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Narrow the federal record to the schools that match what you care about, then open any profile for the full picture. Filters run on NCES Common Core of Data; nothing leaves your browser beyond the search itself.

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How the School Finder works

Each filter maps directly to a field in the federal record, so a search is a precise query against the NCES Common Core of Data rather than an opinion ranking. Three things are worth knowing before you read the results:

  • Student-teacher ratio is enrollment divided by full-time-equivalent teachers, a staffing- intensity measure, not a direct count of students per classroom (it includes specialists and pull-out staff). The national median runs around 15 to 16 students per teacher, so a 12:1 filter surfaces the more generously staffed end of the distribution and a 25:1 filter is closer to the typical urban high school.
  • Free-lunch share is the proportion of students whose household income qualifies them for free meals, the standard proxy for economic need that federal Title I funding tracks; the national figure is near half of all public-school students, so a 75%-plus band isolates high-need campuses.
  • School type (charter, magnet, Title I) comes straight from the federal classification, not an editorial label.

The finder searches only schools that report staff data to NCES, so closed or stub listings are excluded, and it returns the largest matching schools first. A match is a starting point rather than a verdict: these figures describe the resources a school reports, not test scores or academic outcomes. Open any profile for the full context, and see our methodology for how every field is sourced, computed, and dated.

Top 100 of many matching schools

Many schools match. Showing the 100 largest. Add a state or tighter filters to narrow the list.

School Enrollment
Cleveland High School Rio Rancho, NM 2,596
Rio Rancho High Rio Rancho, NM 2,568
Hobbs High Hobbs, NM 2,312
Organ Mountain High School Las Cruces, NM 2,128
Volcano Vista High Albuquerque, NM 2,089
Atrisco Heritage Academy Hs Albuquerque, NM 1,930
La Cueva High Albuquerque, NM 1,826
Farmington High Farmington, NM 1,747
Centennial High School Las Cruces, NM 1,713
Las Cruces High Las Cruces, NM 1,703
Carlsbad High Carlsbad, NM 1,685
Sandia High Albuquerque, NM 1,618
Eldorado High Albuquerque, NM 1,579
Pecos Cyber Academy Edgewood, NM 1,569
Albuquerque High Albuquerque, NM 1,568
West Mesa High Albuquerque, NM 1,565
Cibola High Albuquerque, NM 1,517
Piedra Vista High Farmington, NM 1,511
Clovis High Clovis, NM 1,506
Santa Fe High Santa Fe, NM 1,491
New Mexico Connections Academy Santa Fe, NM 1,487
Rio Grande High Albuquerque, NM 1,475
Los Lunas High Los Lunas, NM 1,460
Alamogordo High Alamogordo, NM 1,440
Roswell High Roswell, NM 1,437
Explore Academy Albuquerque, NM 1,413
Capital High Santa Fe, NM 1,388
Mayfield High Las Cruces, NM 1,327
Gallup Central Alternative Gallup, NM 1,244
Miyamura High School Gallup, NM 1,237
Gadsden High Anthony, NM 1,219
Mission Achievement and Success 1.0 Albuquerque, NM 1,193
Los Alamos High Los Alamos, NM 1,181
Deming High Deming, NM 1,174
Manzano High Albuquerque, NM 1,157
Santa Teresa High Santa Teresa, NM 1,154
Highland High Albuquerque, NM 1,144
Goddard High Roswell, NM 1,096
Del Norte High Albuquerque, NM 1,079
Chaparral High Anthony, NM 1,067
Mission Achievement and Success 2.0 Albuquerque, NM 1,040
Rio Rancho Middle School Rio Rancho, NM 1,024
Abq School of Excellence Albuquerque, NM 1,005
George I Sanchez Albuquerque, NM 997
Ecademy Albuquerque, NM 973
Valley High Albuquerque, NM 962
Valencia High Los Lunas, NM 960
Belen High Belen, NM 958
Camino Real Middle Las Cruces, NM 933
Mountain View Middle Rio Rancho, NM 931
Carlsbad Intermediate School - Pr Leyva Campus Carlsbad, NM 908
Espanola Valley High Espanola, NM 869
Tres Volcanes Community Collaborative School Albuquerque, NM 865
Tony Hillerman Middle School Albuquerque, NM 860
Bernalillo High Bernalillo, NM 824
Houston Middle School Hobbs, NM 822
Highland Middle School Hobbs, NM 808
Grants High Grants, NM 807
Artesia High Artesia, NM 806
Lincoln Middle Rio Rancho, NM 805
Desert Ridge Middle Albuquerque, NM 801
Ernest Stapleton Elementary Rio Rancho, NM 798
Gallup High Gallup, NM 796
Vista Grande Elementary Rio Rancho, NM 786
Hozho Academy Gallup, NM 781
Bloomfield High Bloomfield, NM 764
Cottonwood Classical Prep Albuquerque, NM 759
Portales High Portales, NM 754
Taos High Taos, NM 749
Hobbs Freshman High Hobbs, NM 747
Red Mountain Middle Deming, NM 746
Lovington High Lovington, NM 746
Kirtland Central High Kirtland, NM 743
Eisenhower Middle Albuquerque, NM 740
Carlsbad Sixth Grade Academy - Alta Vista Campus Carlsbad, NM 740
Eagle Ridge Middle Rio Rancho, NM 732
Mesa Middle Las Cruces, NM 728
Los Lunas Middle Los Lunas, NM 719
Sandia Vista Elementary Rio Rancho, NM 713
Monte Vista Elementary Las Cruces, NM 706
Highland Elementary Las Cruces, NM 704
El Camino Real Academy Community Santa Fe, NM 704
Sierra Middle Las Cruces, NM 698
Picacho Middle Las Cruces, NM 698
Tierra Antigua Elementary Albuquerque, NM 696
Aztec High Aztec, NM 696
Cottonwood Elementary Carlsbad, NM 684
Enchanted Hills Elementary Rio Rancho, NM 673
Moriarty High Moriarty, NM 671
Desert Willow Elementary Carlsbad, NM 667
Heights Middle School Farmington, NM 660
Sonoma Elementary Las Cruces, NM 660
Tibbetts Middle School Farmington, NM 652
Gadsden Middle Anthony, NM 650
John F. Kennedy Middle Gallup, NM 648
Cielo Azul Elementary Rio Rancho, NM 640
Chief Manuelito Middle Gallup, NM 634
James Monroe Middle Albuquerque, NM 630
Nina Otero Community School Santa Fe, NM 629
Turquoise Trail Charter School Santa Fe, NM 622

Source: NCES Common Core of Data Public School Universe + Civil Rights Data Collection · 2024-25