REPORT CARDS: Area High Schools Earn Spotlight Rating

SANTA FE, N.M. — The New Mexico Public Education Department has released its 2025–26 NM Vistas school performance and accountability data, establishing updated interim progress targets under the federal Every Student Succeeds Act and offering a detailed lens into performance across East Mountain and Estancia Valley school communities.

Developed by the state in 2019, the NM Vistas platform serves as the state’s primary public reporting portal, delivering school-level report cards designed to gauge academic proficiency, student growth, attendance, and graduation trajectories. According to state education officials, the accountability model sets 10-year benchmarks aimed at reducing non-proficiency rates by 50% across key academic metrics.

For the 2025–26 school year, the state’s interim statewide targets include a 45.6% proficiency benchmark in language arts, a 36.0% benchmark in mathematics, and a four-year cohort graduation target of 79.0%.

Across the East Mountain corridor and the Estancia Valley, the data provides an annual benchmark for local districts and public charter schools:

East Mountain High School: The Sandia Park charter school, authorized under Albuquerque Public Schools, continues to measure its college-preparatory metrics against state standards. As an upper-level secondary institution, the school’s performance metrics center heavily on four-year cohort graduation rates, college and career readiness participation, and high school math and reading proficiency benchmarks.

Estancia Valley Classical Academy: Operating as a state-chartered public school in Edgewood, EVCA’s report card reflects its K–12 classical curriculum. Under NM Vistas, the school is tracked across elementary and middle school growth percentiles, science and math achievement, regular attendance thresholds, and graduation growth as its high school cohorts expand.

Estancia Municipal Schools: Located in central Torrance County, the rural district’s data underscores targeted state support frameworks. In rural systems, NM Vistas tracks performance across student subgroups, measuring progress in math and reading proficiency while monitoring four-year, five-year, and six-year graduation rates against statewide recovery goals.

Moriarty-Edgewood School District: Serving southern Santa Fe, western Torrance, and eastern Bernalillo counties, the district faces the challenge of aligning its diverse elementary, middle, and high school campuses with state interim targets. The district’s report cards highlight math and language arts growth, attendance initiatives, and graduation outcomes at Moriarty High School.

Under the state’s business rules, schools receive performance designations ranging from “Spotlight” status — reserved for campuses scoring within the top 25% statewide — to “Traditional” good-standing classifications and targeted improvement tiers for schools requiring state support.

State education officials emphasized that while the annual report cards provide rigorous, standardized comparisons, the figures represent only one facet of overall school health.

“Just as a single test score does not represent everything about a child, NM Vistas does not tell a complete picture about a single school, district, or state charter school,” the department noted in its technical documentation. “NM Vistas serves as only part of the story about a school.”

Detailed school-by-school report cards, growth percentiles, and designation breakdowns are available to the public at nmvistas.org.