Santa Fe Public Schools serves the city of Santa Fe, the communities of Tesuque and Eldorado, and the historic neighborhood of Agua Fria, and other communities with a total area of 1,016 square miles (2,630 km2).
[3] The superintendent of the Santa Fe district advocated for closing the Stanley School because of the following reasons: was in close proximity to the one of Moriarty, that it would not be viable as an elementary only school if only the high school were closed, the poor physical state of the building and it was not meeting the academic benchmarks set by the state government of New Mexico.
[5] The school district serves, in addition to Santa Fe: Agua Fria, Arroyo Hondo, Cañada de los Alamos, Cañoncito, Chupadero, Conejo, Eldorado at Santa Fe, Encantado, Galisteo, Glorieta, Hyde Park, La Bajada, La Cienega, La Cueva, Las Campanas, Lamy, Los Cerrillos, Madrid, Rio en Medio, Santa Fe Foothills, Seton Village, Sunlit Hills, Tesuque, Tres Arroyos, Valencia, and Valle Vista.
It also serves almost all of Tano Road, most of La Tierra, and a small portion of Peak Place.
This was ended in 2018 as low income parents complained that the standardized dress caused their clothing expenditures to rise, and as teachers felt that policing the student dress caused too many absences and used too many class resources.