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The West > New Mexico > Education

NEW MEXICO EDUCATION STATS:   Top Stats   All Stats  
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Assessments > % of Students Above Advanced > Grade 4 Math 2% [46th of 51]
Assessments > % of Students Above Basic > Grade 4 Reading 51% [48th of 51]
Source: National Center for Educational Statistics
Assessments > % of Students Above Proficient > Grade 8 Writing 18% [37th of 42]
Source: National Center for Educational Statistics
Assessments > Scale Score, Grade 4 Math 224 [50th of 51]
Source: National Center for Educational Statistics
Assessments > Scale Score, Grade 4 Reading 207 [47th of 51]
Source: National Center for Educational Statistics
Assessments > Scale Score, Grade 8 Math 263 [48th of 51]
Source: National Center for Educational Statistics
Assessments > Scale Score, Grade 8 Writing 140 [39th of 42]
Source: National Center for Educational Statistics
Bachelor's degree or higher, by percentage 25.1% [31st of 51]
Source: National Center for Educational Statistics
Best Educated Index -13.37 [48th of 50]
Source: US Census Bureau, 2004.
Elementary & Secondary > Free Lunch Eligible 156,401 [27th of 46]
Source: Morgan Quitno Press, 2005
Elementary & Secondary > Pupil/Teacher Ratio 15 students per teacher [28th of 51]
Source: National Center for Educational Statistics
Elementary & Secondary > Total Students- Black, non-Hispanic 7,833 [39th of 50]
Source: National Center for Educational Statistics
Elementary & Secondary Finance > Current Expenditures $2,281,607,599.00 [37th of 51]
Source: National Center for Educational Statistics
High school diploma or higher, by percentage 82.9% [41st of 51]
Source: National Center for Educational Statistics
Percent of People Who Have Completed a Bachelor's Degree 23.6 % [39th of 51]
Source: US Census Bureau, 2004.
Percent of People Who Have Completed an Advanced Degree 9.9 % [17th of 51]
Source: American Community Survey 2004
Postsecondary > Degrees Awarded > Bachelors 7,217 [40th of 51]
Source: American Community Survey 2004
Postsecondary > Degrees Awarded > Masters 2,983 [36th of 51]
Source: National Center for Educational Statistics
Public Libraries > Library Visits per Capita 3.4 [41st of 51]
Source: National Center for Educational Statistics
Public Libraries > Number of Bookmobiles 3 [39th of 50]
Source: National Center for Educational Statistics

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SOURCES: National Center for Educational Statistics; National Center for Educational Statistics ; US Census Bureau, 2004.; Morgan Quitno Press, 2005; American Community Survey 2004

ALTERNATIVE NAMES: NM

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