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Grants Schools
Grants is a public school district in New Mexico, based in Cibola County (Grants). SchoolGrade grades 12 of its schools on actual versus projected test scores; every school below has its own page.
Grants on the map
District boundary from the NCES EDGE composite school district file. Each marker is a graded school; click it for its grade and scores.
SchoolGrade summary for Grants
10 of 12 schools in Grants carry a SchoolGrade (2 have no school-level proficiency results in our source data). Grade distribution:
A: 1B: 2C: 3D: 4
Best schools in Grants
Statewide rankings: all 155 high schools in New Mexico · all 143 middle schools in New Mexico · all 412 elementary schools in New Mexico
The ten highest SchoolGrades in the district. Grades reward 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.
- A Bluewater Elementary (Elementary school, greatly exceeds expectations)
- B Cubero Elementary (Elementary school, exceeds expectations)
- B- Grants High (High school, exceeds expectations)
- C Milan Elementary (Elementary school, doesn't meet expectations)
- C Mount Taylor Elementary (Elementary school, doesn't meet expectations)
- C- Mesa View Elementary (Elementary school, doesn't meet expectations)
- D+ Los Alamitos Middle (Middle school, doesn't meet expectations)
- D+ San Rafael Elementary (Elementary school, doesn't meet expectations)
- D- Laguna Acoma Middle (Middle school, underperforms expectations)
- D- Laguna Acoma High (High school, underperforms expectations)
Every school in Grants
High schools (3)
- Gccs Early College High School, Grants
- B- Grants High, Grants
- D- Laguna Acoma High, Casa Blanca
Middle and junior high schools (2)
- D- Laguna Acoma Middle, Casa Blance
- D+ Los Alamitos Middle, Grants
Elementary and primary schools (7)
- A Bluewater Elementary, Bluewater
- B Cubero Elementary, Cubero
- C- Mesa View Elementary, Grants
- C Milan Elementary, Milan
- C Mount Taylor Elementary, Grants
- D+ San Rafael Elementary, San Rafael
- Seboyeta Elementary, Seboyeta
Where Grants schools are
Cities and towns served (7)
- Grants (5)
- Bluewater (1)
- Casa Blanca (1)
- Cubero (1)
- Milan (1)
- San Rafael (1)
- Seboyeta (1)
About this district
- State: Best schools in New Mexico
- County: Cibola County
- Type: regular local school district
- Setting: remote town (NCES locale of the district office)
- Enrollment: 3,240 students with 289 full-time-equivalent teachers and 458 total staff FTE (NCES CCD, 2023-24)
- NCES district ID: 3501170
- Grades are the 2025-26 SchoolGrade model: each school's actual proficiency against the level projected for its student context. How SchoolGrade works
Nearby school districts
- Quemado (3 schools, 46 mi)
- Zuni (4 schools, 47 mi)
- Gallup (30 schools, 55 mi)
- Magdalena (3 schools, 59 mi)
- Los Lunas (16 schools, 60 mi)
- Belen (10 schools, 69 mi)
- Albuquerque (172 schools, 72 mi)
- Rio Rancho (21 schools, 75 mi)
Questions about Grants
How many schools are in Grants?
SchoolGrade grades 12 public schools in Grants, across 7 cities and towns. Every one of them is listed on this page with a link to its own report.
Which cities does Grants serve?
The largest by graded schools: Grants, Bluewater, Casa Blanca, Cubero, Milan and 2 more.
How good are the schools in Grants?
Across the 10 graded schools, the average SchoolGrade is C, with 27.8% of tested students meeting the state bar against a projected 30.4%. 30% of schools meet or exceed the expectation for their student context.
How many students attend Grants?
3,240 students were enrolled in Grants in the 2023-24 school year, about 11.2 students per full-time teacher (NCES Common Core of Data).
Where is Grants?
Grants is in New Mexico, based in Cibola County, with its district office in Grants. Its boundary covers about 3,792 sq mi.