Schools · Albuquerque
Albuquerque, NM schools
Albuquerque’s public schools score well above New Mexico’s averages: 75% of students are proficient in reading against 58.4% statewide, and 75% of high schoolers graduate on time against 77.2%. Kids attend one of 71 schools through grade 12, then one of 71 high schools, one of 25 high schools and one of 14 high schools.
Grades, test scores, graduation, spending and every school, from U.S. Department of Education data.
TownTapestry School GradeNew
A
Albuquerque’s School Grade: A
The public schools Albuquerque’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, outperform 90% of New Mexico’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they rank near the top.
ATest scoresC+Graduation
New Mexico school districts we grade (93)Better than 90%
Lower resultsHigher results
New Mexico towns with similar household incomes (126)Better than 93%
High confidence. Built on 1,728 tested students and a graduating class of 7,121; ordinary year-to-year swings are unlikely to change the grade.
How the School Grade works
- Results, not inputs. Math and reading proficiency on New Mexico’s state tests, each against the state average, plus the four-year graduation rate. Spending and class size are shown below but don’t count toward the grade. Tests: 2020–21; graduation: class of 2020.
- The whole path. A town’s grade follows its kids: every district that serves it, weighted by the number of students tested in each. Tests count 60% and graduation 40%.
- Graded within the state. Each state writes its own tests, so districts are lined up against the rest of New Mexico only. A+ top 5%A next 10%A- next 10%B B+ to B−, next 30%C C+ to C−, next 30%D D and D−, bottom 15%
- Individual schools are graded the same way on their own test results, against every public school in New Mexico with 25+ students. Private schools aren’t graded: they don’t take the state tests.
- What a grade can’t tell you. Test results track family income closely, so a high grade partly reflects who lives in a town. That’s why we also compare towns with similar incomes. Visit, ask other parents, and read neighbor reviews. It’s our own summary of U.S. Department of Education data, not an official rating.
School path
Where Albuquerque kids go to school
Based on district boundaries from the U.S. Department of Education. Check with the district before you enroll.
Test scores · 2020–21
Well above the state in reading
Reading (grades PK–12, Albuquerque Public Schools)75%
State average 58.4%
Math (grades PK–12, Albuquerque Public Schools)51%
State average 23.4%
Graduation · class of 2020
75% graduate on time
Graduation rate
75%
NM: 77.2%
Graduating class
7,121
students
The share of students who started ninth grade together and earned a regular diploma within four years. #48 of 70 NM towns →
Districts
The district serving Albuquerque
Albuquerque Public SchoolsGrades PK–12 · 174 schools · 73,992 students
$17,449 per studentNM $17,681AEach district’s own page has its spending, test scores, enrollment and every school.
Every school
All 206 schools in Albuquerque
Showing 1–30 of 206 schools
TRES VOLCANES COMMUNITY COLLABORATIVE SCHOOLElementary · Grades K–8 · 865 students
PublicTIERRA ANTIGUA ELEMENTARYElementary · Grades K–5 · 696 students
D-PublicRUDOLFO ANAYA ELEMENTARYElementary · Grades PK–5 · 592 students
PublicVENTANA RANCH ELEMENTARYElementary · Grades PK–5 · 573 students
PublicDENNIS CHAVEZ ELEMENTARYElementary · Grades PK–5 · 550 students
D-PublicPAINTED SKY ELEMENTARYElementary · Grades PK–5 · 536 students
PublicCHRISTINE DUNCAN HERITAGE ACADEMYElementary · Grades PK–8 · 534 students
CharterCHAPARRAL ELEMENTARYElementary · Grades PK–5 · 523 students
D-PublicS. Y. JACKSON ELEMENTARYElementary · Grades K–5 · 519 students
D-PublicMANZANO MESA ELEMENTARYElementary · Grades PK–5 · 507 students
D-PublicSUSIE RAYOS MARMON ELEMENTARYElementary · Grades PK–5 · 507 students
PublicGEORGIA O'KEEFFE ELEMENTARYElementary · Grades K–5 · 504 students
D-PublicPETROGLYPH ELEMENTARYElementary · Grades PK–5 · 498 students
PublicHORIZON ACADEMY WESTElementary · Grades PK–5 · 495 students
D-CharterECADEMY K-8Elementary · Grades K–8 · 466 students
PublicHUBERT H HUMPHREY ELEMENTARYElementary · Grades PK–5 · 465 students
D-PublicMARYANN BINFORD ELEMENTARYElementary · Grades PK–5 · 460 students
PublicSEVEN BAR ELEMENTARYElementary · Grades K–5 · 455 students
D-PublicMONTESSORI ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · Grades K–8 · 452 students
CharterCARLOS REY ELEMENTARYElementary · Grades PK–5 · 446 students
PublicHELEN CORDERO PRIMARYElementary · Grades PK–2 · 445 students
PublicOSUNA ELEMENTARYElementary · Grades K–5 · 438 students
D-PublicNEW MEXICO INTERNATIONAL SCHOOLElementary · Grades K–8 · 432 students
CharterCIEN AGUAS INTERNATIONALElementary · Grades K–8 · 419 students
CharterMARIE M HUGHES ELEMENTARYElementary · Grades PK–5 · 417 students
D-PublicLA MESA ELEMENTARYElementary · Grades PK–5 · 415 students
PublicSUNSET VIEW ELEMENTARYElementary · Grades K–5 · 407 students
D-PublicJOHN BAKER ELEMENTARYElementary · Grades K–5 · 404 students
D-PublicHODGIN ELEMENTARYElementary · Grades PK–5 · 392 students
D-PublicJANET KAHN FINE ARTS ACADEMYElementary · Grades PK–7 · 389 students
PublicSchool data from the U.S. Department of Education (NCES). Ratings are from neighbors on TownTapestry.