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State overview

New Mexico

89 regular public school districts · 289,851 students

Estimated academic standing30th percentile15 percentile points below a typical state
Chronically absent44.2%17.6 points above a typical state
Spending per student$15,6936% above a typical state
Students per counselor336:110.5 students below a typical state

Academic standing

30th percentile

Estimate from 73 districts and 236,189 assessments

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What stands out

Chronic absence is higher than in a typical state.

44.2% of students were chronically absent in the latest comparable data. Spending was 6% above a typical state. Open a local profile below to see how much results vary within New Mexico.

Multi-year state tests

78 district trends available

Comparable official results are available for 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025. Open a district profile to see math, reading and science trends where the state reported them.

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Public school districts in New Mexico

The list includes regular public school districts and excludes charter, service and other education agencies. It is ranked by the selected topic when a comparable measure exists.

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Texico Municipal SchoolsTexico · NCES 350258074th percentileacademic standing · 2025Los Alamos Public SchoolsLos Alamos · NCES 350165070th percentileacademic standing · 2025Dora Municipal SchoolsDora · NCES 350079055th percentileacademic standing · 2025Cloudcroft Municipal SchoolsCloudcroft · NCES 350054051st percentileacademic standing · 2025Melrose Public SchoolsMelrose · NCES 350183050th percentileacademic standing · 2025Grady Municipal SchoolsGrady · NCES 350114050th percentileacademic standing · 2025Tatum Municipal SchoolsTatum · NCES 350255049th percentileacademic standing · 2025Logan Municipal SchoolsLogan · NCES 350159045th percentileacademic standing · 2025Rio Rancho Public SchoolsRio Rancho · NCES 350001042nd percentileacademic standing · 2025Clayton Municipal SchoolsClayton · NCES 350051042nd percentileacademic standing · 2025Fort Sumner Municipal SchoolsFort Sumner · NCES 350105042nd percentileacademic standing · 2025Capitan Municipal SchoolsCapitan · NCES 350027041st percentileacademic standing · 2025Quemado Independent SchoolsDatil · NCES 350213041st percentileacademic standing · 2025Artesia Public SchoolsArtesia · NCES 350012040th percentileacademic standing · 2025Santa Rosa Consolidated SchoolsAnton Chico · NCES 350240040th percentileacademic standing · 2025Ruidoso Municipal SchoolsRuidoso · NCES 350231037th percentileacademic standing · 2025Floyd Municipal SchoolsFloyd · NCES 350102037th percentileacademic standing · 2025Alamogordo Public SchoolsAlamogordo · NCES 350003036th percentileacademic standing · 2025Estancia Municipal SchoolsEstancia · NCES 350093034th percentileacademic standing · 2025Mesa Vista Consolidated SchoolsEl Rito · NCES 350198034th percentileacademic standing · 2025Silver Consolidated SchoolsCliff · NCES 350243033rd percentileacademic standing · 2025Loving Municipal SchoolsLoving · NCES 350171033rd percentileacademic standing · 2025Cimarron Municipal SchoolsCimarron · NCES 350048033rd percentileacademic standing · 2025Cobre Consolidated SchoolsBayard · NCES 350060032nd percentileacademic standing · 2025Moriarty-Edgewood School DistrictMoriarty · NCES 350189032nd percentileacademic standing · 2025Raton Public SchoolsRaton · NCES 350219032nd percentileacademic standing · 2025Carlsbad Municipal SchoolsCarlsbad · NCES 350030031st percentileacademic standing · 2025Portales Municipal SchoolsPortales · NCES 350210031st percentileacademic standing · 2025Socorro Consolidated SchoolsSocorro · NCES 350246031st percentileacademic standing · 2025Belen Consolidated SchoolsBelen · NCES 350018031st percentileacademic standing · 2025Taos Municipal SchoolsEl Prado · NCES 350252031st percentileacademic standing · 2025Las Cruces Public SchoolsLas Cruces · NCES 350150031st percentileacademic standing · 2025Los Lunas Public SchoolsLos Lunas · NCES 350168031st percentileacademic standing · 2025Clovis Municipal SchoolsClovis · NCES 350057031st percentileacademic standing · 2025Bloomfield SchoolsBloomfield · NCES 350024030th percentileacademic standing · 2025Gadsden Independent SchoolsAnthony · NCES 350108030th percentileacademic standing · 2025Mountainair Public SchoolsMountainair · NCES 350195029th percentileacademic standing · 2024Jal Public SchoolsJal · NCES 350135029th percentileacademic standing · 2025Hagerman Municipal SchoolsHagerman · NCES 350120029th percentileacademic standing · 2025Albuquerque Public SchoolsTijeras · NCES 350006028th percentileacademic standing · 2025Farmington Municipal SchoolsFarmington · NCES 350099028th percentileacademic standing · 2025Hobbs Municipal SchoolsHobbs · NCES 350126028th percentileacademic standing · 2025Tucumcari Public SchoolsTucumcari · NCES 350264028th percentileacademic standing · 2025Roswell Independent SchoolsRoswell · NCES 350225027th percentileacademic standing · 2025Aztec Municipal SchoolsAztec · NCES 350015027th percentileacademic standing · 2025Penasco Independent SchoolsPenasco · NCES 350204027th percentileacademic standing · 2025Hatch Valley Public SchoolsGarfield · NCES 350123027th percentileacademic standing · 2025Santa Fe Public SchoolsSanta Fe · NCES 350237026th percentileacademic standing · 2025Grants-Cibola County SchoolsBluewater · NCES 350117026th percentileacademic standing · 2025Las Vegas City Public SchoolsLas Vegas · NCES 350153026th percentileacademic standing · 2025Pojoaque Valley Public SchoolsSanta Fe · NCES 350207025th percentileacademic standing · 2025Eunice Municipal SchoolsEunice · NCES 350096025th percentileacademic standing · 2025Magdalena Municipal SchoolsMagdalena · NCES 350177025th percentileacademic standing · 2025Lovington Municipal SchoolsLovington · NCES 350174025th percentileacademic standing · 2025Dexter Consolidated SchoolsDexter · NCES 350075024th percentileacademic standing · 2025Lordsburg Municipal SchoolsLordsburg · NCES 350162024th percentileacademic standing · 2025Tularosa Municipal SchoolsTularosa · NCES 350267024th percentileacademic standing · 2025Zuni Public SchoolsZuni · NCES 350280023rd percentileacademic standing · 2025Gallup-McKinley Cty SchoolsChurch Rock · NCES 350111022nd percentileacademic standing · 2025Deming Public SchoolsDeming · NCES 350069021st percentileacademic standing · 2025Bernalillo Public SchoolsAlgodones · NCES 350021021st percentileacademic standing · 2025Central Consolidated SchoolsShiprock · NCES 350039021st percentileacademic standing · 2025Mora Independent SchoolsMora · NCES 350186020th percentileacademic standing · 2025T or C Municipal SchoolsArrey · NCES 350261019th percentileacademic standing · 2025Jemez Valley Public SchoolsJemez Pueblo · NCES 350141019th percentileacademic standing · 2025West Las Vegas Public SchoolsLas Vegas · NCES 350156018th percentileacademic standing · 2025Pecos Independent SchoolsPecos · NCES 350201018th percentileacademic standing · 2025Espanola Public SchoolsAbiquiu · NCES 350090018th percentileacademic standing · 2025Questa Independent SchoolsQuesta · NCES 350216016th percentileacademic standing · 2025Chama Valley Independent SchoolsChama · NCES 350042015th percentileacademic standing · 2025Cuba Independent SchoolsCuba · NCES 350066014th percentileacademic standing · 2025Dulce Independent SchoolsDulce · NCES 350081011th percentileacademic standing · 2025Jemez Mountain Public SchoolsGallina · NCES 35013808th percentileacademic standing · 2025Carrizozo Municipal SchoolsCarrizozo · NCES 3500330169students · 2023–24Animas Public SchoolsAnimas · NCES 3500090162students · 2023–24Elida Municipal SchoolsElida · NCES 3500840147students · 2023–24Lake Arthur Municipal SchoolsLake Arthur · NCES 3501470139students · 2023–24Des Moines Municipal SchoolsDes Moines · NCES 3500720137students · 2023–24Hondo Valley Public SchoolsHondo · NCES 3501290126students · 2023–24San Jon Municipal SchoolsSan Jon · NCES 3502340123students · 2023–24Springer Municipal SchoolsSpringer · NCES 3502490113students · 2023–24Maxwell Municipal SchoolsMaxwell · NCES 3501800104students · 2023–24Mosquero Municipal SchoolsMosquero · NCES 350192096students · 2023–24Reserve Public SchoolsReserve · NCES 350222095students · 2023–24Corona Municipal SchoolsCorona · NCES 350063080students · 2023–24Roy Municipal SchoolsRoy · NCES 350228075students · 2023–24Wagon Mound Public SchoolsWagon Mound · NCES 350273070students · 2023–24House Municipal SchoolsHouse · NCES 350132050students · 2023–24Vaughn Municipal SchoolsVaughn · NCES 350000146students · 2023–24