Schools · Ojo Sarco

Ojo Sarco, NM schools

Ojo Sarco’s public schools score well below New Mexico’s averages: 32% of students are proficient in reading against 58.4% statewide, and 63% of high schoolers graduate on time against 77.2%. Kids attend one of 11 schools through grade 6, then one of 11 middle schools, Carlos F. Vigil Middle or Penasco Middle and Penasco High or Espanola Valley High.

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

TownTapestry School GradeNew

Ojo Sarco’s School Grade: D

The public schools Ojo Sarco’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, trail 91% of New Mexico’s districts on state tests and graduation.

D-Test scoresDGraduation
New Mexico school districts we grade (93)Better than 9%
Lower resultsHigher results
Good confidence. Built on 154 tested students and a graduating class of 255; 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.
School path

Where Ojo Sarco kids go to school

Grades PK–6
11 schoolsDepends on your address · see the list Española Municipal Schools
Grades 6
11 middle schoolsDepends on your address · see the list Española Municipal Schools
Grades 9–12
B+Penasco High or Espanola Valley High Depends on your address Peñasco Independent Schools

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

Test scores · 2020–21

Well below the state in reading

Reading (grades 9–12, Peñasco Independent)49.5%
State average 58.4% · reported as a range, 40–59% (a small group)
Reading (grades PK–8, Española Municipal)32%
State average 58.4%
Math (grades 9–12, Peñasco Independent)30%
State average 23.4% · reported as a range, 21–39% (a small group)
Math (grades PK–8, Española Municipal)7.5%
State average 23.4%
Graduation · class of 2020

63% graduate on time

Graduation rate
63%
NM: 77.2%
Graduating class
255
students

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

Districts

Two districts serve Ojo Sarco

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

Within reach

Colleges near Ojo Sarco

There’s no college in Ojo Sarco, but 2 colleges are within 30 miles. The closest is University of New Mexico-Taos Campus in Ranchos de Taos, 17.2 miles away.

Northern New Mexico CollegeUniversity or college · Public · Española18.7 mi860 students

Straight-line distance from the center of Ojo Sarco. 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.

We don’t have any schools located in Ojo Sarco yet.

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