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% |