street	Taos	87571	Taos County	Taos Integrated School Of Arts	Yes	(n/a)	No	Yes	(575) 758-7755	205	17	11.8	100.0%	86 (42.0%)	0 (0.0%)	94 (45.9%)	0 (0.0%)	23 (11.2%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (1.0%)	$9,341							67.6	71.3	118	6
350001000952	125	Maggie Cordova Elementary School	Public	K-5	1500 Veranda Rd SE	Rio Rancho	87124	Sandoval County	Rio Rancho	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(505) 994-0229	648	34	19	50.9%	164 (25.3%)	11 (1.7%)	419 (64.7%)	4 (0.6%)	9 (1.4%)	1 (0.2%)	40 (6.2%)	$8,930							67.2	62.5	152	27
350090000265	126	Dixon Elementary	Public	K-6	220 New Mexico Highway 75	Dixon	87527	Rio Arriba County	Espanola	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(505) 579-4325	60	5	12.3	100.0%	13 (21.7%)	0 (0.0%)	42 (70.0%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (8.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$12,218							67.2	85.8	62	64
350108000719	127	Riverside Elementary	Public	PK, KG-6	4085 McNutt Rd	Sunland Park	88063	Do�a Ana County	Gadsden	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(575) 882-6203	557	37	15	100.0%	3 (0.5%)	1 (0.2%)	552 (99.1%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$9,714							65.6	62.5	153	26
350006001018	128	Tierra Antigua Elementary	Public	K-5	8121 Rainbow Blvd NW	Albuquerque	87114	Bernalillo County	Albuquerque	No	(n/a)	No	No	(505) 792-3262	741	49	15.1	48.2%	207 (27.9%)	16 (2.2%)	431 (58.2%)	12 (1.6%)	29 (3.9%)	2 (0.3%)	44 (5.9%)	$7,040							65.4	73.6	103	25
350006000920	129	Mountain Mahogany Community School	Public, Charter	K-8	5014 4th Street NW	Albuquerque	87107	Bernalillo County	Albuquerque	Yes	(n/a)	No	Yes	(505) 341-1424	225	20	11.4	69.8%	67 (29.8%)	6 (2.7%)	131 (58.2%)	2 (0.9%)	2 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	17 (7.6%)	$9,033							65	70.5	125	4
350057000208	130	Barry Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	3401 Thornton St	Clovis	88101	Curry County	Clovis	No	(n/a)	No	No	(575) 769-4300	384	23	16.9	100.0%	175 (45.6%)	38 (9.9%)	126 (32.8%)	5 (1.3%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (1.0%)	36 (9.4%)	$7,887							64.9	77.9	88	42

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Schooldigger calculates school rankings based on 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.