Peñasco’s public schools beat 69% of New Mexico districts
The public schools Peñasco’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, outperform 69% of New Mexico’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they rank near the top.
How Peñasco compares
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 Peñasco.
The district
Each district’s own page has its spending, test scores, enrollment and every school.
Well below the state in reading
Every school in Peñasco
3 schools. Grades are ours, from state tests and graduation. Stars are from neighbors.
Parents talk
What Peñasco families are saying about school.
Your answer becomes a post in Town Square.
Colleges near Peñasco
There’s no college in Peñasco, but 2 are within 30 miles. The closest is University of New Mexico-Taos Campus in Ranchos de Taos, 12.5 miles away.
Straight-line distance from the center of Peñasco. 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.