Schools in Fort Wingate · Gallup-McKinley County Schools
Fort Wingate’s public schools score below 87% of New Mexico districts
The public schools Fort Wingate’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, trail 87% of New Mexico’s districts on state tests and graduation.
Reading proficiency
32%
▼ 26 pts vs NM 58%
2020–21
Math proficiency
12%
▼ 11 pts vs NM 23%
2020–21
Graduate on time
79%
▲ 2 pts vs NM 77%
class of 2020
Spent per student
$20.5K
▲ 16% vs NM $17.7K
FY2024
Students per teacher
11.9
NM 13.0 · smaller classes
Schools
2
728 students
The School Grade
How Fort Wingate compares
D− Test scoresB− Graduation
New Mexico school districts we grade (93)Better than 13%
Lower resultsHigher results
Lower confidence. Built on 68 tested students and a graduating class of 953. With numbers this small, one year can move the grade.
How the School Grade works
- Results, not inputs. Math and reading proficiency on New Mexico’s state tests against the state average, plus the four-year graduation rate. Spending and class size are shown but don’t count. Tests: 2020–21; graduation: class of 2020.
- The whole path. A town’s grade follows its kids through every district that serves it, weighted by students tested. Tests count 60%, graduation 40%.
- Graded within the state. Each state writes its own tests, so districts are compared with the rest of New Mexico only. A+ is the top 5%, A the next 10%, A− the next 10%, the B range the next 30%, the C range the next 30%, D the rest.
- What a grade can’t tell you. Test results track family income, so we also compare towns with similar incomes. Visit, ask other parents, and read neighbor reviews. It’s our own summary of U.S. Department of Education data, not an official rating.
Where will my kid go?
Pick a grade. These are the public schools that serve Fort Wingate.
16 schools teach Pre-K in Fort Wingate’s district. Which one depends on your address: Jefferson Elementary, Del Norte Elementary, Lincoln Elementary and Tobe Turpen Elementary and more.
16 schools teach K in Fort Wingate’s district. Which one depends on your address: Jefferson Elementary, Del Norte Elementary, Lincoln Elementary and Tobe Turpen Elementary and more.
16 schools teach 1st grade in Fort Wingate’s district. Which one depends on your address: Jefferson Elementary, Del Norte Elementary, Lincoln Elementary and Tobe Turpen Elementary and more.
16 schools teach 2nd grade in Fort Wingate’s district. Which one depends on your address: Jefferson Elementary, Del Norte Elementary, Lincoln Elementary and Tobe Turpen Elementary and more.
16 schools teach 3rd grade in Fort Wingate’s district. Which one depends on your address: Jefferson Elementary, Del Norte Elementary, Lincoln Elementary and Tobe Turpen Elementary and more.
16 schools teach 4th grade in Fort Wingate’s district. Which one depends on your address: Jefferson Elementary, Del Norte Elementary, Lincoln Elementary and Tobe Turpen Elementary and more.
16 schools teach 5th grade in Fort Wingate’s district. Which one depends on your address: Jefferson Elementary, Del Norte Elementary, Lincoln Elementary and Tobe Turpen Elementary and more.
9 schools teach 6th grade in Fort Wingate’s district. Which one depends on your address: John F. Kennedy Middle, Chief Manuelito Middle, Gallup Middle and Thoreau Middle and more.
9 schools teach 7th grade in Fort Wingate’s district. Which one depends on your address: John F. Kennedy Middle, Chief Manuelito Middle, Gallup Middle and Thoreau Middle and more.
9 schools teach 8th grade in Fort Wingate’s district. Which one depends on your address: John F. Kennedy Middle, Chief Manuelito Middle, Gallup Middle and Thoreau Middle and more.
8 schools teach 9th grade in Fort Wingate’s district. Which one depends on your address: Miyamura High School, Gallup High, Thoreau High and Crownpoint High and more.
8 schools teach 10th grade in Fort Wingate’s district. Which one depends on your address: Miyamura High School, Gallup High, Thoreau High and Crownpoint High and more.
8 schools teach 11th grade in Fort Wingate’s district. Which one depends on your address: Miyamura High School, Gallup High, Thoreau High and Crownpoint High and more.
8 schools teach 12th grade in Fort Wingate’s district. Which one depends on your address: Miyamura High School, Gallup High, Thoreau High and Crownpoint High and more.
The path, start to finish
PK–516 elementary schoolsDepends on your address
6–129 schoolsDepends on your address
128 high schoolsDepends on your address
The district
Each district’s own page has its spending, test scores, enrollment and every school.
Test scores · 2020–21
Well below the state in reading
Reading32%
State average 58.4%
Math12%
State average 23.4%
Every school in Fort Wingate
2 schools. Grades are ours, from state tests and graduation. Stars are from neighbors.
Elementary
High
Also serving Fort Wingate · in other towns
Jefferson Elementary
460 studentsRate it →
Del Norte Elementary
424 studentsRate it →
Lincoln Elementary
D−414 students6:1Rate it →
Tobe Turpen Elementary
397 studentsRate it →
Thoreau Elementary
C+359 studentsRate it →
Stagecoach Elementary
340 studentsRate it →
Catherine A. Miller Elementary
D−317 studentsRate it →
Red Rock Elementary
D−311 studentsRate it →
Navajo Elementary
D−310 studentsRate it →
Indian Hills Elementary
294 studentsRate it →
Crownpoint Elementary
A−281 studentsRate it →
Chee Dodge Elementary
D−261 studentsRate it →
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Within reach
Colleges →Colleges near Fort Wingate
There’s no college in Fort Wingate, but 2 are within 30 miles. The closest is University of New Mexico-Gallup Campus in Gallup, 10.5 miles away.
University of New Mexico-Gallup CampusCommunity college · Public · Gallup
10.5 mi1,509 students
Navajo Technical UniversityUniversity or college · Public · Crownpoint
26.7 mi1,379 students
Straight-line distance from the center of Fort Wingate. Degree-granting colleges with students on campus · College Scorecard · IPEDS.
School data: U.S. Department of Education (NCES, EDFacts, F-33 school finance). The School Grade is our own summary of state test results and graduation rates, graded within New Mexico. Stars are from neighbors.