Best High Schools in New Mexico

The top 22 high schools (grades 9-12) in New Mexico, ranked by enrollment from NCES data with EDFacts proficiency rates where available. Average proficiency across this list is 59%.

#	School	City	Enrollment	Proficiency
1	Cleveland High School	Rio Rancho, NM	2,631	69%
2	Rio Rancho High	Rio Rancho, NM	2,573	56%
3	Hobbs High	Hobbs, NM	2,216	31%
4	Volcano Vista High	Albuquerque, NM	2,216	65%
5	Atrisco Heritage Academy HS	Albuquerque, NM	2,114	32%
6	Organ Mountain High School	Las Cruces, NM	1,980	48%
7	Farmington High	Farmington, NM	1,824	51%
8	La Cueva High	Albuquerque, NM	1,816	70%
9	West Mesa High	Albuquerque, NM	1,799	34%
10	Las Cruces High	Las Cruces, NM	1,787	37%
11	Explore Academy	Albuquerque, NM	1,204	66%
12	Los Alamos High	Los Alamos, NM	860	74%
13	Cottonwood Classical Prep	Albuquerque, NM	759	73%
14	Estancia Valley Classical Academy	Edgewood, NM	626	64%
15	Academy for Technology & Classics	Santa Fe, NM	392	63%
16	Albuquerque Institute of Math & Science	Albuquerque, NM	342	73%
17	Nm School for the Arts	Santa Fe, NM	329	69%
18	Mandela International Magnet (mims)	Santa Fe, NM	293	61%
19	Tierra Encantada Charter School	Santa Fe, NM	289	64%
20	Corrales International	Albuquerque, NM	241	63%
21	Nex Gen Academy	Albuquerque, NM	237	63%
22	Rio Rancho Cyber Academy	Rio Rancho, NM	205	68%

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is the best high school in New Mexico?

The largest high school in New Mexico is Cleveland High School in Rio Rancho with 2,631 students and a 69% proficiency rate. Rankings are based on NCES Common Core of Data enrollment and EDFacts proficiency results.

How many high schools are in New Mexico?

This page shows the top 22 high schools (grades 9-12) in New Mexico by enrollment. Browse the full state directory to see all schools.

What does the proficiency rate measure?

Proficiency rate is the percentage of students meeting grade-level standards on combined math and reading assessments, as reported by EDFacts. Data is district-level and applied to each school in the district.

Where does this data come from?

Enrollment and school characteristics come from the NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency rates come from EDFacts assessment results. Both are official federal datasets published by the U.S. Department of Education.

The this entity category groups every U.S. K-12 school outcomes and enrollment entity sharing this attribute. The list above is the data; the paragraphs below explain what the grouping means against the broader NCES Common Core of Data and EDFacts distribution and how to read the relative rankings within the category.

For readers using this category as a starting point, the per-entity detail pages linked from the table above carry the underlying NCES Common Core of Data and EDFacts data in full. The category-level view is the filter; the per-entity pages are the actual answer.

Sources: NCES Common Core of Data, EDFacts

Last updated: June 2026

Schools are ranked by enrollment within the state. Proficiency rates come from EDFacts assessment results, district-level figures applied to each school in the district.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data, 2026.