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)
350006000966	51	Volcano Vista High	Public	9-12	8100 Rainbow Rd NW	Albuquerque	87114	Bernalillo County	Albuquerque	No	(n/a)	No	No	(505) 890-0343	2,177	128	17	50.3%	463 (21.3%)	37 (1.7%)	1,476 (67.8%)	51 (2.3%)	76 (3.5%)	1 (0.0%)	73 (3.4%)	$8,646							63.8	69.3	43	8
350011801055	52	Taos Academy	Public, Charter	5-12	110 Paseo Del Canon W	Taos	87571	Taos County	Taos Academy	Yes	(n/a)	No	Yes	(505) 751-3109	247	15	16.2	40.1%	74 (30.0%)	3 (1.2%)	159 (64.4%)	1 (0.4%)	9 (3.6%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.4%)	$10,859							62.8	73.6	40	12
350006000024	53	Albuquerque High	Public	9-12	800 Odelia Rd NE	Albuquerque	87102	Bernalillo County	Albuquerque	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(505) 843-6400	1,683	104	16.2	110.8%	214 (12.7%)	56 (3.3%)	1,289 (76.6%)	13 (0.8%)	53 (3.1%)	0 (0.0%)	58 (3.4%)	$8,180							61.6	53.5	61	8
350192000471	54	Mosquero High	Public	7-12	43 McNeil Ave	Mosquero	87733	Harding County	Mosquero	No	(n/a)	No	No	(575) 673-2271	58	5	11	41.4%	32 (55.2%)	0 (0.0%)	25 (43.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (1.7%)	$44,647							59.6	21.1	137	83
350099000740	55	Rocinante High	Public	6-12	3250 East 30th St	Farmington	87402	San Juan County	Farmington	No	(n/a)	No	No	(505) 599-8627	127	13	9.5	58.3%	47 (37.0%)	0 (0.0%)	38 (29.9%)	0 (0.0%)	34 (26.8%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (6.3%)	$8,380							58.1	17.6	149	94
350075000248	56	Dexter High	Public	9-12	100 North Lincoln	Dexter	88230	Chaves County	Dexter	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(575) 734-5420	269	18	14.8	100.0%	42 (15.6%)	0 (0.0%)	226 (84.0%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$10,996							57.1	24.6	120	64
350243000560	57	Cliff High	Public	7-12	622 State Hwy 211	Cliff	88028	Grant County	Silver City	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(575) 535-2051	101	11	9.6	26.7%	80 (79.2%)	0 (0.0%)	16 (15.8%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (3.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (2.0%)	$17,283							56.8	66.7	45	12
350018600860	58	Middle College High School Charter - Gallup	Public, Charter	9-12	705 Gurley Ave	Gallup	87301	McKinley County	Middle College High School Charter - Gallup	Yes	(n/a)	No	Yes	(505) 772-9945	150	4	35.7	58.0%	20 (13.3%)	0 (0.0%)	21 (14.0%)	4 (2.7%)	98 (65.3%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (4.7%)								55.7	76.2	39	19
350189000468	59	Moriarty High	Public	9-12	200 Center St	Moriarty	87035	Torrance County	Moriarty-Edgewood	No	(n/a)	No	No	(505) 835-5835	689	43	16.1	100.0%	291 (42.2%)	6 (0.9%)	366 (53.1%)	3 (0.4%)	4 (0.6%)	1 (0.1%)	18 (2.6%)	$8,998							55.6	56.8	57	2
350237000551	60	Santa Fe High	Public	9-12	2100 Yucca Rd	Santa Fe	87505	Santa Fe County	Santa Fe	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(505) 467-2400	1,599	88	18.1	46.0%	307 (19.2%)	24 (1.5%)	1,188 (74.3%)	31 (1.9%)	43 (2.7%)	3 (0.2%)	3 (0.2%)	$8,789							54.6	54.6	60

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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.
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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.