Albuquerque Aviation Academy

Albuquerque · NM · ALBUQUERQUE AVIATION ACADEMY · Public charter · K-12 combined


At a glance

Programs & features
  • Dual-enrollment program (college credit while in HS)
  • Gifted & talented program
Academic signals
  • AP rigor: Bottom 29% of US high schools
  • SAT/ACT participation: Bottom 31% by test-taker volume
  • 4-yr grad rate: 84% in 2019 (Bottom 33% of US high schools by 4-yr grad rate)

Composed from federal CRDC offerings, EDFacts graduation data, and other public data. Full breakdowns below.

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How Albuquerque Aviation Academy compares for families

What families should know about Albuquerque Aviation Academy.

  • ▸ 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, GORDON BERNELL CHARTER, AMY BIEHL CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL and 5 more. See the sidebar to compare side-by-side.

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SAT / ACT participation

CRDC federal data · 2020-21

Bottom 31% by test-taker volume

50th 90th
SAT/ACT test-takers
29
11th-12th graders who took 1+ college admissions test
Test-taking intensity
17.4
takers per 100 students in grades 9-12
Compared against
18,426
US high schools reporting SAT/ACT participation

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 33% of US high schools by 4-yr grad rate

50th 90th
4-year graduation rate
84%
Range: 80–89%
4-year cohort size
47
Students in the 9th-grade entry class tracked over 4 years
Compared against
17,988
US high schools reporting 4-year ACGR

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

% inexperienced teachers (1st-2nd yr)
7.1%
Strong: experienced corps. New teachers rotate through but most have ≥3 years in.
% chronic teacher absence (≥10 days/yr)
7.1%
Around the national average. Worth watching.

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

Lower-need school

Not Title I eligible (FRPL < 25%)

17.9%
FRPL rate — % of students who qualify for the federal Free or Reduced-Price Lunch program. This is the underlying federal income-eligibility signal Title I designations are computed from (ESEA Sec. 1113).
0% (no FRPL) 35% TA · 40% Schoolwide 100% (universal FRPL)

<25% of students qualify for free/reduced lunch. Well below the Title I threshold; expect a higher-income student body on average.

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

96%
admit rate
$10,140
in-state tuition/yr · $33,060 out-of-state
900–1160
SAT 25–75 · ACT 19–26

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.

See the full University of New Mexico-Main Campus profile → Estimate your odds with your scores →

Source: IPEDS admissions, tuition & enrollment + College Scorecard net price. Flagship = the state's primary public research university.

Chronic absenteeism

Share of students absent 15+ days
23.2%
Elevated above the national average (~16%). Worth understanding — chronic absence compounds into dropout risk, transfer-out risk, and revenue loss.
Students absent 15+ days
60
Federal definition: absent (excused or unexcused) for at least 15 of ~180 school days — about 10% of the school year.

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.

Source: U.S. Department of Education, Civil Rights Data Collection 2020–2021. Rate = students chronically absent ÷ 2021 total enrollment.

Enrollment trend & projection

Total enrollment + grade 12, NCES Common Core of Data (2021–2024).

If the recent trend holds…

At its recent rate of +6.8%/year, projecting from 2024's 312 students:

2025
333
2027
380
2029
433

An extrapolation of the recent trajectory, not a forecast of the school's plans; ignores one-off shocks.

Revenue upside

At $14,658 per student in district revenue, the 121 students projected to be gained by 2029 represent ≈ $1,773,618/year in additional funding.

District total revenue ÷ enrollment, NCES F-33. Public funding largely follows enrollment, so a shrinking class is a recurring budget hit.

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.

SchoolTypeMilesHS enrollmentTrend
NATIVE AMERICAN COMMUNITY ACADEMY
ALBUQUERQUE
Public · charter 8.0 169 -15.5%
GORDON BERNELL CHARTER
ALBUQUERQUE
Public · charter 8.5 175 +6.7%
AMY BIEHL CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL
ALBUQUERQUE
Public · charter 8.8 196 -16.9%
ALBUQUERQUE TALENT DEVELOPMENT CHARTER
ALBUQUERQUE
Public · charter 5.6 119 +9.2%
MARK ARMIJO ACADEMY
ALBUQUERQUE
Public · charter 6.4 233 +17.1%
TIERRA ADENTRO
ALBUQUERQUE
Public · charter 7.7 127 +11.4%
NEW AMERICA SCHOOL
ALBUQUERQUE
Public · charter 8.8 131 -37.6%
LOS PUENTES CHARTER
ALBUQUERQUE
Public · charter 8.5 129 +27.7%

At a glance

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Albuquerque Aviation Academy is a public high school in Albuquerque, NM, enrolling 312 students in grades 9-12 in 2024.

29 students took the SAT or ACT in the most recent federal count, a participation level above 31% of U.S. high schools.

Its federal four-year graduation rate was about 84% in the latest EDFacts release.

23% of its students were chronically absent in 2020.

Sources: National Center for Education Statistics (enrollment), the federal Civil Rights Data Collection and EDFacts, state education agencies where named, and the school's own published documents where named.

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What is Albuquerque Aviation Academy's graduation rate? Albuquerque Aviation Academy's federal four-year graduation rate was about 84% in the latest EDFacts release.

How many students attend Albuquerque Aviation Academy? Albuquerque Aviation Academy is a public high school in Albuquerque, NM, enrolling 312 students in grades 9-12 in 2024.

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