Similar nearby schools
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ALTA VISTA EARLY COLLEGE HIGH SCHOOL → NEW AMERICA SCHOOL - LAS CRUCES → LAS MONTANAS CHARTER → ARROWHEAD PARK EARLY COLLEGE HIGH SCHOOL → LOVING HIGH → CARLSBAD EARLY COLLEGE HIGH → COBRE HIGH → DEXTER HIGH →How Desert Pride Academy compares for families
What families should know about Desert Pride 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: ALTA VISTA EARLY COLLEGE HIGH SCHOOL, NEW AMERICA SCHOOL - LAS CRUCES, LAS MONTANAS CHARTER and 5 more. See the sidebar to compare side-by-side.
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Federal Title I context
High-poverty school
Title I Schoolwide eligible
≥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
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.
Enrollment trend & projection
Total enrollment + grade 12, NCES Common Core of Data (2021–2024).
If the recent trend holds…
At its recent rate of -4.8%/year, projecting from 2024's 221 students:
≈ 48 fewer students by 2029 — a real revenue/relevance risk worth getting ahead of.
An extrapolation of the recent trajectory, not a forecast of the school's plans; ignores one-off shocks.
Revenue at risk
At $14,233 per student in district revenue, the 48 students projected to be lost by 2029 represent ≈ $683,184/year in funding at risk.
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.
| School | Type | Miles | HS enrollment | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ALTA VISTA EARLY COLLEGE HIGH SCHOOL ANTHONY |
Public | 0.1 | 180 | -14.7% |
| NEW AMERICA SCHOOL - LAS CRUCES LAS CRUCES |
Public · charter | 20.4 | 225 | +29.3% |
| LAS MONTANAS CHARTER LAS CRUCES |
Public · charter | 19.2 | 201 | +20.4% |
| ARROWHEAD PARK EARLY COLLEGE HIGH SCHOOL LAS CRUCES |
Public | 17.2 | 549 | +67.9% |
| LOVING HIGH LOVING |
Public | 148.0 | 225 | +23.0% |
| CARLSBAD EARLY COLLEGE HIGH CARLSBAD |
Public | 139.9 | 200 | -1.0% |
| COBRE HIGH BAYARD |
Public | 101.8 | 257 | -13.2% |
| DEXTER HIGH DEXTER |
Public | 152.8 | 264 | +3.5% |