Rio Rancho Estates’s public schools outscore 85% of New Mexico districts
Math proficiency in Rio Rancho Estates’s districts is 37%, above the New Mexico average (24%). The grade covers the public school district serving Rio Rancho Estates, from kindergarten through graduation, on state tests and graduation. Each state writes its own tests, so this is the one TownRatings grade compared within New Mexico, not nationally.
From New Mexico state tests taken in spring 2022, when 95% of students in the tested grades sat them, and the class of 2023’s four-year graduation rate, as reported to the U.S. Department of Education.
Rio Rancho Estates’s schools, in brief
Better than its incomes would predict
Among the 98 New Mexico towns with household incomes within a quarter of Rio Rancho Estates’s, its schools beat 95%, higher than their 85% against all the state’s districts. The grade ↓
Above the state on both counts
Reading proficiency is 45% and math 37% in spring 2022, against 34% and 24% statewide; 87% of the class of 2023 graduated in four years, against 76%. Test scores ↓
Spending and class size
The district spends $15,365 per student, against $17,681 across New Mexico (FY2024). Spending doesn’t count toward the grade. Districts ↓
11 elementary schools, then four middle and two high schools
Which school depends on the address at every step. See the path ↓
Written from the figures on this page. Tests are from 2021–22, graduation from the class of 2023; each school’s own letter uses 2020–21 results.
What’s behind Rio Rancho Estates’s grade
A: better than 85% of New Mexico school districts. Test scores and graduation are both above the New Mexico average; graduation is the stronger of the two.
Where will my kid go?
Pick a grade. These are the public schools that serve Rio Rancho Estates, with each school’s own grade.
Pre-K in Rio Rancho Estates
Sandia Vista Elementary
Grades PK–5 · 713 students · 20:1 students per teacher · in Rio Rancho
9th grade in Rio Rancho Estates · depends on your address
Cleveland High School
Grades 9–12 · 2,596 students · 19:1 students per teacher · in Rio Rancho
Rio Rancho High
Grades 9–12 · 2,568 students · 20:1 students per teacher · in Rio Rancho
10th grade in Rio Rancho Estates · depends on your address
Cleveland High School
Grades 9–12 · 2,596 students · 19:1 students per teacher · in Rio Rancho
Rio Rancho High
Grades 9–12 · 2,568 students · 20:1 students per teacher · in Rio Rancho
11th grade in Rio Rancho Estates · depends on your address
Cleveland High School
Grades 9–12 · 2,596 students · 19:1 students per teacher · in Rio Rancho
Rio Rancho High
Grades 9–12 · 2,568 students · 20:1 students per teacher · in Rio Rancho
12th grade in Rio Rancho Estates · depends on your address
Cleveland High School
Grades 9–12 · 2,596 students · 19:1 students per teacher · in Rio Rancho
Rio Rancho High
Grades 9–12 · 2,568 students · 20:1 students per teacher · in Rio Rancho
Rio Rancho Estates’s public schools are run by Rio Rancho Public Schools, which also serves Rio Rancho. To confirm the school for a specific address, ask the district.
The district
Spending and class size are shown but don’t count toward the grade. Each district’s own page has every school.
Well above the state in reading
Rio Rancho Estates vs. its neighbors
Schools grades for the New Mexico towns that share Rio Rancho Estates’s borders.
| Town | Schools | Main districts |
|---|---|---|
| Rio Rancho Estates | A | Rio Rancho |
| Rio Rancho | A | Rio Rancho |
Every school in Rio Rancho Estates
17 schools. Each public school’s letter compares its own 2020–21 reading and math results with New Mexico’s other public schools (the newest school-level results we have).
Questions about Rio Rancho Estates’s schools
Are Rio Rancho Estates’s schools good?
By New Mexico’s own tests, yes: the public schools Rio Rancho Estates children attend outscore 85% of New Mexico’s school districts on tests and graduation, an A Schools grade. Among towns with similar incomes they beat 95%. Tests are from 2021–22, graduation from the class of 2023.
What school district is Rio Rancho Estates in?
Rio Rancho Public Schools, which runs grades PK–12 and enrolls 16,461 students in 20 schools (2024–25).
Where do Rio Rancho Estates kids go to high school?
One of 2 high schools, depending on your address: Cleveland High School and Rio Rancho High.
What is Rio Rancho Estates’s graduation rate?
87% of the class of 2023 in Rio Rancho Public Schools graduated in four years, against 76% across New Mexico.
How much does Rio Rancho Estates spend per student?
$15,365 in Rio Rancho Public Schools (FY2024), against $17,681 across New Mexico. Spending doesn’t count toward the grade.
Parents talk
What Rio Rancho Estates families are saying about school.
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School data: state test results (2021–22, with participation) and four-year graduation rates (class of 2023) reported to the U.S. Department of Education (EDFacts via ED Data Express); each school’s own letter uses its 2020–21 results (EDFacts via the Urban Institute); schools and enrollment from NCES (2024–25; private schools 2023–24); spending from the Census Bureau’s school finance survey (FY2024). The School Grade is our own summary, graded within New Mexico. Stars are from neighbors.