Photo: John Phelan · CC BY-SA 3.0Living in El Rancho, NM: what to set up and who to call
El Rancho has no town government of its own, so Santa Fe County runs its elections and most services, and its children attend Pojoaque Valley Public Schools. Power in El Rancho comes from Jemez Mountains Elec Coop, a cooperative utility rather than a private company.
I’m new in town
What to set up in El Rancho, and who provides it. Tap an answer for the details and where they come from.
Power, water and internet
Who to call to start service at a new address in El Rancho.
Power comes from Jemez Mountains Elec Coop
Jemez Mountains Elec Coop (Jemez Mountains Elec Coop, Inc), a cooperative utility, serves all of El Rancho. Its homes paid an average of 15.8¢ per kWh in 2025, about $90 a month (its average across New Mexico).
Service territory: HIFLD Electric Retail Service Territories (map dated Aug 2023). Prices and customers: EIA-861, 2025.
Water comes from San Ildefonso Pueblo water system
The San Ildefonso Pueblo water system supplies El Rancho: about 26% of residents live in its service area. About 74% of homes are outside any mapped community water system, most likely on private wells, which EPA doesn’t regulate. It draws ground water and serves 608 people in all.
No health-based violations reported to EPA in the five years to October 2026, like 78% of the 5,327 systems serving 501–1,000 people.
The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jan 2020–Dec 2022, was 0.5 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. That’s lower than 58% of similar systems’ latest results.
The system’s full record: EPA ECHO report
EPA SDWIS via Envirofacts (violations pulled Oct 9, 2026) and ECHO (lead samples, 2026Q3); service area: EPA Community Water System Service Area Boundaries v3.0 (EPA’s estimate). Violations are counted by the start of their compliance period. 063500116.
Which providers serve El Rancho
This card will list the home internet providers the FCC’s National Broadband Map shows in El Rancho, the share of addresses that can get 100/20 Mbps and the share with fiber, with the map’s “as of” date.
Source to come: FCC Broadband Data Collection.
The nearest public drop-off is 3 miles away
Pickup rules, the dump and recycling in El Rancho.
Jacona Transfer Station
1696 NM 502, Pojoaque, NM, 87506 · run by Santa Fe County
This isn’t El Rancho’s own facility. Whether El Rancho residents may use it is the town’s rule: check the town’s office.
OpenStreetMap, as of Oct 9, 2026. © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Where your child goes to school
Public school districts and the school path by grade.
El Rancho is in Pojoaque Valley Public Schools.
B−School gradeSee Schools →U.S. Department of Education, NCES Common Core of Data, 2024–25. Enrollment rules and registration are the district’s.
No town hall: the county runs things
El Rancho is unincorporated, so Santa Fe County is the local government.
Election office: FVAP local election office directory, updated Dec 2025; jurisdictions: EAC EAVS 2024. Registration rules and links: vote.gov, updated Aug 27, 2026.
El Rancho is in ZIP code 87506
ZIP codes where El Rancho residents live, with the share of the town in each.
| ZIP | Post office name | Share of El Rancho | ZIP’s residents in El Rancho |
|---|---|---|---|
| 87506 | Santa Fe, NM | 100% | 7% |
Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas, by census block; post office names: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). ZIPs created since 2020 are missing.
Getting around, the ER and the library
One line each; the subject pages have the rest.
ER: CMS hospital data. Library: IMLS Public Libraries Survey, FY2024.
Questions about living in El Rancho
Who supplies El Rancho’s drinking water, and has it had violations?
The San Ildefonso Pueblo water system (EPA ID 063500116). It reported no health-based violations to EPA in the five years to October 2026; 78% of systems its size had none. Its latest lead 90th percentile was 0.5 ppb (Jan 2020–Dec 2022), against a 15 ppb action level.
Who provides electricity in El Rancho?
Jemez Mountains Elec Coop (Jemez Mountains Elec Coop, Inc), a cooperative utility. Its homes paid about 15.8¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA).
What ZIP codes are in El Rancho?
87506. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.
What school district is El Rancho in?
Pojoaque Valley Public Schools.
How do I register to vote in El Rancho?
In New Mexico you can register online until 28 days before Election Day, in person up to and including Election Day, or by mail (postmarked 28 days before). Elections here are run by the Santa Fe County Clerk. Check your registration at voterportal.servis.sos.state.nm.us.
Sources & dates
Every answer above names its source. Here they are with their dates.
- Water: EPA SDWIS (Envirofacts, pulled Oct 9, 2026), ECHO SDWA 2026Q3, EPA CWS Service Area Boundaries v3.0.
- Power: HIFLD Electric Retail Service Territories (map Aug 2023); EIA-861 final 2025.
- Trash: OpenStreetMap, Geofabrik extract of Oct 9, 2026. © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).
- ZIP codes: Census 2020 ZCTA relationship files; GeoNames postal codes (CC BY 4.0).
- Schools: NCES Common Core of Data, 2024–25.
- Registration: vote.gov, updated Aug 27, 2026 (read Oct 10, 2026). Official sites and area codes: Wikidata.
- Election office: FVAP local election office directory (fetched Oct 10, 2026; each record dated), EAC EAVS 2024 jurisdictions; registration and lookup links from vote.gov’s state data, checked Oct 10, 2026.
- Internet (FCC): pending.