| Rank | Less than a High School Education Percentage ▼ | School District / Population |
| 1. | 47.1% | Hatch Valley Municipal Schools / 4,416 |
| 2. | 44.1% | Gadsden Independent Schools / 57,492 |
| 3. | 38.8% | Cuba Independent Schools / 3,986 |
| 4. | 38.4% | Dexter Consolidated Schools / 3,561 |
| 5. | 36.7% | Estancia Municipal Schools / 5,158 |
| 6. | 36.0% | Jal Public Schools / 1,939 |
| 7. | 36.0% | Lake Arthur Municipal Schools / 637 |
| 8. | 34.3% | Lovington Public Schools / 14,597 |
| 9. | 33.1% | Hagerman Municipal Schools / 2,583 |
| 10. | 31.9% | Gallup-Mckinley County Schools / 59,787 |
| 11. | 30.6% | Texico Municipal Schools / 1,641 |
| 12. | 30.5% | Loving Municipal Schools / 1,977 |
| 13. | 30.5% | Deming Public Schools / 25,252 |
| 14. | 30.0% | Eunice Municipal Schools / 3,119 |
| 15. | 28.5% | Magdalena Municipal Schools / 2,669 |
| 16. | 27.6% | Bloomfield Municipal Schools / 18,291 |
| 17. | 27.5% | Carrizozo Municipal Schools / 1,786 |
| 18. | 25.9% | Cobre Consolidated Schools / 7,582 |
| 19. | 25.7% | Artesia Public Schools / 16,909 |
| 20. | 25.5% | Tucumcari Public Schools / 6,694 |
| 21. | 24.7% | Penasco Independent Schools / 3,226 |
| 22. | 24.6% | Vaughn Municipal Schools / 507 |
| 23. | 24.4% | Hobbs Municipal Schools / 41,615 |
| 24. | 24.2% | Tatum Municipal Schools / 1,253 |
| 25. | 24.0% | Hondo Valley Public Schools / 1,080 |
| 26. | 23.7% | Grants-Cibola County Schools / 27,100 |
| 27. | 23.1% | Zuni Public Schools / 10,876 |
| 28. | 22.8% | Espanola Municipal Schools / 35,696 |
| 29. | 22.8% | Lordsburg Municipal Schools / 4,048 |
| 30. | 22.7% | Portales Municipal Schools / 17,264 |
| 31. | 22.7% | Central Consolidated Schools / 32,932 |
| 32. | 22.3% | Roswell Independent Schools / 57,285 |
| 33. | 21.7% | West Las Vegas Public Schools / 11,134 |
| 34. | 21.0% | Dora Consolidated Schools / 886 |
| 35. | 21.0% | Fort Sumner Municipal Schools / 1,772 |
| 36. | 20.9% | Animas Public Schools / 916 |
| 37. | 20.6% | Los Lunas Public Schools / 47,975 |
| 38. | 20.5% | House Municipal Schools / 386 |
| 39. | 20.1% | Jemez Mountain Public Schools / 1,636 |
| 40. | 20.1% | Tularosa Municipal Schools / 8,982 |
| 41. | 20.0% | Santa Rosa Consolidated Schools / 4,469 |
| 42. | 19.6% | Belen Consolidated Schools / 29,126 |
| 43. | 19.3% | Dulce Independent Schools / 3,444 |
| 44. | 19.0% | Floyd Municipal Schools / 687 |
| 45. | 18.4% | Las Cruces Public Schools / 147,206 |
| 46. | 18.2% | Clovis Municipal Schools / 43,949 |
| 47. | 17.5% | Wagon Mound Public Schools / 837 |
| 48. | 17.3% | Clayton Public Schools / 3,628 |
| 49. | 17.1% | Mesa Vista Consolidated Schools / 2,267 |
| 50. | 16.9% | Las Vegas City Public Schools / 13,835 |
| 51. | 16.6% | Logan Municipal Schools / 1,235 |
| 52. | 16.6% | Socorro Consolidated Schools / 12,624 |
| 53. | 16.5% | Questa Independent Schools / 4,338 |
| 54. | 16.5% | Bernalillo Public Schools / 24,430 |
| 55. | 16.5% | Carlsbad Municipal Schools / 33,932 |
| 56. | 16.4% | Farmington Municipal Schools / 60,621 |
| 57. | 16.1% | Truth or Consequences Schools / 11,938 |
| 58. | 16.0% | Mountainair Public Schools / 1,574 |
| 59. | 15.9% | Springer Municipal Schools / 2,173 |
| 60. | 15.5% | Raton Public Schools / 8,151 |
| 60. | 15.5% | Pojoaque Valley Public Schools / 9,666 |
| 62. | 14.8% | Quemado Independent Schools / 1,774 |
| 63. | 14.6% | Elida Municipal Schools / 416 |
| 64. | 14.2% | Maxwell Municipal Schools / 407 |
| 65. | 13.8% | Chama Valley Independent Schools / 3,275 |
| 66. | 13.7% | Albuquerque Public Schools / 651,325 |
| 67. | 13.7% | Santa Fe Public Schools / 116,169 |
| 68. | 13.6% | Pecos Independent Schools / 4,294 |
| 69. | 13.2% | Reserve Independent Schools / 1,957 |
| 70. | 13.1% | Aztec Municipal Schools / 15,673 |
| 71. | 13.1% | Ruidoso Municipal Schools / 13,282 |
| 72. | 12.8% | Melrose Public Schools / 1,197 |
| 73. | 12.7% | Roy Municipal Schools / 626 |
| 74. | 12.6% | Grady Municipal Schools / 364 |
| 75. | 12.2% | Jemez Valley Public Schools / 5,352 |
| 76. | 11.0% | Silver City Consolidated Schools / 22,124 |
| 77. | 10.1% | Corona Municipal Schools / 479 |
| 78. | 9.9% | Alamogordo Public Schools / 43,356 |
| 79. | 9.6% | Moriarty Municipal Schools / 23,255 |
| 80. | 9.6% | San Jon Municipal Schools / 627 |
| 81. | 9.5% | Des Moines Municipal Schools / 741 |
| 82. | 9.2% | Taos Municipal Schools / 24,911 |
| 83. | 9.2% | Cimarron Public Schools / 3,115 |
| 84. | 7.2% | Mosquero Municipal Schools / 298 |
| 85. | 6.7% | Rio Rancho Public Schools / 82,339 |
| 86. | 6.1% | Capitan Municipal Schools / 3,906 |
| 87. | 4.6% | Cloudcroft Municipal Schools / 3,000 |
| 88. | 0.7% | Los Alamos Public Schools / 18,091 |
Please note that we only rank locations with 'Less than a High School Education Percentage' data. The rank above might not be a complete list. Locations without 'Less than a High School Education Percentage' 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.
