Data from NMPED The proficiency results from the New Mexico Public Education Department’s NM-MSSA test show that across the Grants-Cibola County School District, student proficiency ratings are suffering.
The state has yet to release the most recent student data from school year 2023-2024, because of this, the only publicly available student data comes from the end of school year 20222023.
When a student is proficient in a field, such as reading, it means they are meeting their grade level expectation for that field.
High and Middle School
At Grants High School, only seven percent of students scored at grade level in math, 22 percent in reading, and 37 percent in science.
Laguna-Acoma High School saw only 10 percent of students proficient in math, 11 percent in reading, and 25 percent in science.
At Early College High School, proficiency data remains masked due to small student populations, as required by privacy regulations.
At Los Alamitos Middle School, only eight percent of students are proficient in math, 23 percent in reading, and 17 percent in science.
At Laguna-Acoma Middle School, only 10 percent of students are proficient in math, 21 percent in reading, and 31 percent in science. Of schools on the list of high and middle schools, Laguna-Acoma Middle is the only one that has earned a designation of excellence, meaning that it has scored above the 90th percentile on at least one of the indicators PED uses to determine student scores. While the school earned this designation, still not even a quarter of its students can read at grade level as of data from end of school year 2022-2023.
Elementary Schools
At Bluewater Elementary, 56 percent of students are proficient in math and 71 percent are proficient in reading. Science proficiency data remains masked due to privacy regulations. Bluewater Elementary earned a designation of excellence, scoring above the 90th percentile on an indicator pursuant to the School Support and Accountability Act. Not only is Bluewater Elementary the single highest performing school in the Grants-Cibola County School District, it has also received the honored distinction of being a Blue Ribbon School.
At Cubero Elementary, 37 percent of students are proficient in math, 38 percent in reading, and 41 percent in science.
The proficiency results for Mesa View Elementary show that 21 percent of students are proficient in math, 32 percent in reading, and 19 percent in science.
At Milan Elementary, 16 percent of students are proficient in math, 33 percent in reading, and 19 percent in science.
At Mount Taylor Elementary, 23 percent of students are proficient in math, 32 percent in reading, and 23 percent in science.
At San Rafael Elementary, 31 percent of students are proficient in math and 45 percent in reading. Science proficiency data remains masked due to privacy regulations. San Rafael Elementary was recognized with a designation of excellence for scoring above the 90th percentile on an indicator pursuant to the School Support and Accountability Act.
At Seboyeta Elementary, “≤ 20 percent” of students are proficient in math and 33 percent in reading. Science proficiency data remains masked.