GORDON BERNELL CHARTER
ALBUQUERQUE · NM · ALBUQUERQUE · Public charter
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NATIVE AMERICAN COMMUNITY ACADEMY → AMY BIEHL CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL → EARLY COLLEGE ACADEMY → CESAR CHAVEZ COMMUNITY SCHOOL → NEX GEN ACADEMY → LOS PUENTES CHARTER → ALBUQUERQUE INSTITUTE OF MATH & SCIENCE → TIERRA ADENTRO →📋 At a glance
- 🎓 AP rigor: Bottom 37% of US high schools
- 📝 SAT/ACT participation: Bottom 49% by test-taker volume
- 🎓 4-yr grad rate: 49% (Bottom 10% of US high schools by 4-yr grad rate)
Composed from federal CRDC offerings, EDFacts ACGR, and other public data. Full breakdowns below.
How GORDON BERNELL CHARTER compares for families
Solid mid-tier academic profile.
- ▸ LocallyNM trails the US average on NAEP 8th-grade math (−9 points). Stronger local schools matter even more.
- ▸ vs Similar SchoolsThe closest comparables nearby: NATIVE AMERICAN COMMUNITY ACADEMY, AMY BIEHL CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL, EARLY COLLEGE ACADEMY and 5 more. See the sidebar to compare side-by-side.
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SAT / ACT participation
CRDC federal data · 2020-21Bottom 49% by test-taker volume
Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2020-21). Volume — not score — is what's reported here. A higher count means more students at this school are entering the college admissions pipeline. Note: 2020-21 was COVID-disrupted; some districts (especially those that stayed remote longer) report unusually low or zero takers.
🎓 4-year graduation rate · federal EDFacts
What % of students graduate on time?
Bottom 10% of US high schools by 4-yr grad rate
Source: federal EDFacts ACGR (Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate), 2019 vintage via Urban Institute. EDFacts publishes a range (low-high) to preserve privacy on small cohorts; we display the midpoint.
👩🏫 Teacher workforce · federal CRDC
Teacher experience & reliability
Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2017-18 — the most recent vintage that publishes per-school teacher quality fields; the 2020-21 sweep had them suppressed). "Inexperienced" = teachers in their first or second year. "Chronic absence" = teachers absent 10+ days/year.
🏛️ Federal Title I context
Title I Targeted Assistance eligible
35-39% FRPL — qualifies for Title I Targeted Assistance
35-39% of students qualify for free/reduced lunch. The school can receive Title I funds targeted to identified students (not schoolwide).
Source: NCES Common Core of Data, free/reduced-price lunch eligibility. The actual Title I designation is a district decision and may differ from eligibility — but the federal eligibility math is what we show here. We don't claim to assert whether the district formally chose to enroll this school in Title I.
🏛️ Your state's public flagship
University of New Mexico-Main Campus
The in-state tuition gap is the flagship's biggest draw — most in-state families pay far less than the out-of-state sticker. Average net price after aid runs about $15,489/yr. Admission odds depend on your student's GPA and test scores, not which high school they attend.
Source: IPEDS admissions, tuition & enrollment + College Scorecard net price. Flagship = the state's primary public research university.
Chronic absenteeism
Why this matters to enrollment: Chronic absence is the strongest early indicator of dropout, transfer-out, and family disengagement. A school's absenteeism trend forecasts its enrollment trend 1-3 years out. For school leaders: an Enrollment Trend Audit traces this dynamic forward →
Source: U.S. Department of Education, Civil Rights Data Collection 2020–2021. Rate = students chronically absent ÷ 2024 total enrollment.
Counselor capacity
Source: U.S. Department of Education, Civil Rights Data Collection 2020-2021. Counselor ratio = the school's most recent total enrollment ÷ counselor FTE. The American School Counselor Association (ASCA) recommends a 250:1 maximum; the US national median across schools with on-staff counselors is roughly 430:1.
Enrollment trend & projection
Total enrollment + grade 12, NCES Common Core of Data (2021–2024).
If the recent trend holds…
At its recent rate of +4.6%/year, projecting from 2024's 175 students:
An extrapolation of the recent trajectory, not a forecast of the school's plans; ignores one-off shocks.
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| School | Type | Miles | HS enrollment | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NATIVE AMERICAN COMMUNITY ACADEMY ALBUQUERQUE |
Public · charter | 0.7 | 169 | -15.5% |
| AMY BIEHL CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL ALBUQUERQUE |
Public · charter | 2.1 | 196 | -16.9% |
| EARLY COLLEGE ACADEMY ALBUQUERQUE |
Public | 1.4 | 212 | +5.5% |
| CESAR CHAVEZ COMMUNITY SCHOOL ALBUQUERQUE |
Public · charter | 5.1 | 181 | -3.2% |
| NEX GEN ACADEMY ALBUQUERQUE |
Public | 3.9 | 198 | -27.5% |
| LOS PUENTES CHARTER ALBUQUERQUE |
Public · charter | 0.8 | 129 | +27.7% |
| ALBUQUERQUE INSTITUTE OF MATH & SCIENCE ALBUQUERQUE |
Public · charter | 3.0 | 138 | -18.3% |
| TIERRA ADENTRO ALBUQUERQUE |
Public · charter | 1.3 | 127 | +11.4% |