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Silver City Schools
Silver City is a public school district in New Mexico, based in Grant County (Silver City). SchoolGrade grades 9 of its schools on actual versus projected test scores; every school below has its own page.
Silver City 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 Silver City
7 of 9 schools in Silver City carry a SchoolGrade (2 have no school-level proficiency results in our source data). Grade distribution:
A: 3B: 3C: 1
Best schools in Silver City
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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 Jose Barrios Elementary (Elementary school, greatly exceeds expectations)
- A- Cliff High (High school, greatly exceeds expectations)
- A- Cliff Elementary (Elementary school, greatly exceeds expectations)
- B Silver High (High school, exceeds expectations)
- B La Plata Middle (Middle school, greatly exceeds expectations)
- B- Gwstout Elementary (Elementary school, exceeds expectations)
- C- Harrison Schmitt Elementary (Elementary school, doesn't meet expectations)
Every school in Silver City
High schools (2)
- A- Cliff High, Cliff
- B Silver High, Silver City
Middle and junior high schools (1)
- B La Plata Middle, Silver City
Elementary and primary schools (5)
- A- Cliff Elementary, Cliff
- B- Gwstout Elementary, Silver City
- C- Harrison Schmitt Elementary, Silver City
- A Jose Barrios Elementary, Silver City
- Sixth Street Elementary, Silver City
Other schools and academies (1)
- Silver Scholars Academy, Silver City
Where Silver City schools are
Cities and towns served (2)
- Silver City (7)
- Cliff (2)
About this district
- State: Best schools in New Mexico
- County: Grant County
- Type: regular local school district
- Setting: remote town (NCES locale of the district office)
- Enrollment: 2,251 students with 160 full-time-equivalent teachers and 284 total staff FTE (NCES CCD, 2023-24)
- NCES district ID: 3502430
- 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
- Lordsburg (4 schools, 31 mi)
- Cobre (6 schools, 32 mi)
- Deming (13 schools, 56 mi)
- Animas (3 schools, 67 mi)
- T Or C (5 schools, 83 mi)
- Las Cruces (38 schools, 99 mi)
- Hatch Valley (5 schools, 100 mi)
- Gadsden (28 schools, 107 mi)
Questions about Silver City
How many schools are in Silver City?
SchoolGrade grades 9 public schools in Silver City, across 2 cities and towns. Every one of them is listed on this page with a link to its own report.
Which cities does Silver City serve?
The largest by graded schools: Silver City, Cliff.
How good are the schools in Silver City?
Across the 7 graded schools, the average SchoolGrade is B, with 40.3% of tested students meeting the state bar against a projected 29.4%. 86% of schools meet or exceed the expectation for their student context.
How many students attend Silver City?
2,251 students were enrolled in Silver City in the 2023-24 school year, about 14.1 students per full-time teacher (NCES Common Core of Data).
Where is Silver City?
Silver City is in New Mexico, based in Grant County, with its district office in Silver City. Its boundary covers about 2,919 sq mi.