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New Mexico students鈥� test scores made modest gains last school year, though some worry it鈥檚 not enough to get the Land of Enchantment out of the 50th spot in education nationwide.

According to the newest data from PED released Monday, 43.3% of students statewide scored proficient or above in reading, compared with 43.1% the year prior. In math, 25.5% of students were proficient, compared with 24.6% the year prior. 

In science, 33.4% of students scored proficient, a drop of 1.5 percentage points from the year before.

鈥淲e鈥檙e clear as a state that we鈥檙e making progress,鈥� Public Education Secretary Mariana Padilla said. 鈥淲e鈥檙e not yet where we need to be for students, but we know how to do it.鈥�

In five years, reading scores for all students have climbed more than 10%, while math scores have remained relatively unchanged.

Younger children seem to be scoring better; the data shows third grade reading proficiency is up five percentage points from the year prior from 40% to 45%, and fourth grade proficiency is up three percentage points to 51%. At the high school level, reading proficiency was 37.1%.

鈥淭he state has been very strategic in our efforts related to literacy,鈥� Padilla said, citing a literacy bill passed at January鈥檚 legislative session that requires teachers to use an instruction method called the 鈥渟cience of reading,鈥� and to submit regular progress reports to families.

鈥淭he plan is to continue that with math and science, and that鈥檚 what we鈥檙e in the process of doing now,鈥� she said.

The assessment data released Monday includes scores from students in grades three through eight, plus 11th grade. Third through eighth graders take the New Mexico Measures of Student Success and Achievement (NM-MSSA) or Dynamic Learning Maps (DLM) tests, while 11th graders take the SAT or DLM.

Despite progress on state tests, New Mexico scrapes the bottom of the rankings on nationwide exams. The state is ranked 50th in the country in reading and math in a 2024 report from the National Assessment of Educational Progress, or NAEP, which showed only 20% of fourth graders were proficient in reading and 23% were proficient in math. The results from the 2025 NAEP test are expected early next year.

鈥淥ur state assessment and NAEP aren鈥檛 necessarily aligned exactly, but I do think if we see progress on the state assessment, you should expect to see at least some progress on NAEP,鈥� said Amanda Aragon Bernabe, executive director of education nonprofit New Mexico Kids CAN. 鈥淎nd when I saw today鈥檚 results, I鈥檓 not convinced that鈥檚 going to move the needle for us on the NAEP assessment.鈥�

Aragon Bernabe said she鈥檚 not convinced the latest efforts to bolster reading and math from the state will be enough to see the kind of progress New Mexico needs to get itself off of the bottom of the list.

鈥淚 think I鈥檓 just really sad that the positive things that have been put in place aren鈥檛 reaching their full potential yet,鈥� she said. 鈥淚 think that鈥檚 just going to take more accountability than people have been comfortable with, and a lot more discomfort for the leaders of our systems than maybe people have been willing to take in the past.鈥�

Underserved students included in the landmark education lawsuit known as Yazzie-Martinez reported significant five-year growth, though students still score below their peers. 

The 2018 Yazzie-Martinez decision ruled that the state of New Mexico has a constitutional obligation to provide every student with an equal opportunity and a sufficient education, especially Native American students, English language learners, students with disabilities and economically disadvantaged students 鈥� all of whom make up around 70% of New Mexico鈥檚 student population, according to the PED.

Native American students scored a reading proficiency of 32.8%, up almost 14 percentage points from five years prior, though still not on par with their peers. 

Economically disadvantaged students scored nearly 13 percentage points higher than they did five years before. English learners were up 7.4 percentage points and disabled students 4.6 percentage points, though the gap between them and their non-disabled peers continues to widen.

These gains were 鈥減robably the thing that I looked at today that I was the most hopeful about,鈥� Aragon Bernabe said. 鈥淏ut the numbers are still way too low to be acceptable.鈥�

APS鈥� performance

At Albuquerque Public Schools, the state鈥檚 largest district, scores kept pace with statewide numbers.

Including charters, reading proficiency at APS last school year was 43.5%, compared with 43.3% at the state level. Math was similarly close: APS math proficiency was 25.7%, compared with 25.5% statewide.

Reading at APS is up 0.2 percentage points, while math is up 1.1 since the year prior. These math and reading scores are the highest recorded at the district since APS started using the NM-MSSA test in 2022, district officials said.

鈥淲hile we were hoping for stronger growth, I鈥檓 proud that our students largely held onto the hard-won gains from 2025,鈥� Superintendent Gabriella Dur谩n Blakey said in a statement. 鈥淭his shows the real resilience of our students and the dedication of our staff. We know we still have work to do, and we鈥檙e more committed than ever to helping every student reach their full potential.鈥�

APS saw marginal gains in 11 demographics, including among white, Black, Asian, Hispanic and disabled students, while scores dropped slightly for Native American, multiracial, homeless and economically disadvantaged students and English learners. 

The gap between the district鈥檚 students not experiencing financial hardship and those who are widened to more than 30 percentage points.

Math scores increased for every demographic at APS except Black, economically disadvantaged and homeless students, who all reported scores falling by less than one percentage point.

Science proficiency was down 1.3 percentage points from the year prior for a total proficiency of 33.6%.

Attendance 鈥� one of the district鈥檚 admitted biggest challenges 鈥� is also up slightly. At APS, 71.5% of students attended at least 90% of the days in the 2025-26 school year, compared with 69.1% in the school year prior.

Natalie Robbins covers education for the Journal. You can reach her at nrobbins@abqjournal.com.