Best High Schools in New Mexico (2025-26)
Ranked high schools
112
Listed, not ranked
102
Every ranked high school in New Mexico, ordered by SchoolGrade. A grade rewards actual test performance against the projection for each school's student context, so a B in a high-poverty school can outrank an A- elsewhere on impact. Click a column heading to sort, or filter by school, city or district.
New Mexico rankings: High Schools · Middle Schools · Elementary Schools
New Mexico high schools ranked
| Rank | Grade | School | City | District | Actual | Projected | Impact | Students |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | A+ | Eldorado High (K-12) | Albuquerque | Albuquerque | 78% | 50% | Greatly Exceeds Expectations | 1,622 |
| #2 | A | La Cueva High | Albuquerque | Albuquerque | 79% | 53% | Greatly Exceeds Expectations | 1,816 |
| #3 | A | East Mountain High School (Charter) | Sandia Park | Albuquerque | 78% | 45% | Greatly Exceeds Expectations | 376 |
| #4 | A | Carlsbad Early College High | Carlsbad | Carlsbad | 75% | 45% | Greatly Exceeds Expectations | 181 |
| #5 | A | College And Career High School | Albuquerque | Albuquerque | 75% | 41% | Greatly Exceeds Expectations | 260 |
| #6 | A | Early College Academy | Albuquerque | Albuquerque | 75% | 46% | Greatly Exceeds Expectations | 217 |
| #7 | A | Early College High School | Roswell | Roswell | 75% | 62% | Greatly Exceeds Expectations | 177 |
| #8 | A | Fort Sumner High | Fort Sumner | Fort Sumner | 75% | 29% | Greatly Exceeds Expectations | 75 |
| #9 | A | Mandela International Magnet Mims | Santa Fe | Santa Fe | 75% | 56% | Greatly Exceeds Expectations | 293 |
| #10 | A | Nex Gen Academy | Albuquerque | Albuquerque | 75% | 59% | Greatly Exceeds Expectations | 237 |
| #11 | A | Rio Rancho Cyber Academy | Rio Rancho | Rio Rancho | 75% | 46% | Greatly Exceeds Expectations | 205 |
| #12 | A | Roy High | Roy | ROY | 75% | 46% | Greatly Exceeds Expectations | 33 |
| #13 | A | San Juan College High School | Farmington | Farmington | 75% | 75% | Meets Expectations | 284 |
| #14 | A | Sandia High | Albuquerque | Albuquerque | 75% | 44% | Greatly Exceeds Expectations | 1,728 |
| #15 | A | Sw Aeronautics Mathematics And Science Academy (Charter) | Albuquerque | Sw Aeronautics Mathematics And Science Academy | 75% | 41% | Greatly Exceeds Expectations | 278 |
| #16 | A | Los Alamos High (K-12) | Los Alamos | Los Alamos | 70% | 64% | Exceeds Expectations | 860 |
| #17 | A | Estancia Valley Classical Academy (Charter, K-12) | Edgewood | Estancia Valley Classical Academy | 61% | 39% | Greatly Exceeds Expectations | 626 |
| #18 | A- | Des Moines High | Des Moines | Des Moines | 65% | 50% | Greatly Exceeds Expectations | 51 |
| #19 | A- | Dora High | Dora | Dora | 65% | 46% | Greatly Exceeds Expectations | 98 |
| #20 | A- | Farmington High | Farmington | Farmington | 65% | 33% | Greatly Exceeds Expectations | 1,824 |
| #21 | A- | Albuquerque High | Albuquerque | Albuquerque | 63% | 36% | Greatly Exceeds Expectations | 1,714 |
| #22 | A- | Rio Rancho High | Rio Rancho | Rio Rancho | 63% | 54% | Greatly Exceeds Expectations | 2,573 |
| #23 | A- | Nm School For The Arts (Charter) | Santa Fe | Nm School For the Arts | 60% | 47% | Greatly Exceeds Expectations | 329 |
| #24 | A- | The Ask Academy (Charter) | Rio Rancho | the Ask Academy | 60% | 43% | Greatly Exceeds Expectations | 625 |
| #25 | A- | Volcano Vista High | Albuquerque | Albuquerque | 60% | 36% | Greatly Exceeds Expectations | 2,216 |
| #26 | A- | Abq School Of Excellence (Charter, K-12) | Albuquerque | Abq School of Excellence | 50% | 40% | Greatly Exceeds Expectations | 910 |
| #27 | A- | The International School At Mesa Del Sol (Charter, K-12) | Albuquerque | Albuquerque | 50% | 23% | Greatly Exceeds Expectations | 334 |
| #28 | B+ | Cleveland High School | Rio Rancho | Rio Rancho | 58% | 49% | Greatly Exceeds Expectations | 2,631 |
| #29 | B+ | Santa Fe High | Santa Fe | Santa Fe | 58% | 33% | Greatly Exceeds Expectations | 1,599 |
| #30 | B+ | Artesia High (K-12) | Artesia | Artesia | 55% | 45% | Greatly Exceeds Expectations | 766 |
| #31 | B+ | Centennial High School | Las Cruces | Las Cruces | 55% | 48% | Exceeds Expectations | 1,615 |
| #32 | B+ | Ruidoso High | Ruidoso | Ruidoso | 55% | 48% | Exceeds Expectations | 532 |
| #33 | B+ | Academy For Technology And Classics (Charter) | Santa Fe | Santa Fe | 53% | 47% | Exceeds Expectations | 392 |
| #34 | B+ | Cibola High | Albuquerque | Albuquerque | 53% | 36% | Greatly Exceeds Expectations | 1,762 |
| #35 | B+ | Manzano High (K-12) | Albuquerque | Albuquerque | 48% | 28% | Greatly Exceeds Expectations | 1,365 |
| #36 | B+ | Ecademy (K-12) | Albuquerque | Albuquerque | 43% | 33% | Greatly Exceeds Expectations | 952 |
| #37 | B | Alma Darte Charter (Charter) | Las Cruces | Alma D'arte Charter | 50% | 28% | Greatly Exceeds Expectations | 121 |
| #38 | B | Atrisco Heritage Academy HS | Albuquerque | Albuquerque | 50% | 27% | Greatly Exceeds Expectations | 2,114 |
| #39 | B | Cliff High | Cliff | Silver City | 50% | 41% | Greatly Exceeds Expectations | 105 |
| #40 | B | Logan High | Logan | Logan | 50% | 37% | Greatly Exceeds Expectations | 84 |
| #41 | B | Miyamura High School | Gallup | Gallup | 50% | 40% | Greatly Exceeds Expectations | 1,393 |
| #42 | B | Moreno Valley High (Charter) | Angel Fire | Cimarron | 50% | 34% | Greatly Exceeds Expectations | 52 |
| #43 | B | Pojoaque High | Santa Fe | Pojoaque | 50% | 28% | Greatly Exceeds Expectations | 636 |
| #44 | B | Quemado High | Quemado | Quemado | 50% | 33% | Greatly Exceeds Expectations | 71 |
| #45 | B | Raton High | Raton | Raton | 50% | 37% | Greatly Exceeds Expectations | 359 |
| #46 | B | Siembra Leadership High School (Charter) | Albuquerque | Albuquerque | 50% | 22% | Greatly Exceeds Expectations | 283 |
| #47 | B | Southwest Secondary Learning Center (Charter) | Albuquerque | Southwest Secondary Learning Center | 50% | 41% | Greatly Exceeds Expectations | 147 |
| #48 | B | Valley High | Albuquerque | Albuquerque | 50% | 26% | Greatly Exceeds Expectations | 1,039 |
| #49 | B | Public Academy For Performing Arts (Charter) | Albuquerque | Albuquerque | 48% | 36% | Greatly Exceeds Expectations | 434 |
| #50 | B- | Early College High School | Deming | Deming | 45% | 25% | Greatly Exceeds Expectations | 165 |
| #51 | B- | Las Cruces High | Las Cruces | Las Cruces | 45% | 34% | Greatly Exceeds Expectations | 1,787 |
| #52 | B- | Lovington High (K-12) | Lovington | Lovington | 45% | 41% | Exceeds Expectations | 737 |
| #53 | B- | Organ Mountain High School | Las Cruces | Las Cruces | 45% | 39% | Exceeds Expectations | 1,980 |
| #54 | B- | Socorro High | Socorro | Socorro | 45% | 37% | Greatly Exceeds Expectations | 450 |
| #55 | B- | Alamogordo High | Alamogordo | Alamogordo | 43% | 36% | Exceeds Expectations | 1,579 |
| #56 | B- | Alta Vista Early College High School | Anthony | Gadsden | 41% | 45% | Doesn't Meet Expectations | 201 |
| #57 | B- | Cloudcroft High | Cloudcroft | Cloudcroft | 41% | 38% | Exceeds Expectations | 113 |
| #58 | B- | Highland High | Albuquerque | Albuquerque | 41% | 26% | Greatly Exceeds Expectations | 1,152 |
| #59 | B- | Robertson High | Las Vegas | Las Vegas City | 41% | 31% | Greatly Exceeds Expectations | 402 |
| #60 | B- | School Of Dreams Academy (Charter, K-12) | Los Lunas | School of Dreams Academy | 31% | 25% | Exceeds Expectations | 606 |
| #61 | C+ | Clovis High | Clovis | Clovis | 40% | 36% | Exceeds Expectations | 1,544 |
| #62 | C+ | Goddard High | Roswell | Roswell | 40% | 38% | Exceeds Expectations | 1,155 |
| #63 | C+ | Los Lunas High | Los Lunas | Los Lunas | 40% | 38% | Exceeds Expectations | 1,486 |
| #64 | C+ | Piedra Vista High | Farmington | Farmington | 38% | 31% | Exceeds Expectations | 1,578 |
| #65 | C+ | Hobbs High | Hobbs | Hobbs | 35% | 30% | Exceeds Expectations | 2,216 |
| #66 | C+ | Mayfield High | Las Cruces | Las Cruces | 35% | 33% | Exceeds Expectations | 1,421 |
| #67 | C+ | Taos High | Taos | Taos | 35% | 30% | Exceeds Expectations | 758 |
| #68 | C+ | Jefferson Montessori (Charter, K-12) | Carlsbad | Carlsbad | 30% | 27% | Exceeds Expectations | 254 |
| #69 | C | Santa Teresa High | Santa Teresa | Gadsden | 33% | 26% | Exceeds Expectations | 1,198 |
| #70 | C | Belen High | Belen | Belen | 31% | 31% | Meets Expectations | 1,027 |
| #71 | C | Bloomfield High | Bloomfield | Bloomfield | 31% | 30% | Meets Expectations | 777 |
| #72 | C | Capitan High | Capitan | Capitan | 31% | 33% | Meets Expectations | 142 |
| #73 | C | Monte Del Sol Charter (Charter) | Santa Fe | Monte Del Sol Charter | 31% | 27% | Exceeds Expectations | 369 |
| #74 | C | Pecos High | Pecos | Pecos | 31% | 30% | Meets Expectations | 183 |
| #75 | C | Penasco High | Penasco | Penasco | 31% | 33% | Meets Expectations | 76 |
| #76 | C | Reserve High | Reserve | Reserve | 31% | 32% | Meets Expectations | 45 |
| #77 | C | West Mesa High | Albuquerque | Albuquerque | 31% | 27% | Exceeds Expectations | 1,799 |
| #78 | C- | Aztec High | Aztec | Aztec | 30% | 29% | Meets Expectations | 682 |
| #79 | C- | Capital High | Santa Fe | Santa Fe | 28% | 29% | Meets Expectations | 1,398 |
| #80 | C- | Gadsden High | Anthony | Gadsden | 28% | 24% | Exceeds Expectations | 1,322 |
| #81 | C- | Portales High | Portales | Portales | 28% | 25% | Exceeds Expectations | 807 |
| #82 | C- | Tucumcari High | Tucumcari | Tucumcari | 26% | 25% | Meets Expectations | 243 |
| #83 | C- | Valencia High | Los Lunas | Los Lunas | 26% | 31% | Doesn't Meet Expectations | 887 |
| #84 | D+ | Chaparral High | Anthony | Gadsden | 25% | 24% | Meets Expectations | 1,067 |
| #85 | D+ | Cimarron High | Cimarron | Cimarron | 25% | 28% | Meets Expectations | 72 |
| #86 | D+ | Elida High | Elida | Elida | 25% | 29% | Doesn't Meet Expectations | 87 |
| #87 | D+ | Grady High | Grady | Grady | 25% | 28% | Meets Expectations | 45 |
| #88 | D+ | Hondo High | Hondo | Hondo Valley | 25% | 24% | Meets Expectations | 62 |
| #89 | D+ | Kirtland Central High | Kirtland | Central | 25% | 25% | Meets Expectations | 713 |
| #90 | D+ | Lake Arthur High | Lake Arthur | Lake Arthur | 25% | 25% | Meets Expectations | 40 |
| #91 | D+ | Lordsburg High | Lordsburg | Lordsburg | 25% | 23% | Exceeds Expectations | 134 |
| #92 | D+ | Maxwell High | Maxwell | Maxwell | 25% | 24% | Meets Expectations | 40 |
| #93 | D+ | Melrose High | Melrose | Melrose | 25% | 34% | Doesn't Meet Expectations | 89 |
| #94 | D+ | Mosquero High | Mosquero | Mosquero | 25% | 34% | Doesn't Meet Expectations | 48 |
| #95 | D+ | Mountainair High | Mountainair | Mountainair | 25% | 26% | Meets Expectations | 69 |
| #96 | D+ | New America School (Charter) | Albuquerque | Albuquerque | 25% | 20% | Exceeds Expectations | 208 |
| #97 | D+ | Tierra Adentro (Charter) | Albuquerque | Tierra Adentro | 25% | 25% | Meets Expectations | 243 |
| #98 | D | Bernalillo High | Bernalillo | Bernalillo | 21% | 22% | Meets Expectations | 806 |
| #99 | D | Roswell High | Roswell | Roswell | 21% | 27% | Doesn't Meet Expectations | 1,438 |
| #100 | D | Espanola Valley High | Espanola | Espanola | 18% | 21% | Meets Expectations | 869 |
| #101 | D- | Animas 7 12 School | Animas | Animas | 16% | 32% | Underperforms Expectations | 70 |
| #102 | D- | Clayton High | Clayton | Clayton | 16% | 29% | Underperforms Expectations | 131 |
| #103 | D- | Eunice High | Eunice | Eunice | 16% | 22% | Doesn't Meet Expectations | 219 |
| #104 | D- | Jal High | Jal | JAL | 16% | 22% | Doesn't Meet Expectations | 147 |
| #105 | D- | Mora High | Mora | Mora | 16% | 20% | Doesn't Meet Expectations | 125 |
| #106 | D- | South Valley Academy (Charter) | Albuquerque | Albuquerque | 16% | 22% | Doesn't Meet Expectations | 606 |
| #107 | D- | Tatum High | Tatum | Tatum | 16% | 38% | Underperforms Expectations | 116 |
| #108 | D- | Tularosa High | Tularosa | Tularosa | 16% | 18% | Meets Expectations | 272 |
| #109 | D- | Rio Grande High | Albuquerque | Albuquerque | 13% | 17% | Doesn't Meet Expectations | 1,532 |
| #110 | F | La Academia De Esperanza (Charter) | Albuquerque | Albuquerque | 10% | 21% | Doesn't Meet Expectations | 233 |
| #111 | F | Newcomb High | Newcomb | Central | 10% | 20% | Doesn't Meet Expectations | 266 |
| #112 | F | Shiprock High | Shiprock | Central | 10% | 15% | Doesn't Meet Expectations | 582 |
How New Mexico's high schools compare
A: 27B: 33C: 23D: 26F: 3
54% of the 112 ranked high schools in New Mexico earn an A or B (27 A grades, 33 B, 23 C, 26 D, 3 F), against 48% of high schools nationwide. 95 schools meet or beat the proficiency projected from their student context (85% here, 75% nationally), and 73 exceed it. On average 43% of tested students meet the state bar against a projected 34% (national averages: 42% actual, 40% projected).
The biggest overperformers, by actual proficiency above projection: Fort Sumner High (75% against 29%, A), College And Career High School (75% against 41%, A), Sw Aeronautics Mathematics And Science Academy (75% against 41%, A), East Mountain High School (78% against 45%, A), Farmington High (65% against 33%, A-).
Districts with the most schools in the top quarter (the top 28): Albuquerque (10), Rio Rancho (3), Farmington (2).
Cities with the most ranked high schools: Albuquerque (26, 20 at A or B), Santa Fe (7, 5 at A or B), Las Cruces (5, 4 at A or B), Rio Rancho (4, 4 at A or B), Roswell (3, 1 at A or B).
The largest ranked high schools: Cleveland High School (2,631 students, B+, #28), Rio Rancho High (2,573 students, A-, #22), Volcano Vista High (2,216 students, A-, #25).
Of the top 25, 0 are magnet schools and 5 are charters. Selective and specialised schools tend to post high actual scores; the projection column is the fairer comparison for a neighborhood school.
High schools in New Mexico that are not ranked
102 graded high schools are listed here rather than ranked, each for the reason given. Every one has its own page with its full SchoolGrade report.
Special-purpose schools (2)
Alternative, special-education and vocational schools serve a different mission and a different student body, so they are graded but not ranked against regular schools.
- D+ Rocinante High, Farmington
- D+ Vista Nueva High, Aztec
Very small schools (1)
Schools with fewer than 30 students have grades that swing on a handful of test results.
- B Corona High, Corona
Not yet graded (99)
Too little test data to grade.
- Abq Charter Academy, Albuquerque
- Abq Sign Language Academy, Albuquerque
- Ace Leadership High School, Albuquerque
- Albuquerque Talent Development Charter, Albuquerque
- Aldo Leopold Charter, Silver City
- Amy Biehl Charter High School, Albuquerque
- Belen Infinity High, Belen
- Career Prep Alternative, Shiprock
- Carlsbad Enrichment Center, Carlsbad
- Carlsbad High, Carlsbad
- Carrizozo High, Carrizozo
- Century Alt High, Los Lunas
- Cesar Chavez Community School, Albuquerque
- Charlie Y Brown Alt, Bloomfield
- Cms Iacademy At Lincoln Jackson, Clovis
- Cobre High, Bayard
- Continuation School, Albuquerque
- Coronado High, Gallina
- Corrales International, Albuquerque
- Crownpoint High, Crownpoint
- Cuba High, Cuba
- Del Norte High, Albuquerque
- Deming Cesar Chavez, Deming
- Deming High, Deming
- Desert Pride Academy, Anthony
- Desert Sage Academy, Santa Fe
- Dexter High, Dexter
- Digital Arts And Technology Academy, Albuquerque
- Dulce High, Dulce
- Dzit Dit Lool School Of Empowerment Action And Perseverance, Navajo
- Early College Opportunities, Santa Fe
- El Camino Real Academy, Albuquerque
- Escalante Middlehigh School, Tierra Amarilla
- Estancia High, Estancia
- Explore Academy, Albuquerque
- Floyd High, Floyd
- Freedom High, Albuquerque
- Gallup Central Alternative, Gallup
- Gallup High, Gallup
- Gccs Early College High School, Grants
- Gilbert L Sena Charter HS, Albuquerque
- Gordon Bernell Charter, Albuquerque
- Grants High, Grants
- Hagerman High, Hagerman
- Hatch Valley High, Hatch
- Health Leadership High School, Albuquerque
- Highland Autism Center, Albuquerque
- Hot Springs High, T Or C
- House High, House
- Independence High School, Rio Rancho
- Jemez Valley High, Jemez Pueblo
- Laguna Acoma High, Casa Blanca
- Las Montanas Charter, Las Cruces
- Los Lunas Family School, Los Lunas
- Los Puentes Charter, Albuquerque
- Loving High, Loving
- Magdalena High, Magdalena
- Mark Armijo Academy, Albuquerque
- Mccurdy Charter School, Espanola
- Mesa Vista High, Ojo Caliente
- Middle College High School Charter Gallup, Gallup
- Mimbres Valley High School, Deming
- Mission Achievement And Success 10, Albuquerque
- Moriarty High, Moriarty
- Native American Community Academy, Albuquerque
- Navajo Pine High, Navajo
- New America School Las Cruces, Las Cruces
- New Futures High School, Albuquerque
- New Hope Alternative High, Lovington
- Nm School For The Blind And Visually Impaired, Alamogordo
- Nm School For The Deaf, Santa Fe
- Questa High, Questa
- Ramah High, Ramah
- Rio Grande Preparatory Institute, Mesilla
- Robert F Kennedy Charter, Albuquerque
- San Jon High, San Jon
- Santa Rosa High, Santa Rosa
- School On Wheels High School, Albuquerque
- Silver High, Silver City
- Six Directions Indigenous School, Gallup
- Springer High, Springer
- Taos Cyber Magnet, Taos
- Technology Leadership High School, Albuquerque
- Texico High, Texico
- The Great Academy, Albuquerque
- The Masters Program, Santa Fe
- Thoreau High, Thoreau
- Tierra Encantada Charter School, Santa Fe
- Tohatchi High, Tohatchi
- Tse Yi Gai High, Pueblo Pintado
- Twin Buttes Cyber Academy, Zuni
- University High, Roswell
- Ute Lake Online Learning Center, Logan
- Vaughn High, Vaughn
- Wagon Mound High, Wagon Mound
- Walatowa Charter High, Jemez Pueblo
- West Las Vegas High School, Las Vegas
- Wlv Family Partnership, Las Vegas
- Zuni High, Zuni
About this ranking
- Scope: every public high school in New Mexico.
- Order: SchoolGrade, then actual proficiency, then name; schools with the same grade and score share a rank.
- Ranked: regular public schools that NCES lists as open, not fully online, with at least 30 students. Others are listed with the reason.
- Tags: Magnet and Charter from the NCES school directory; K-12 marks schools serving every grade that are ranked with the high schools.
- Grades are the 2025-26 SchoolGrade model. How SchoolGrade works
Questions about high schools in New Mexico
What is the best high school in New Mexico?
Eldorado High in Albuquerque ranks first among the 112 ranked high schools in New Mexico with a SchoolGrade of A+, 78% of tested students meeting the state bar against a projected 50%.
How are high schools in New Mexico ranked?
By SchoolGrade, the 2025-26 model that scores each school's actual test proficiency against the level projected for its student context, then by actual proficiency to break ties. Regular public schools that are open, not fully online and have at least 30 students are ranked; the rest are listed below the table with the reason.
How many high schools does New Mexico have?
SchoolGrade grades 214 public high schools in New Mexico; 112 are ranked here and 102 are listed as not ranked.