By Feliz Romero, KOB
June 11, 2025
“The 50th ranking doesn’t tell us anything. It compares us against all of the other states, and if we cared about every child in the United States, we would want every state to be number one,” said Gabrielle Uballez, the executive director for New Mexico Voices for Children.
She added that it takes time for changes to show up in the numbers. For example, looking at education, it says New Mexico got “worse” for young children in school.
“A reminder that these numbers are from 2023, so we hadn’t fully implemented our almost universally free childcare and access to pre-K yet in 2023, it was just starting to roll out. That number we expect it to rise in coming years,” she said.
Graduation rates are still trending upward, but stats that do raise some eyebrows are math and reading scores.
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