New Mexico Private Schools

There are 220 private schools in New Mexico, serving 24,158 students.
The average private school tuition is $6,851 for elementary schools and $10,779 for high schools (view national tuition averages).
The average acceptance rate is 85% (view national acceptance rates).
Minority enrollment is 51% and the student:teacher ratio is 10:1.
61% of schools are religiously affiliated (most commonly Christian and Roman Catholic).
There are 4 Blue Ribbon schools, 1 all-girls school, 23 Montessori schools, 35 schools offering summer programs and 134 Preschools/Day Care schools.

We are so pleased that our children are students in this remarkable school! We have seen so much personal growth in both of them as the year has progressed! They are excited to go to school everyday and accomplish so much while they are there. The families at Acton are really wonderful, and we have been nothing but impressed with

Sandia Preparatory School provides a rigorous college prep education in a small class setting for grades 6 - 12.

Bosque School, founded in 1994, is a challenging college preparatory school for students in grades 6-12. The campus sits on 45-acres adjacent to the Rio Grande bosque in Albuquerque, New Mexico.

Hope Christian Pre-K students celebrating their graduation to Kindergarten!

Weighing and jarring cheese in our dairy.

Our school, in the generous Las Cruces sunshine

This is us: the good, the bad, the shy, the outgoing, the playful, the serious - clearly diversity at its best, but a great group of people.

New Mexico Private Schools by County

Popular cities: Albuquerque (83 schools), Santa Fe (27 schools), Farmington (10 schools), Las Cruces (8 schools), Roswell (6 schools).

County
# Schools
# Students
% Minority
Bernalillo County
90 Schools
12,861 Students
48% Minority
Catron County
1 Schools
8 Students
63% Minority
Chaves County
6 Schools
946 Students
19% Minority
Cibola County
4 Schools
168 Students
89% Minority
Curry County
3 Schools
300 Students
42% Minority
Dona Ana County
11 Schools
1,049 Students
52% Minority
Eddy County
1 Schools
77 Students
54% Minority
Grant County
4 Schools
159 Students
29% Minority
Lea County
3 Schools
243 Students
37% Minority
Lincoln County
1 Schools
48 Students
35% Minority
Los Alamos County
3 Schools
144 Students
52% Minority
Luna County
1 Schools
6 Students
50% Minority
Mckinley County
10 Schools
1,165 Students
85% Minority
Otero County
3 Schools
275 Students
38% Minority
Rio Arriba County
8 Schools
525 Students
93% Minority
Roosevelt County
2 Schools
109 Students
9% Minority
San Juan County
12 Schools
908 Students
39% Minority
San Miguel County
2 Schools
243 Students
36% Minority
Sandoval County
12 Schools
1,041 Students
69% Minority
Santa Fe County
30 Schools
2,965 Students
47% Minority
Sierra County
1 Schools
66 Students
26% Minority
Socorro County
2 Schools
397 Students
98% Minority
Taos County
1 Schools
61 Students
95% Minority
Torrance County
2 Schools
32 Students
40% Minority
Valencia County
8 Schools
400 Students
62% Minority

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