| Rank | Population in Poverty Percentage ▼ | School District / Population |
| 1. | 42.6% | Hatch Valley Municipal Schools / 4,705 |
| 2. | 40.0% | Zuni Public Schools / 11,774 |
| 3. | 37.7% | Cuba Independent Schools / 3,760 |
| 4. | 37.0% | Magdalena Municipal Schools / 2,531 |
| 5. | 35.7% | Gadsden Independent Schools / 56,503 |
| 6. | 33.5% | Deming Public Schools / 26,724 |
| 7. | 32.4% | Gallup-Mckinley County Schools / 58,614 |
| 8. | 31.4% | Las Vegas City Public Schools / 13,582 |
| 9. | 31.1% | Santa Rosa Consolidated Schools / 4,272 |
| 10. | 28.0% | Socorro Consolidated Schools / 13,018 |
| 11. | 27.6% | Roy Municipal Schools / 392 |
| 12. | 27.4% | Tularosa Municipal Schools / 8,883 |
| 13. | 26.9% | Mountainair Public Schools / 1,722 |
| 14. | 26.7% | Portales Municipal Schools / 16,924 |
| 15. | 25.8% | Central Consolidated Schools / 31,955 |
| 16. | 25.4% | Truth or Consequences Schools / 12,645 |
| 17. | 22.8% | Melrose Public Schools / 1,358 |
| 18. | 22.5% | Fort Sumner Municipal Schools / 1,934 |
| 19. | 22.4% | Grants-Cibola County Schools / 27,013 |
| 20. | 22.3% | Espanola Municipal Schools / 35,437 |
| 21. | 22.2% | Lordsburg Municipal Schools / 3,891 |
| 22. | 22.1% | Wagon Mound Public Schools / 882 |
| 23. | 22.0% | Des Moines Municipal Schools / 645 |
| 24. | 22.0% | Raton Public Schools / 7,773 |
| 25. | 22.0% | Roswell Independent Schools / 55,503 |
| 26. | 21.9% | Dulce Independent Schools / 3,399 |
| 27. | 21.2% | Estancia Municipal Schools / 5,331 |
| 28. | 21.0% | Hondo Valley Public Schools / 970 |
| 29. | 20.5% | West Las Vegas Public Schools / 10,811 |
| 30. | 20.3% | Las Cruces Public Schools / 142,333 |
| 31. | 20.2% | Jemez Valley Public Schools / 5,100 |
| 32. | 19.9% | Maxwell Municipal Schools / 344 |
| 33. | 19.8% | Texico Municipal Schools / 1,536 |
| 34. | 19.7% | Penasco Independent Schools / 2,819 |
| 35. | 19.5% | Clovis Municipal Schools / 41,923 |
| 36. | 19.3% | Hagerman Municipal Schools / 2,491 |
| 37. | 19.2% | Belen Consolidated Schools / 28,555 |
| 38. | 19.2% | Taos Municipal Schools / 24,280 |
| 39. | 19.1% | Bernalillo Public Schools / 23,280 |
| 40. | 19.0% | Bloomfield Municipal Schools / 16,939 |
| 41. | 18.8% | Vaughn Municipal Schools / 426 |
| 42. | 18.7% | Hobbs Municipal Schools / 38,233 |
| 43. | 18.6% | Jal Public Schools / 1,916 |
| 44. | 18.6% | Artesia Public Schools / 16,315 |
| 45. | 18.6% | Los Lunas Public Schools / 44,859 |
| 46. | 18.4% | Springer Municipal Schools / 1,840 |
| 47. | 18.3% | Tucumcari Public Schools / 6,654 |
| 48. | 18.3% | Carrizozo Municipal Schools / 1,808 |
| 49. | 17.7% | Mosquero Municipal Schools / 255 |
| 50. | 17.2% | Jemez Mountain Public Schools / 1,803 |
| 51. | 16.6% | Quemado Independent Schools / 1,589 |
| 52. | 16.2% | Loving Municipal Schools / 1,934 |
| 53. | 16.0% | Elida Municipal Schools / 305 |
| 54. | 16.0% | Cobre Consolidated Schools / 8,076 |
| 55. | 15.9% | Animas Public Schools / 1,110 |
| 56. | 15.6% | Lovington Public Schools / 13,566 |
| 57. | 15.2% | Ruidoso Municipal Schools / 13,858 |
| 58. | 15.1% | Albuquerque Public Schools / 631,595 |
| 59. | 15.1% | Farmington Municipal Schools / 57,531 |
| 60. | 14.9% | Pecos Independent Schools / 4,055 |
| 61. | 14.8% | Mesa Vista Consolidated Schools / 2,432 |
| 62. | 14.7% | San Jon Municipal Schools / 626 |
| 63. | 14.6% | Silver City Consolidated Schools / 21,647 |
| 64. | 14.4% | Logan Municipal Schools / 1,167 |
| 65. | 14.4% | Alamogordo Public Schools / 46,338 |
| 65. | 14.4% | Dexter Consolidated Schools / 3,528 |
| 67. | 14.2% | Floyd Municipal Schools / 586 |
| 68. | 14.0% | Pojoaque Valley Public Schools / 9,029 |
| 69. | 13.3% | Questa Independent Schools / 4,238 |
| 70. | 13.2% | Carlsbad Municipal Schools / 33,224 |
| 71. | 13.2% | Santa Fe Public Schools / 120,927 |
| 72. | 12.9% | Aztec Municipal Schools / 16,045 |
| 73. | 12.1% | Corona Municipal Schools / 503 |
| 74. | 12.0% | Chama Valley Independent Schools / 2,940 |
| 75. | 11.7% | Moriarty Municipal Schools / 20,855 |
| 76. | 11.2% | Mora Independent Schools / 4,077 |
| 77. | 10.9% | Eunice Municipal Schools / 3,138 |
| 78. | 10.8% | Clayton Public Schools / 3,086 |
| 79. | 10.7% | Tatum Municipal Schools / 1,227 |
| 80. | 10.5% | Reserve Independent Schools / 1,928 |
| 81. | 9.8% | Lake Arthur Municipal Schools / 667 |
| 82. | 8.6% | Cloudcroft Municipal Schools / 2,263 |
| 83. | 8.4% | House Municipal Schools / 474 |
| 84. | 8.0% | Cimarron Public Schools / 3,200 |
| 85. | 7.0% | Rio Rancho Public Schools / 76,847 |
| 86. | 6.0% | Dora Consolidated Schools / 940 |
| 87. | 5.3% | Capitan Municipal Schools / 3,827 |
| 88. | 4.9% | Grady Municipal Schools / 391 |
| 89. | 3.2% | Los Alamos Public Schools / 18,431 |
Please note that we only rank locations with 'Population in Poverty Percentage' data. The rank above might not be a complete list. Locations without 'Population in Poverty 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.
