New Mexico · NCES CCD 2024-25

Best-Resourced School Districts in New Mexico

Top 50 districts ranked by average school quality score, based on student-teacher ratios, counselor access, gifted programs, and attendance.

Compiled by PlainSchools, Education-data publisher · August 26, 2026

The ranking in one line

Estancia Municipal Schools in Estancia leads New Mexico's districts with an average school quality score of 60.8/100 across 4 schools.

60.8/100
top district score (grade C+): 4
schools in Estancia Municipal Schools: 539
students in the top district: 40/100
average across the top 50

#	District	Grade	Students	Schools	Avg S:T	Per-Pupil $	Avg Quality
1	Estancia Municipal SchoolsEstancia	C+	539	4	12.4:1	$20,957	60.8
2	West Las Vegas Public SchoolsLas Vegas	C-	1,555	10	16.3:1	$17,994	52.4
3	Lovington Municipal SchoolsLovington	C-	3,382	10	16.6:1	$15,348	50.2
4	Dexter Consolidated SchoolsDexter	C-	812	3	13.7:1	$20,081	50
5	Cuba Independent SchoolsCuba	D	746	3	12.1:1	$27,430	49.3
6	Las Vegas City Public SchoolsLas Vegas	D	1,202	5	13.8:1	$18,154	48
7	Pecos Independent SchoolsPecos	D	511	3	16.4:1	$18,971	47.7
8	Grants-Cibola County SchoolsGrants	D	3,211	12	10.5:1	$20,276	46.3
9	Los Alamos Public SchoolsLos Alamos	D	3,724	8	14.1:1	$14,624	45.9
10	Carlsbad Municipal SchoolsCarlsbad	D	7,102	13	18.4:1	$13,304	45.8
11	Rio Rancho Public SchoolsRio Rancho	D	17,272	21	14.2:1	$13,392	45.4
12	Cobre Consolidated SchoolsBayard	D	1,023	6	11.8:1	$22,582	45.3
13	Santa Fe Public SchoolsSanta Fe	D	11,769	29	13.1:1	$14,817	44.7
14	Eunice Municipal SchoolsEunice	D	726	3	15.7:1	$15,978	43.7
15	Texico Municipal SchoolsTexico	D	551	3	14.9:1	$14,646	43
16	Pojoaque Valley Public SchoolsSanta Fe	D	1,630	5	16.4:1	$14,768	42.8
17	Albuquerque Public SchoolsAlbuquerque	D	79,805	174	13:1	$15,108	42.6
18	Hatch Valley Public SchoolsHatch	D	1,166	5	13:1	$18,437	41.6
19	Santa Rosa Consolidated SchoolsSanta Rosa	D	603	5	10.6:1	$21,955	41.6
20	Central Consolidated SchoolsShiprock	D	5,037	16	11.8:1	$23,470	40.7
21	Gadsden Independent SchoolsAnthony	D	12,551	28	13.9:1	$18,250	40.6
22	Portales Municipal SchoolsPortales	D	2,610	6	13:1	$15,691	40.5
23	Zuni Public SchoolsZuni	D	1,095	4	12:1	$24,091	40.5
24	Aztec Municipal SchoolsAztec	F	2,562	7	14.7:1	$14,624	39.9
25	Socorro Consolidated SchoolsSocorro	F	1,438	6	14.3:1	$18,631	39.8
26	Tularosa Municipal SchoolsTularosa	F	890	4	12.4:1	$19,238	39.8
27	Espanola Public SchoolsEspanola	F	2,954	13	11.5:1	$16,809	38.8
28	Dulce Independent SchoolsDulce	F	521	3	9.7:1	$28,599	38.7
29	Alamogordo Public SchoolsAlamogordo	F	5,575	14	15.6:1	$13,655	38.6
30	Artesia Public SchoolsArtesia	F	3,722	10	14.4:1	$13,325	38.5
31	Las Cruces Public SchoolsLas Cruces	F	23,631	38	14.1:1	$14,613	37.9
32	Clovis Municipal SchoolsClovis	F	7,664	18	17.9:1	$13,451	37.5
33	Belen Consolidated SchoolsBelen	F	3,602	10	16.2:1	$15,218	37.5
34	Farmington Municipal SchoolsFarmington	F	11,201	20	15.2:1	$12,791	37
35	Bernalillo Public SchoolsBernalillo	F	2,786	11	12.4:1	$19,085	36.8
36	Los Lunas Public SchoolsLos Lunas	F	8,234	16	19.3:1	$13,753	36.6
37	Ruidoso Municipal SchoolsRuidoso	F	1,820	4	14.3:1	$15,052	36.5
38	Bloomfield SchoolsBloomfield	F	2,584	7	14.3:1	$15,195	36.4
39	Deming Public SchoolsDeming	F	5,366	13	14.8:1	$14,958	36.2
40	Gallup-Mckinley Cty SchoolsGallup	F	12,224	31	18:1	$18,936	35.6
41	Roswell Independent SchoolsRoswell	F	9,701	22	15.9:1	$14,716	35
42	Jal Public SchoolsJal	F	527	3	19.2:1	$17,529	35
43	Silver Consolidated SchoolsSilver City	F	2,273	9	12.2:1	$16,057	34.4
44	Raton Public SchoolsRaton	F	844	3	12.9:1	$16,353	34.3
45	Loving Municipal SchoolsLoving	F	647	3	14.6:1	$16,145	34
46	Moriarty-Edgewood School DistrictMoriarty	F	2,331	7	15.2:1	$14,977	32.3
47	Taos Municipal SchoolsTaos	F	2,267	8	11.5:1	$17,919	31.6
48	Hobbs Municipal SchoolsHobbs	F	9,990	18	16.6:1	$13,294	31.3
49	Tucumcari Public SchoolsTucumcari	F	907	3	14.5:1	$15,530	28.3
50	T or C Municipal SchoolsT or C	F	1,287	5	15.4:1	$17,577	28

Frequently Asked Questions

What are the best school districts in New Mexico? ▼

The top-ranked district in New Mexico is Estancia Municipal Schools in Estancia with 539 students across 4 schools. Average quality score: 60.8/100. Rankings are based on average school quality scores from NCES data.

How are district rankings calculated? ▼

Districts are ranked by the average quality score of their schools. Quality scores (0-100) are computed from NCES data: student-teacher ratio, counselor availability, gifted program access, and chronic absenteeism. Districts must have at least 500 students and 2+ schools to be ranked.

How many school districts are in New Mexico? ▼

New Mexico has 50+ school districts serving 305,112 students. The statewide average student-teacher ratio is 14:1.

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Methodology

Districts are ranked by the average quality score of their schools. Quality scores (0-100) are computed from NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 metrics: student-teacher ratio, school counselor availability, gifted program access, and chronic absenteeism rates. Districts must have at least 500 students and 2+ schools to be included. This measures school-level resources, not test scores. Higher average scores indicate districts where schools generally have smaller classes, better counselor access, and lower absenteeism.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.