FMS, here’s a quick update on our school classifications recently released by the NM Public Education Department:
- 2 of our schools are categorized in “Excellence” (San Juan College High School and Country Club Elementary), performing in the top 10% of all schools on the NM Vistas school index.
- 2 of our schools (Mesa Verde Elementary and Northeast Elementary) are now “Spotlight” schools scoring above the 75th percentile.
- 12 of our schools are “Traditional” schools scoring above the threshold for support and improvement, 8 of those schools were “Traditional” in 2022 and remain so, and all their scores are up, and 3 of those schools (Bluffview Elementary, McKinley Elementary, and Mesa View Middle) were at a lower designation last year. See the full list below.
| School | 2022 Designation | 2023 Designation |
| Country Club Elementary School | Spotlight | Excellence |
| San Juan College High School | Excellence | Excellence |
| Mesa Verde Elementary School | Traditional | Spotlight |
| Northeast Elementary School | Traditional | Spotlight |
| Animas Elementary School | CSI PERF | Traditional |
| Apache Elementary School | Traditional | Traditional |
| Bluffview Elementary School | ATSI | Traditional |
| Esperanza Elementary School | Traditional | Traditional |
| Farmington High School | Traditional | Traditional |
| Hermosa Middle School | Traditional | Traditional |
| Ladera Del Norte Elementary School | Traditional | Traditional |
| McCormick Elementary School | Traditional | Traditional |
| McKinley Elementary School | ATSI | Traditional |
| Mesa View Middle School | ATSI | Traditional |
| Piedra Vista High School | Traditional | Traditional |
| Tibbetts Middle School | Traditional | Traditional |
| Heights Middle School | ATSI | Targeted Support and Improvement |
| Rocinante High School | CSI | More Rigorous Interventions |
From NM Vistas:
What does this mean? Schools receive designations based on a number of factors, including performance scores.
How was this calculated? Schools can receive designations for earning top scores or be identified as needing support.
- School of Excellence: Schools performing in the top 10% of all schools on the NMVistas school index.
- Spotlight School: Schools performing in the next 15% of all schools on the NMVistas school index.
- Traditional School: Schools performing below the top 25% of schools and not designated for additional supports per the following designations.
- Targeted Support and Improvement School (TSI): Schools serving a student group that falls below the cutoff for CSI schools (described below).
- Additional Targeted Support and Improvement School (ATSI): TSI schools serving a student group that is performing in the lowest 5% of all schools.
- Comprehensive Support School (CSI):
- Title I schools that are: performing in the lowest 5% of Title I schools in New Mexico as identified by the school index score;
- have an average four-year graduation rate less than or equal to 66.67% percent over the past three years;
- is a Title I school that was previously identified as an ATSI school due to low-performing student subgroups that has not demonstrated sufficient improvement in those subgroups over three years; or
- the department may identify additional schools as CSI schools as deemed necessary.
- More Rigorous Intervention School (MRI): Schools not exiting CSI status after three years of receiving support.
For more detailed information, please visit https://nmvistas.org/schools.html.