New Mexico · NCES CCD 2024-25

Largest Schools in New Mexico

The 50 largest public schools in New Mexico, ranked by total student enrollment from NCES CCD 2024-25.

Compiled from official source data by PlainSchools Editorial. · Updated June 2026

The ranking in one line

Cleveland High School in RIO RANCHO is New Mexico's largest public school with 2,596 students enrolled.

2,596
students at Cleveland High School: 18.3:1
student-teacher ratio at the largest school: 1,428
average across the top 50

#	School	Student:Teacher	Level	District	Enrollment
1	Cleveland High School RIO RANCHO	18.3:1	High	RIO RANCHO PUBLIC SCHOOLS	2,596
2	Rio Rancho High RIO RANCHO	17.5:1	High	RIO RANCHO PUBLIC SCHOOLS	2,568
3	Hobbs High HOBBS	18.5:1	High	HOBBS MUNICIPAL SCHOOLS	2,312
4	Organ Mountain High School LAS CRUCES	19:1	High	LAS CRUCES PUBLIC SCHOOLS	2,128
5	Volcano Vista High ALBUQUERQUE	17.7:1	High	ALBUQUERQUE PUBLIC SCHOOLS	2,089
6	Atrisco Heritage Academy Hs ALBUQUERQUE	16.5:1	High	ALBUQUERQUE PUBLIC SCHOOLS	1,930
7	La Cueva High ALBUQUERQUE	19.1:1	High	ALBUQUERQUE PUBLIC SCHOOLS	1,826
8	Farmington High FARMINGTON	17.9:1	High	FARMINGTON MUNICIPAL SCHOOLS	1,747
9	Centennial High School LAS CRUCES	17.6:1	High	LAS CRUCES PUBLIC SCHOOLS	1,713
10	Las Cruces High LAS CRUCES	18.2:1	High	LAS CRUCES PUBLIC SCHOOLS	1,703
11	Carlsbad High CARLSBAD	21.8:1	High	CARLSBAD MUNICIPAL SCHOOLS	1,685
12	Sandia High ALBUQUERQUE	17.3:1	High	ALBUQUERQUE PUBLIC SCHOOLS	1,618
13	Eldorado High ALBUQUERQUE	16.4:1	Other	ALBUQUERQUE PUBLIC SCHOOLS	1,579
14	Pecos Cyber Academy EDGEWOOD	18.5:1	Other	PECOS CYBER ACADEMY	1,569
15	Albuquerque High ALBUQUERQUE	16.5:1	High	ALBUQUERQUE PUBLIC SCHOOLS	1,568
16	West Mesa High ALBUQUERQUE	15.5:1	High	ALBUQUERQUE PUBLIC SCHOOLS	1,565
17	Cibola High ALBUQUERQUE	17.4:1	High	ALBUQUERQUE PUBLIC SCHOOLS	1,517
18	Piedra Vista High FARMINGTON	19:1	High	FARMINGTON MUNICIPAL SCHOOLS	1,511
19	Clovis High CLOVIS	19.3:1	High	CLOVIS MUNICIPAL SCHOOLS	1,506
20	Santa Fe High SANTA FE	17.8:1	High	SANTA FE PUBLIC SCHOOLS	1,491
21	New Mexico Connections Academy SANTA FE	21.6:1	Other	NEW MEXICO CONNECTIONS ACADEMY	1,487
22	Rio Grande High ALBUQUERQUE	15.2:1	High	ALBUQUERQUE PUBLIC SCHOOLS	1,475
23	Los Lunas High LOS LUNAS	20.9:1	High	LOS LUNAS PUBLIC SCHOOLS	1,460
24	Alamogordo High ALAMOGORDO	18.8:1	High	ALAMOGORDO PUBLIC SCHOOLS	1,440
25	Roswell High ROSWELL	18:1	High	ROSWELL INDEPENDENT SCHOOLS	1,437
26	Explore Academy ALBUQUERQUE	12.9:1	Other	EXPLORE ACADEMY	1,413
27	Capital High SANTA FE	17.3:1	High	SANTA FE PUBLIC SCHOOLS	1,388
28	Mayfield High LAS CRUCES	17.3:1	High	LAS CRUCES PUBLIC SCHOOLS	1,327
29	Gallup Central Alternative GALLUP	10.9:1	Other	GALLUP-MCKINLEY CTY SCHOOLS	1,244
30	Miyamura High School GALLUP	26.3:1	High	GALLUP-MCKINLEY CTY SCHOOLS	1,237
31	Gadsden High ANTHONY	17.2:1	High	GADSDEN INDEPENDENT SCHOOLS	1,219
32	Mission Achievement and Success 1.0 ALBUQUERQUE	11.6:1	Other	MISSION ACHIEVEMENT AND SUCCESS	1,193
33	Los Alamos High LOS ALAMOS	14.6:1	High	LOS ALAMOS PUBLIC SCHOOLS	1,181
34	Deming High DEMING	14.1:1	High	DEMING PUBLIC SCHOOLS	1,174
35	Manzano High ALBUQUERQUE	15.3:1	Other	ALBUQUERQUE PUBLIC SCHOOLS	1,157
36	Santa Teresa High SANTA TERESA	17.4:1	High	GADSDEN INDEPENDENT SCHOOLS	1,154
37	Highland High ALBUQUERQUE	14.8:1	High	ALBUQUERQUE PUBLIC SCHOOLS	1,144
38	Goddard High ROSWELL	19.3:1	High	ROSWELL INDEPENDENT SCHOOLS	1,096
39	Del Norte High ALBUQUERQUE	16.5:1	High	ALBUQUERQUE PUBLIC SCHOOLS	1,079
40	Chaparral High ANTHONY	17.5:1	High	GADSDEN INDEPENDENT SCHOOLS	1,067
41	Mission Achievement and Success 2.0 ALBUQUERQUE	12.2:1	Other	MISSION ACHIEVEMENT AND SUCCESS	1,040
42	Rio Rancho Middle School RIO RANCHO	16.3:1	Middle	RIO RANCHO PUBLIC SCHOOLS	1,024
43	Abq School of Excellence ALBUQUERQUE	18.2:1	Other	ABQ SCHOOL OF EXCELLENCE	1,005
44	George I Sanchez ALBUQUERQUE	15.9:1	Other	ALBUQUERQUE PUBLIC SCHOOLS	997
45	Ecademy ALBUQUERQUE	25.1:1	Other	ALBUQUERQUE PUBLIC SCHOOLS	973
46	Valley High ALBUQUERQUE	16.2:1	High	ALBUQUERQUE PUBLIC SCHOOLS	962
47	Valencia High LOS LUNAS	18.9:1	High	LOS LUNAS PUBLIC SCHOOLS	960
48	Belen High BELEN	21:1	High	BELEN CONSOLIDATED SCHOOLS	958
49	Camino Real Middle LAS CRUCES	17.9:1	Middle	LAS CRUCES PUBLIC SCHOOLS	933
50	Mountain View Middle RIO RANCHO	17.7:1	Middle	RIO RANCHO PUBLIC SCHOOLS	931

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Methodology

Enrollment data comes from the NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 school year. Schools are ranked by total student enrollment. Student-teacher ratios are calculated from full-time equivalent (FTE) teacher counts reported by each school.

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