CHRYSALIS ALTERNATIVE
TAOS · NM · TAOS · Public · K-12 combined
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VISTA GRANDE HIGH SCHOOL → MORENO VALLEY HIGH → ASPEN COMMUNITY SCHOOL → PENITENTIARY OF NM-SANTA FE → WAGON MOUND HIGH → ROY HIGH → PENASCO HIGH → WLV FAMILY PARTNERSHIP →📋 At a glance
- 🎓 AP rigor: Bottom 18% of US high schools
Composed from federal CRDC offerings, EDFacts ACGR, and other public data. Full breakdowns below.
How CHRYSALIS ALTERNATIVE compares for families
What families should know about CHRYSALIS ALTERNATIVE.
- ▸ LocallyNM trails the US average on NAEP 8th-grade math (−9 points). Stronger local schools matter even more.
- ▸ vs Similar SchoolsThe closest comparables nearby: VISTA GRANDE HIGH SCHOOL, MORENO VALLEY HIGH, ASPEN COMMUNITY SCHOOL and 5 more. See the sidebar to compare side-by-side.
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SAT / ACT participation
CRDC federal data · 2020-21Source: 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.
👩🏫 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.
🏛️ 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 most reliable early indicator that a student will leave a school — either by transferring out, dropping out, or matriculating to a charter or private alternative. At this level, today's absentees become next year's enrollment loss and the year-after's revenue loss. 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 ÷ 2021 total enrollment.
Not enough enrollment history on file to chart a trend for this school yet.
Most similar nearby high schools
The schools most like this one — same type, blended on distance and size — and where their enrollment is heading. These are the schools families here weigh against each other.
| School | Type | Miles | HS enrollment | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| VISTA GRANDE HIGH SCHOOL TAOS |
Public · charter | 1.0 | 69 | -10.4% |
| MORENO VALLEY HIGH ANGEL FIRE |
Public · charter | 16.5 | 40 | — |
| ASPEN COMMUNITY SCHOOL SANTA FE |
Public | 53.4 | 15 | — |
| PENITENTIARY OF NM-SANTA FE SANTA FE |
Public | 63.4 | 5 | — |
| WAGON MOUND HIGH WAGON MOUND |
Public | 55.5 | 24 | — |
| ROY HIGH ROY |
Public | 83.1 | 25 | — |
| PENASCO HIGH PENASCO |
Public | 16.2 | 75 | -22.7% |
| WLV FAMILY PARTNERSHIP LAS VEGAS |
Public | 58.7 | 30 | — |