List of school districts in New Mexico explained

This is a complete list of school districts in the State of New Mexico.

Bernalillo County

• Albuquerque Public Schools
• Moriarty Municipal Schools
• Rio Rancho Public Schools

Cibola County

• • Grants-Cibola County Schools Quemado Independent Schools
• Zuni Public School District

Due to an agreement between Cibola County and McKinley County, residents of the Ramah Navajo Indian Reservation are bussed to schools in Ramah in McKinley County (including Ramah Middle/High School), of Gallup-McKinley County Schools, even though the students are physically in Cibola County. This is due to the long distance of the nearest Cibola County schools away from the reservation.^[1]

Colfax County

• Cimarron Public Schools
• Des Moines Municipal Schools
• Maxwell Municipal Schools
• Raton Public Schools
• Springer Municipal Schools

Grant County

• • Cobre Consolidated Schools Silver Consolidated Schools

Lea County

• Eunice Public Schools

Otero County

• • • Alamogordo Public Schools Cloudcroft Municipal Schools Gadsden Independent Schools
• Tularosa Municipal Schools

While the southeast portion of the county is in the Alamogordo district, that district contracts education of residents there to the Dell City Independent School District of Dell City, Texas,^[2] due to the distances involved, as the mileage to Alamogordo from the former Cienega School was 100miles while the distance to Dell City is 20miles.^[3]

Quay County

• Grady Municipal Schools
• House Municipal Schools
• Logan Municipal Schools
• Melrose Public Schools
• San Jon Municipal Schools
• Tucumcari Public Schools

Roosevelt County

• Dora Consolidated Schools
• Elida Municipal Schools
• Floyd Municipal Schools
• House Municipal Schools
• Melrose Public Schools
• Portales Municipal Schools
• Texico Municipal Schools

Sandoval County

• Albuquerque Public Schools
  • • • Bernalillo Public Schools Cuba Independent Schools Jemez Valley Public Schools Los Alamos Public Schools

San Miguel County

• • Las Vegas City Public Schools Pecos Independent Schools
• Santa Rosa Consolidated Schools

Santa Fe County

• Española Public Schools
• Moriarty Municipal Schools

Socorro County

• Belen Consolidated Schools
• Carrizozo Municipal Schools
• Corona Municipal Schools
• Magdalena Municipal Schools
• Mountainair Public Schools
• Socorro Consolidated Schools

Taos County

• Mesa Vista Consolidated Schools
  • Peñasco Independent Schools Questa Independent Schools

Single-District Counties

• Deming Public Schools (Luna County)
• Fort Sumner Municipal Schools (De Baca County)
• Los Alamos Public Schools (Los Alamos County, also covers a part of Sandoval County)
• Truth or Consequences Municipal Schools (Sierra County)

External links

• Map of school districts in New Mexico
• New Mexico Schools Locator on New Mexico Public Education Department web site

Notes and References

1. News: Linthicum. Leslie. Navajos Say County Is Stealing Students. Albuquerque Journal. Albuquerque, New Mexico. 1995-03-06. A1, A3. - Clipping of first and of second page at Newspapers.com. Page 2 text details: A, B, and C
2. Web site: AGENDA Regular Board Meeting (Virtual Meeting) Wednesday, July 22, 2020, 6:00 pm. Alamogordo Public Schools. 2021-07-28. Dell City Purchase Requisition 20210058 - $34,063.12 for out of state tuition for students residing in the southeast corner of Otero County, NM that attend Dell City, TX ISD.
3. News: It all began here in a tent school in 1898. Alamogordo Daily News. Alamogordo, New Mexico. 1975-08-15. 4. - Clipping of whole article, and focus on the Dell City part, from Newspapers.com.