Schools · Ranchos de Taos

Ranchos de Taos, NM schools

Ranchos de Taos’s public schools score well below New Mexico’s averages: 44.5% of students are proficient in reading against 58.4% statewide, and 70% of high schoolers graduate on time against 77.2%. Kids attend Ranchos de Taos Elementary through grade 5, then Taos Middle and Taos High.

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

C-School Grade #32Best schools in NM (of 47)#60Highest graduation rate in NM (of 70)

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Ranchos de Taos’s School Grade: C-

The public schools Ranchos de Taos’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, trail 84% of New Mexico’s districts on state tests and graduation.

C-Test scoresC-Graduation

New Mexico school districts we grade (93)Better than 16%

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Lower confidence. Built on 48 tested students and a graduating class of 255. 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, 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 Ranchos de Taos kids go to school

Grades PK–5

C+Ranchos de Taos Elementary 225 students · Ranchos De Taos Taos Municipal Schools

Grades 6–8

D-Taos Middle 337 students · Taos Taos Municipal Schools

Grades 9–12

B+Taos High 749 students · Taos Taos Municipal 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 PK–12, Taos Municipal)44.5%

State average 58.4%

Math (grades PK–12, Taos Municipal)15%

State average 23.4%

Graduation · class of 2020

70% graduate on time

Graduation rate

70%

NM: 77.2%

Graduating class

255

students

The share of students who started ninth grade together and earned a regular diploma within four years. #60 of 70 NM towns →

Districts

The district serving Ranchos de Taos

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Taos Municipal SchoolsGrades PK–12 · 9 schools · 2,184 students

$18,471 per studentNM $17,681C-

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

Within reach

Colleges near Ranchos de Taos

There’s no college in Ranchos de Taos, but 1 college is within 30 miles. The closest is University of New Mexico-Taos Campus in Ranchos de Taos, 2.9 miles away.

University of New Mexico-Taos CampusCommunity college · Public · Ranchos de Taos2.9 mi720 students

Straight-line distance from the center of Ranchos de Taos. 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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