Silver City’s public schools beat 58% of New Mexico districts
The public schools Silver City’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, outperform 58% of New Mexico’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they rank near the top.
Silver City’s schools, in brief
Holds up better next to similar towns
Against all New Mexico districts, Silver City beats only 58%. Against the 92 towns with similar household incomes, it beats 70%. Part of the low grade reflects local incomes rather than the schools alone. How it compares ↓
Which school depends on your street
With three middle schools, the school a child attends depends on your address. After that, everyone goes to Sixth Street Elementary, La Plata Middle and Silver High. See the path ↓
This summary is written from the data on this page. Test scores are from 2020–21, a pandemic year, so treat small gaps with caution.
How Silver City 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 Silver City.
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 Silver City
10 schools. Grades are based on state tests and graduation. Any other ratings are made by neighbors.
Parents talk
What Silver City families are saying about school.
Your answer becomes a post in Town Square.
Colleges in Silver City
1 college in Silver City.
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.