Santa Cruz’s public schools
Española Municipal Schools has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Santa Cruz. Each school below is shown with its own results.
Tests spring 2022, when 95% of students in New Mexico’s tested grades sat them, and the class of 2023’s graduation rate (U.S. Department of Education). How TownRatings grades schools
Santa Cruz’s schools, in brief
Which school depends on your street
Ten elementary schools serve Santa Cruz, so it’s worth checking the specific school. Then one middle school: Carlos F. Vigil Middle. 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.
Where will my kid go?
Pick a grade. These are the public schools in Santa Cruz, with each school’s own grade.
Pre-K in Santa Cruz · depends on your address
Eutimio Salazar Elementary
Grades PK–6 · 339 students · 13:1 students per teacher · in Espanola
Alcalde Elementary
Grades PK–6 · 151 students · 12:1 students per teacher · in Espanola
Los Ninos Elementary
Grades PK–K · 71 students · 9:1 students per teacher · in Espanola
Which school depends on your address. To confirm it, ask the Española Municipal Schools.
The district
Spending and class size are shown but don’t count toward the grade. Each district’s own page has every school.
Well below the state in reading
Santa Cruz vs. its neighbors
Schools grades for the New Mexico towns that share Santa Cruz’s borders.
| Town | Schools | Main districts |
|---|---|---|
| Santa Cruz | — | Española Municipal Schools |
| Española | C− | Española Municipal Schools |
Every school in Santa Cruz
11 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 Santa Cruz’s schools
Are Santa Cruz’s schools good?
There’s no Schools grade for Santa Cruz. Española Municipal Schools has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Santa Cruz. Each school below is shown with its own results.
What school district is Santa Cruz in?
Española Municipal Schools.
Where do Santa Cruz kids go to high school?
Carlos F. Vigil Middle.
Parents talk
What Santa Cruz families are saying about school.
Looking for colleges? Colleges near Santa Cruz → They have their own page.
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). Stars are from neighbors.