Best public high schools in New Mexico

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A class of high schoolers as viewed from the rear.
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- Location: Santa Fe Public Schools, NM
- Enrollment: 1,594 (18:1 student to teacher ratio)
- Niche grade: Grade A-
#30. Santa Fe High School
A student filling out a scantron form for a multiple choice test.
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- Location: Santa Fe, NM
- Enrollment: 314 (17:1 student to teacher ratio)
- Niche grade: Grade A-
#29. New Mexico School for the Arts
A student talking to a teacher in the hallway.
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- Location: Las Cruces Public Schools, NM
- Enrollment: 1,642 (17:1 student to teacher ratio)
- Niche grade: Grade A-
#28. Centennial High School
A student standing next to their backpack as seen from the knee down.
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- Location: Rio Rancho Public Schools, NM
- Enrollment: 2,554 (17:1 student to teacher ratio)
- Niche grade: Grade A-
#27. Rio Rancho High School
Students walking down a hallway with their backs facing the camera.
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- Location: Albuquerque Public Schools, NM
- Enrollment: 201 (201:1 student to teacher ratio)
- Niche grade: Grade A-
#26. Early College Academy
A high school student doing a chemical experiment.
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- Location: Albuquerque Public Schools, NM
- Enrollment: 2,251 (19:1 student to teacher ratio)
- Niche grade: Grade A-
#25. Volcano Vista High School
A high school student sitting at a desk writing on a piece of paper.
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- Location: Rio Rancho Public Schools, NM•
- Enrollment: 2,561 (19:1 student to teacher ratio)
- Niche grade: Grade A-
#24. Cleveland High School
A student raising their hand in class.
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- Location: Artesia Public Schools, NM
- Enrollment: 749 (15:1 student to teacher ratio)
- Niche grade: Grade A-
#23. Artesia High School
An empty school hallway lined with red lockers.
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- Location: Mission Achievement & Success, NM
- Enrollment: 1,162 (13:1 student to teacher ratio)
- Niche grade: Grade A-
#22. Mission Achievement & Success Charter School
A student solving a math equation on a whiteboard.
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- Location: Rio Rancho, NM
- Enrollment: 564 (14:1 student to teacher ratio)
- Niche grade: Grade A-
#21. The Ask Academy
A row of empty desks with notebooks and pencils on them.
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- Location: Texico Municipal Schools, NM
- Enrollment: 166 (13:1 student to teacher ratio)
- Niche grade: Grade A-
#20. Texico High School
A hallway lined with green lockers.
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- Location: Albuquerque Public Schools, NM
- Enrollment: 434 (15:1 student to teacher ratio)
- Niche grade: Grade A
#19. Public Academy for Performing Arts
A side view of a person using a laptop in the school library.
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- Location: Albuquerque, NM
- Enrollment: 855 (14:1 student to teacher ratio)
- Niche grade: Grade A
#18. Albuquerque School of Excellence
An empty classroom as viewed from the back.
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- Location: Albuquerque Public Schools, NM
- Enrollment: 1,902 (18:1 student to teacher ratio)
- Niche grade: Grade A
#17. Albuquerque High School
A pencil case full of pens, pencils, and highlighters spilling on a table.
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- Location: Albuquerque Public Schools, NM
- Enrollment: 1,661 (16:1 student to teacher ratio)
- Niche grade: Grade A
#16. Eldorado High School
A group of students walking down the hall with their backs facing the camera.
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- Location: Dora Municipal Schools, NM
- Enrollment: 96 (12:1 student to teacher ratio)
- Niche grade: Grade A
#15. Dora High School
An overhead view of high school pupils in group study sitting around circular tables.
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- Location: Santa Fe, NM
- Enrollment: 257 (18:1 student to teacher ratio)
- Niche grade: Grade A
#14. The MASTERS Program
Students using microscopes in science class.
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- Location: Albuquerque Public Schools, NM
- Enrollment: 1,737 (16:1 student to teacher ratio)
- Niche grade: Grade A
#13. Sandia High School
High school students studying and reading together in their school library.
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- Location: Albuquerque Public Schools, NM
- Enrollment: 253 (18:1 student to teacher ratio)
- Niche grade: Grade A
#12. College & Career High School
Students raising their hands for class participation.
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- Location: Carlsbad Municipal Schools, NM
- Enrollment: 202 (18:1 student to teacher ratio)
- Niche grade: Grade A
#11. Carlsbad Early College High School
A stack of textbooks with pens on top of them next to an open notebook.
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- Location: Albuquerque, NM
- Enrollment: 354 (19:1 student to teacher ratio)
- Niche grade: Grade A
#10. Albuquerque Institute of Math & Science
Two students sharing a book.
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- Location: Santa Fe Public Schools, NM
- Enrollment: 397 (15:1 student to teacher ratio)
- Niche grade: Grade A
#9. Academy for Technology & the Classics
A high school student doing classwork on their laptop.
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- Location: Albuquerque Public Schools, NM
- Enrollment: 803 (15:1 student to teacher ratio)
- Niche grade: Grade A
#8. Cottonwood Classical Preparatory School
A teacher writing an equation on a blackboard using chalk.
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- Location: Santa Fe Public Schools, NM
- Enrollment: 277 (11:1 student to teacher ratio)
- Niche grade: Grade A
#7. Mandela International Magnet School
Students' backpacks sitting on a hallway floor.
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- Location: Los Alamos Public Schools, NM
- Enrollment: 886 (17:1 student to teacher ratio)
- Niche grade: Grade A
#6. Los Alamos High School
Bookshelves at a high school's library.
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- Location: Farmington Municipal Schools, NM
- Enrollment: 278 (21:1 student to teacher ratio)
- Niche grade: Grade A
#5. San Juan College High School
A stack of spiral noteboooks in front of a wooden background.
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- Location: Albuquerque Public Schools, NM
- Enrollment: 1,800 (19:1 student to teacher ratio)
- Niche grade: Grade A+
#4. La Cueva High School
Two rows of red lockers.
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- Location: Albuquerque Public Schools, NM
- Enrollment: 363 (14:1 student to teacher ratio)
- Niche grade: Grade A+
#3. East Mountain High School
Empty desks in a high school classroom.
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- Location: Albuquerque Public Schools, NM•
- Enrollment: 273 (11:1 student to teacher ratio)
- Niche grade: Grade A+
#2. Nex+Gen Academy
A closeup of a student taking notes in class.
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- Location: Las Cruces Public Schools, NM
- Enrollment: 327 (14:1 student to teacher ratio)
- Niche grade: Grade A+

This story features data reporting and writing by Emma Rubin and is part of a series utilizing data automation across 50 states.

#1. Arrowhead Park Early College High School
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