District directory · New Mexico · 2026–27

School districts in New Mexico by county

New Mexico has 89 regular public school districts across 33 counties, enrolling 284,454 students in 2024–25. New Mexico children must turn 5 by September 1 to start kindergarten, in every district — see the New Mexico kindergarten cutoff.

The largest is Albuquerque Public Schools in Bernalillo County (74,792 students). Lea County has the most districts, 5. In 6 of the 33 counties, only one district has its office. Every district is listed by name in the table below.

New Mexico counties and their districts

School districts in New Mexico by county, 2026–27
CountyDistrictsEnrollment (2024–25)School districts
Bernalillo County174,792Albuquerque Public Schools
Catron County2267Quemado Independent Schools, Independent School District 1
Chaves County410,567Roswell Independent Schools, Dexter Consolidated Schools, Hagerman Municipal Schools, Lake Arthur Municipal Schools
Cibola County13,149Grants-Cibola County Schools
Colfax County41,377Raton Public Schools, Cimarron Municipal Schools, Springer Municipal Schools, Maxwell Municipal Schools
Curry County48,384Clovis Municipal Schools, Texico Municipal Schools, Melrose Public Schools, Grady Municipal Schools
De Baca County1283Fort Sumner Municipal Schools
Doña Ana County335,667Las Cruces Public Schools, Gadsden Independent Schools, Hatch Valley Public Schools
Eddy County311,924Carlsbad Municipal Schools, Artesia Public Schools, Loving Municipal Schools
Grant County23,047Silver Consolidated Schools, Cobre Consolidated Schools
Guadalupe County2642Santa Rosa Consolidated Schools, Vaughn Municipal Schools
Harding County2158Mosquero Municipal Schools, Roy Municipal Schools
Hidalgo County2570Lordsburg Municipal Schools, Animas Public Schools
Lea County515,161Hobbs Municipal Schools, Lovington Municipal Schools, Eunice Municipal Schools, Jal Public Schools, Tatum Municipal Schools
Lincoln County52,601Ruidoso Municipal Schools, Capitan Municipal Schools, Carrizozo Municipal Schools, Hondo Valley Public Schools, Corona Municipal Schools
Los Alamos County13,667Los Alamos Public Schools
Luna County15,117Deming Public Schools
McKinley County214,018Gallup-McKinley Cty Schools, Zuni Public Schools
Mora County2459Mora Independent Schools, Wagon Mound Public Schools
Otero County36,646Alamogordo Public Schools, Tularosa Municipal Schools, Cloudcroft Municipal Schools
Quay County41,405Tucumcari Public Schools, Logan Municipal Schools, San Jon Municipal Schools, House Municipal Schools
Rio Arriba County54,036Espanola Public Schools, Dulce Independent Schools, Chama Valley Indep. Schools, Mesa Vista Consolidated Schools, Jemez Mountain Public Schools
Roosevelt County43,109Portales Municipal Schools, Floyd Municipal Schools, Dora Municipal Schools, Elida Municipal Schools
San Juan County420,122Farmington Municipal Schools, Central Consolidated Schools, Aztec Municipal Schools, Bloomfield Schools
San Miguel County33,167West Las Vegas Public Schools, Las Vegas City Public Schools, Pecos Independent Schools
Sandoval County420,305Rio Rancho Public Schools, Bernalillo Public Schools, Cuba Independent Schools, Jemez Valley Public Schools
Santa Fe County212,805Santa Fe Public Schools, Pojoaque Valley Public Schools
Sierra County11,246T Or C Municipal Schools
Socorro County21,626Socorro Consolidated Schools, Magdalena Municipal Schools
Taos County32,775Taos Municipal Schools, Questa Independent Schools, Penasco Independent Schools
Torrance County33,125Moriarty-Edgewood School District, Estancia Municipal Schools, Mountainair Public Schools
Union County2529Clayton Municipal Schools, Des Moines Municipal Schools
Valencia County211,708Los Lunas Public Schools, Belen Consolidated Schools

Which district am I in?

Each district draws its own attendance boundaries, and a district can cross county lines, so the county your home is in narrows it down but does not settle it. The district office or its website can confirm which school serves your address. Kindergarten registration is also handled by the district, not the state.

Sources

District list, grades, school counts and websites: NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) LEA Universe Directory, SY 2025-26 (preliminary, v0a), published July 1, 2026. Regular public districts only (NCES LEA types 1 and 2); charter-only, state-run and regional service agencies are not listed.
Enrollment: NCES CCD LEA Membership, SY 2024-25 (v1a), published December 29, 2025 — the newest year NCES has released.
Counties: NCES EDGE Public LEA Geocodes, SY 2024-25 (district office location) and NCES EDGE Geographic Relationship Files 2025 (grf25_lea_county) (counties each district boundary covers).
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