Best High Schools in New Mexico

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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)
350011600900	141	Alma D'Arte Charter	Public, Charter	9-12	402 W Court Ave	Las Cruces	88005	Do�a Ana County	Alma D'Arte Charter	Yes	(n/a)	No	Yes	(575) 541-0145	137	10	13.8	100.0%	35 (25.5%)	6 (4.4%)	95 (69.3%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$11,252							25	31.5	104	37
350135000365	142	Jal High	Public	9-12	100 Property Street	Jal	88252	Lea County	Jal	No	(n/a)	No	No	(575) 395-2101	160	9	17.3	44.4%	28 (17.5%)	0 (0.0%)	129 (80.6%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (1.3%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.6%)	$12,842							24	21.7	130	12
350006001037	143	Atrisco Heritage Academy High School	Public	9-12	10800 Dennis Chavez Blv SW	Albuquerque	87121	Bernalillo County	Albuquerque	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(505) 243-1458	2,055	133	15.4	100.9%	76 (3.7%)	35 (1.7%)	1,878 (91.4%)	6 (0.3%)	38 (1.8%)	2 (0.1%)	20 (1.0%)	$8,563							23.6	21.3	134	9
350111000301	144	Crownpoint High	Public	9-12	#1 Eagle Dr	Crownpoint	87313	McKinley County	Gallup	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(505) 721-1600	370	19	19.4	94.3%	22 (5.9%)	4 (1.1%)	48 (13.0%)	8 (2.2%)	283 (76.5%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (1.4%)	$13,700							23.5	29.5	109	35
350108000935	145	Chaparral High	Public	9-12	800 County Line Dr	Anthony	88081	Do�a Ana County	Gadsden	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(575) 882-6203	1,071	59	18.1	100.0%	33 (3.1%)	5 (0.5%)	1,030 (96.2%)	1 (0.1%)	2 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$8,613							23.3	12.2	159	14
350006000119	146	West Mesa High	Public	9-12	6701 Fortuna Rd NW	Albuquerque	87121	Bernalillo County	Albuquerque	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(505) 831-6993	1,612	106	15.2	101.6%	66 (4.1%)	36 (2.2%)	1,337 (82.9%)	14 (0.9%)	124 (7.7%)	3 (0.2%)	32 (2.0%)	$9,378							23.3	27.9	111	35
350240000557	147	Santa Rosa High	Public	9-12	717 3rd St	Santa Rosa	88435	Guadalupe County	Santa Rosa	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(575) 472-3171	195	17	11.3	99.5%	6 (3.1%)	0 (0.0%)	188 (96.4%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$13,543							23.1	24.7	119	28
350111000316	148	Thoreau High	Public	9-12	4 Hawk Circle	Thoreau	87323	McKinley County	Gallup	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(505) 721-4500	488	23	21.6	92.6%	36 (7.4%)	4 (0.8%)	65 (13.3%)	1 (0.2%)	377 (77.3%)	1 (0.2%)	4 (0.8%)	$12,149							21.9	12.8	157	9
350006000055	149	Freedom High	Public	9-12	5200 Cutler NE	Albuquerque	87110	Bernalillo County	Albuquerque	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(505) 884-6012	98	12	7.9	102.0%	24 (24.5%)	2 (2.0%)	55 (56.1%)	1 (1.0%)	12 (12.2%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (4.1%)	$11,512							21.5			(n/a)
350123000344	150	Hatch Valley High	Public	9-12	170 East Herrera	Hatch	87937	Do�a Ana County	Hatch Valley	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(575) 267-8230	385	24	16.3	99.7%	11 (2.9%)	0 (0.0%)	374 (97.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$10,503							21.3	8.7	166	16

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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.