New Mexico
U.S.
Rank
Rank
#37
Overall PPI Score: 62.7%
The State of Enchantment is anything but when it comes to allowing families to take maximum advantage of opportunities. With barely 21% of students proficient in reading harming future success for an increasingly diverse student population, and state mandates that prescribe inputs and focus less on outputs, parents need to rally for better options for their children.
Opportunity
Innovation
Policy Environment
Charter Schools
Score
72%
Grade: C
Rank: #31
The winds of negativity against charter schools shifted a bit when the state initiated a new $700 per-pupil lease assistance allotment, and eased access to finding and paying for facilities, but a cool reception to new and expanding charters still lands New...
Transformational Learning
Score
72%
Grade: C
Rank: #41
New Mexico's Public Education Department promotes personalized learning initiatives, emphasizing project-based learning and student accountability for academic goals. Although there's no statewide proficiency-based diploma initiative, the state allows...
Leadership
The Governor has made no attempts to shift her education establishment attitude towards one of education freedom. Even members of her own party have implored her to allow families more power to choose the education that best fits their child, but any real...
Choice Programs (Scholarships, Vouchers, Tax Credits, etc.)
Score
50%
Grade: F
Rank: #38
New Mexico has no private school choice programs available.
DID YOU KNOW?
States whose opportunity programs ensure more equitable per-pupil funding and do not restrict eligibility to certain groups of students score higher on PPI!. There are only 3 states - Florida, Arizona, and Indiana - where this applies.
Transparency
Report cards are difficult to find on the New Mexico Public Education Department homepage, but can be located through an external link, https://nmvistas.org/default.html, which takes viewers to the school and district report cards. Once found, reports cards...
Teacher Quality
One of many data points to assess whether a state has the right policies in place to ensure teacher quality is the "use of student achievement data in teacher preparation accountability." How empty or full the fuel tank above is will give you the answer for your state.
Fast Facts:
4th Grade Math Proficiency: 19%
8th Grade Math Proficiency: 13%
4th Grade Reading Proficiency: 21%
8th Grade Reading Proficiency: 18%
Average SAT Score: 901 / 1600
Average ACT Score: 20.2 / 36
Graduation Rate: 76%
Constitutional Issues
Blaine Amendment language in two different sections of the state constitution have been interpreted to preclude direct flow of funds to private schools, in spite of parental choices. In the 2016-decided Moses v. Skandera, for example, the NM Supreme Court held...