| Rank | Average Education Index ▼ | School District / Population |
| 1. | 16.10 | Los Alamos Public Schools / 18,431 |
| 2. | 14.23 | Cloudcroft Municipal Schools / 2,263 |
| 3. | 14.11 | Santa Fe Public Schools / 120,927 |
| 4. | 13.98 | Grady Municipal Schools / 391 |
| 5. | 13.94 | Taos Municipal Schools / 24,280 |
| 6. | 13.82 | Rio Rancho Public Schools / 76,847 |
| 7. | 13.73 | Albuquerque Public Schools / 631,595 |
| 8. | 13.71 | Des Moines Municipal Schools / 645 |
| 9. | 13.70 | Silver City Consolidated Schools / 21,647 |
| 10. | 13.67 | Capitan Municipal Schools / 3,827 |
| 11. | 13.62 | Ruidoso Municipal Schools / 13,858 |
| 12. | 13.52 | Cimarron Public Schools / 3,200 |
| 13. | 13.49 | Moriarty Municipal Schools / 20,855 |
| 14. | 13.42 | Corona Municipal Schools / 503 |
| 15. | 13.39 | Las Cruces Public Schools / 142,333 |
| 16. | 13.29 | Mosquero Municipal Schools / 255 |
| 17. | 13.28 | Jemez Valley Public Schools / 5,100 |
| 18. | 13.27 | Reserve Independent Schools / 1,928 |
| 19. | 13.23 | Floyd Municipal Schools / 586 |
| 20. | 13.21 | San Jon Municipal Schools / 626 |
| 21. | 13.20 | Las Vegas City Public Schools / 13,582 |
| 22. | 13.17 | Quemado Independent Schools / 1,589 |
| 23. | 13.17 | Pojoaque Valley Public Schools / 9,029 |
| 24. | 13.16 | Springer Municipal Schools / 1,840 |
| 25. | 13.14 | Pecos Independent Schools / 4,055 |
| 26. | 13.14 | Alamogordo Public Schools / 46,338 |
| 27. | 13.13 | Animas Public Schools / 1,110 |
| 28. | 13.13 | Chama Valley Independent Schools / 2,940 |
| 29. | 13.09 | Bernalillo Public Schools / 23,280 |
| 30. | 13.09 | Questa Independent Schools / 4,238 |
| 31. | 13.09 | Socorro Consolidated Schools / 13,018 |
| 32. | 13.04 | Maxwell Municipal Schools / 344 |
| 33. | 13.02 | Mesa Vista Consolidated Schools / 2,432 |
| 34. | 13.00 | Mora Independent Schools / 4,077 |
| 35. | 12.97 | Dora Consolidated Schools / 940 |
| 36. | 12.93 | House Municipal Schools / 474 |
| 37. | 12.91 | Clovis Municipal Schools / 41,923 |
| 38. | 12.90 | Aztec Municipal Schools / 16,045 |
| 39. | 12.89 | Farmington Municipal Schools / 57,531 |
| 40. | 12.85 | Melrose Public Schools / 1,358 |
| 41. | 12.83 | Raton Public Schools / 7,773 |
| 42. | 12.82 | Carlsbad Municipal Schools / 33,224 |
| 43. | 12.81 | Clayton Public Schools / 3,086 |
| 44. | 12.80 | Truth or Consequences Schools / 12,645 |
| 45. | 12.74 | Los Lunas Public Schools / 44,859 |
| 46. | 12.72 | Logan Municipal Schools / 1,167 |
| 47. | 12.69 | Fort Sumner Municipal Schools / 1,934 |
| 48. | 12.66 | Tularosa Municipal Schools / 8,883 |
| 49. | 12.61 | Belen Consolidated Schools / 28,555 |
| 50. | 12.59 | West Las Vegas Public Schools / 10,811 |
| 51. | 12.58 | Tatum Municipal Schools / 1,227 |
| 52. | 12.58 | Portales Municipal Schools / 16,924 |
| 53. | 12.57 | Roswell Independent Schools / 55,503 |
| 54. | 12.55 | Espanola Municipal Schools / 35,437 |
| 55. | 12.48 | Dulce Independent Schools / 3,399 |
| 56. | 12.46 | Elida Municipal Schools / 305 |
| 57. | 12.38 | Hondo Valley Public Schools / 970 |
| 58. | 12.36 | Mountainair Public Schools / 1,722 |
| 59. | 12.34 | Roy Municipal Schools / 392 |
| 60. | 12.26 | Lordsburg Municipal Schools / 3,891 |
| 61. | 12.25 | Hobbs Municipal Schools / 38,233 |
| 62. | 12.20 | Wagon Mound Public Schools / 882 |
| 63. | 12.15 | Tucumcari Public Schools / 6,654 |
| 64. | 12.14 | Central Consolidated Schools / 31,955 |
| 65. | 12.13 | Artesia Public Schools / 16,315 |
| 66. | 12.13 | Grants-Cibola County Schools / 27,013 |
| 67. | 12.13 | Penasco Independent Schools / 2,819 |
| 68. | 12.12 | Texico Municipal Schools / 1,536 |
| 69. | 12.07 | Santa Rosa Consolidated Schools / 4,272 |
| 70. | 12.06 | Magdalena Municipal Schools / 2,531 |
| 71. | 11.97 | Carrizozo Municipal Schools / 1,808 |
| 72. | 11.95 | Jemez Mountain Public Schools / 1,803 |
| 73. | 11.93 | Vaughn Municipal Schools / 426 |
| 74. | 11.93 | Cobre Consolidated Schools / 8,076 |
| 75. | 11.92 | Bloomfield Municipal Schools / 16,939 |
| 76. | 11.80 | Gallup-Mckinley County Schools / 58,614 |
| 77. | 11.77 | Deming Public Schools / 26,724 |
| 78. | 11.76 | Lovington Public Schools / 13,566 |
| 79. | 11.68 | Eunice Municipal Schools / 3,138 |
| 80. | 11.67 | Loving Municipal Schools / 1,934 |
| 81. | 11.64 | Zuni Public Schools / 11,774 |
| 82. | 11.55 | Jal Public Schools / 1,916 |
| 83. | 11.49 | Hagerman Municipal Schools / 2,491 |
| 84. | 11.47 | Lake Arthur Municipal Schools / 667 |
| 85. | 11.44 | Estancia Municipal Schools / 5,331 |
| 86. | 11.28 | Dexter Consolidated Schools / 3,528 |
| 87. | 11.16 | Gadsden Independent Schools / 56,503 |
| 88. | 11.01 | Cuba Independent Schools / 3,760 |
| 89. | 10.60 | Hatch Valley Municipal Schools / 4,705 |
Please note that we only rank locations with 'Average Education Index' data. The rank above might not be a complete list. Locations without 'Average Education Index' data are not listed.
*ACS stands for U.S. Census American Community Survey. According to the U.S. Census, if the date is a range, you can interpret the data as an average of the period of time.
