Schools in Lake Valley · Farmington Municipal Schools
Lake Valley’s public schools beat 61% of New Mexico districts
The public schools Lake Valley’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, outperform 61% of New Mexico’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they sit near the middle.
60%beats similar-income towns
Reading proficiency
62%
▲ 4 pts vs NM 58%
2020–21
Math proficiency
42%
▲ 19 pts vs NM 23%
2020–21
Graduate on time
77%
▼ 0 pts vs NM 77%
class of 2020
Spent per student
$13.9K
▼ 21% vs NM $17.7K
FY2024
Students per teacher
7.4
NM 13.0 · smaller classes
Schools
2
26 students
The School Grade
How Lake Valley compares
B+ Test scoresC+ Graduation
New Mexico school districts we grade (93)Better than 61%
Lower resultsHigher results
New Mexico towns with similar household incomes (99)Better than 60%
Lower confidence. Built on 138 tested students and a graduating class of 839. 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 Lake Valley.
10 schools teach K in Lake Valley’s district. Which one depends on your address: Country Club Elementary, Ladera del Norte Elementary, Northeast Elementary and Esperanza Elementary and more.
10 schools teach 1st grade in Lake Valley’s district. Which one depends on your address: Country Club Elementary, Ladera del Norte Elementary, Northeast Elementary and Esperanza Elementary and more.
10 schools teach 2nd grade in Lake Valley’s district. Which one depends on your address: Country Club Elementary, Ladera del Norte Elementary, Northeast Elementary and Esperanza Elementary and more.
10 schools teach 3rd grade in Lake Valley’s district. Which one depends on your address: Country Club Elementary, Ladera del Norte Elementary, Northeast Elementary and Esperanza Elementary and more.
10 schools teach 4th grade in Lake Valley’s district. Which one depends on your address: Country Club Elementary, Ladera del Norte Elementary, Northeast Elementary and Esperanza Elementary and more.
10 schools teach 5th grade in Lake Valley’s district. Which one depends on your address: Country Club Elementary, Ladera del Norte Elementary, Northeast Elementary and Esperanza Elementary and more.
5 schools teach 6th grade in Lake Valley’s district. Which one depends on your address: Heights Middle School, Tibbetts Middle School, Hermosa Middle School and Northeast Elementary and more.
4 schools teach 7th grade in Lake Valley’s district. Which one depends on your address: Heights Middle School, Tibbetts Middle School, Hermosa Middle School and Mesa View Middle School.
4 schools teach 8th grade in Lake Valley’s district. Which one depends on your address: Heights Middle School, Tibbetts Middle School, Hermosa Middle School and Mesa View Middle School.
The path, start to finish
K–610 schoolsDepends on your address
7–84 middle schoolsDepends on your address
9–123 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
Above the state in reading
Reading62%
State average 58.4%
Math42%
State average 23.4%
Every school in Lake Valley
2 schools. Grades are ours, from state tests and graduation. Stars are from neighbors.
Elementary
Also serving Lake Valley · in other towns
Country Club Elementary
D−530 students15:1Rate it →
Ladera del Norte Elementary
504 students16:1Rate it →
Northeast Elementary
502 students16:1Rate it →
Esperanza Elementary
469 students15:1Rate it →
Mesa Verde Elementary
445 students16:1Rate it →
McKinley Elementary
438 students16:1Rate it →
McCormick Elementary
426 students14:1Rate it →
Apache Elementary
375 students11:1Rate it →
Bluffview Elementary
355 students14:1Rate it →
Animas Elementary
345 students13:1Rate it →
Heights Middle School
660 students17:1Rate it →
Tibbetts Middle School
652 students17:1Rate it →
Private & other
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Within reach
Colleges →Colleges near Lake Valley
There’s no college in Lake Valley, but 1 is within 30 miles. The closest is Navajo Technical University in Crownpoint, 27.8 miles away.
Straight-line distance from the center of Lake Valley. 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.