New Mexico Public Schools

New Mexico is the #37 largest school system in the United States, serving 344,930 students across 906 public schools. There are 11 Blue Ribbon Schools, 81 charter schools, and 7 special education schools. The student ethnicity breakdown in the state is show below:

Student by Ethnicity

(NM) School Average
% American Indian		 13%
% Asian		 1%
% Hispanic		 58%
% Black		 2%
% White		 25%
Unknown		 1%

New Mexico Public Schools by County

County
# High
# Middle
# Elementary
1. Bernalillo County 52 48 116
2. Catron County 2 - 4
3. Chaves County 8 8 16
4. Cibola County 8 5 11
5. Colfax County 5 6 7
6. Curry County 5 6 19
7. De Baca County 1 1 1
8. Dona Ana County 14 14 43
9. Eddy County 5 6 20
10. Grant County 4 2 9
11. Guadalupe County 3 2 3
12. Harding County 2 - 2
13. Hidalgo County 2 3 3
14. Lea County 9 10 22
15. Lincoln County 5 3 7
16. Los Alamos County 1 1 5
17. Luna County 2 2 7
18. Mckinley County 15 11 35
19. Mora County 2 1 3
20. Otero County 6 7 15
21. Quay County 4 4 4
22. Rio Arriba County 4 5 21
23. Roosevelt County 4 3 6
24. San Juan County 14 13 33
25. San Miguel County 4 4 12
26. Sandoval County 9 12 29
27. Santa Fe County 17 10 33
28. Sierra County 1 2 2
29. Socorro County 3 4 6
30. Taos County 8 7 13
31. Torrance County 4 4 9
32. Union County 2 2 2
33. Valencia County 6 6 20

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