Schools · Mesilla

Mesilla, NM schools

Mesilla’s public schools score well above New Mexico’s averages: 68% of students are proficient in reading against 58.4% statewide, and 86% of high schoolers graduate on time against 77.2%. Kids attend Mesilla Elementary through grade 5, then Zia Middle and one of 5 high schools.

Grades, test scores, graduation, spending and every school, from U.S. Department of Education data.

ASchool Grade

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Mesilla’s School Grade: A

The public schools Mesilla’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, outperform 87% of New Mexico’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they rank near the top.

A-Test scoresAGraduation

New Mexico school districts we grade (93)Better than 87%

Lower resultsHigher results

New Mexico towns with similar household incomes (117)Better than 85%

Good confidence. Built on 346 tested students and a graduating class of 1,866; ordinary year-to-year swings are unlikely to change the grade.

How the School Grade works

Results, not inputs. Math and reading proficiency on New Mexico’s state tests, each against the state average, plus the four-year graduation rate. Spending and class size are shown below but don’t count toward the grade. Tests: 2020–21; graduation: class of 2020.
The whole path. A town’s grade follows its kids: every district that serves it, weighted by the number of students tested in each. Tests count 60% and graduation 40%.
Graded within the state. Each state writes its own tests, so districts are lined up against the rest of New Mexico only. A+ top 5%A next 10%A- next 10%B B+ to B−, next 30%C C+ to C−, next 30%D D and D−, bottom 15%
Individual schools are graded the same way on their own test results, against every public school in New Mexico with 25+ students. Private schools aren’t graded: they don’t take the state tests.
What a grade can’t tell you. Test results track family income closely, so a high grade partly reflects who lives in a town. That’s why 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.

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Where Mesilla kids go to school

Grades PK–5

Mesilla Elementary 324 students · Las Cruces Las Cruces Public Schools

Grades 6–8

Zia Middle 616 students · Las Cruces Las Cruces Public Schools

Grades 9–12

5 high schoolsDepends on your address · see the list Las Cruces Public Schools

Based on district boundaries from the U.S. Department of Education. Check with the district before you enroll.

Test scores · 2020–21

Well above the state in reading

Reading (grades PK–12, Las Cruces)68%

State average 58.4%

Math (grades PK–12, Las Cruces)42%

State average 23.4%

Graduation · class of 2020

86% graduate on time

Graduation rate

86%

NM: 77.2%

Graduating class

1,866

students

The share of students who started ninth grade together and earned a regular diploma within four years.

Districts

The district serving Mesilla

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Las Cruces Public SchoolsGrades PK–12 · 39 schools · 22,670 students

$16,907 per studentNM $17,681A

Each district’s own page has its spending, test scores, enrollment and every school.

Within reach

Colleges near Mesilla

There’s no college in Mesilla, but 3 colleges are within 30 miles. The closest is New Mexico State University in Las Cruces, 3.4 miles away.

New Mexico State UniversityUniversity or college · Public · Las Cruces3.4 mi11,680 students

Burrell College of Osteopathic MedicineUniversity or college · For-profit · Las Cruces4.2 mi687 students

New Mexico State University-Dona AnaCommunity college · Public · Las Cruces7.2 mi4,054 students

Straight-line distance from the center of Mesilla. Degree-granting colleges with students on campus. Colleges marked › have their own page; the others are too small or don’t report enough to the Department of Education for one.

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