AZTEC YOUTH ACADEMY

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RIO GRANDE PREPARATORY INSTITUTE → ALMA D'ARTE CHARTER → HONDO HIGH → ACADEMY DEL SOL ALT. → RESERVE HIGH → CORONA HIGH → LAKE ARTHUR HIGH → QUEMADO HIGH →

📋 At a glance

Programs & features

Academic signals

🎓 AP rigor: Bottom 18% of US high schools
🎓 4-yr grad rate: 24% (Bottom 4% of US high schools by 4-yr grad rate)

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

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How AZTEC YOUTH ACADEMY compares for families

What families should know about AZTEC YOUTH 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: RIO GRANDE PREPARATORY INSTITUTE, ALMA D'ARTE CHARTER, HONDO HIGH and 5 more. See the sidebar to compare side-by-side.

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SAT / ACT participation

CRDC federal data · 2020-21

SAT/ACT test-takers

11th-12th graders who took 1+ college admissions test

Test-taking intensity

0.0

takers per 100 students in grades 9-12

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

4-year graduation rate

24%

Single-point estimate

4-year cohort size

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)

Strong: experienced corps. New teachers rotate through but most have ≥3 years in.

% chronic teacher absence (≥10 days/yr)

50.0%

Elevated. Teacher absence directly affects classroom continuity and student outcomes.

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

High-poverty school

Title I Schoolwide eligible

90.9%

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)

≥75% of students qualify for free/reduced lunch. These schools qualify for the highest tier of federal Title I funding and typically receive extra wraparound services. Academic outcomes vary widely — check the state assessment + grad-rate tiles.

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.

Enrollment trend & projection

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

If the recent trend holds…

At its recent rate of +47.3%/year, projecting from 2024's 33 students:

2025

2027

105

2029

229

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

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
RIO GRANDE PREPARATORY INSTITUTE MESILLA	Public	8.6	46	—
ALMA D'ARTE CHARTER LAS CRUCES	Public · charter	9.6	63	-46.6%
HONDO HIGH HONDO	Public	124.3	32	—
ACADEMY DEL SOL ALT. ALAMOGORDO	Public	72.3	30	—
RESERVE HIGH RESERVE	Public	145.2	28	—
CORONA HIGH CORONA	Public	157.4	28	—
LAKE ARTHUR HIGH LAKE ARTHUR	Public	158.3	28	—
QUEMADO HIGH QUEMADO	Public	168.9	43	—