ABQ SCHOOL OF EXCELLENCE
ALBUQUERQUE · NM · ABQ SCHOOL OF EXCELLENCE · Public charter · K-12 combined
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MANZANO HIGH → PUBLIC ACADEMY FOR PERFORMING ARTS → GILBERT L SENA CHARTER HS → NORTHPOINT CHARTER SCHOOL → TECHNOLOGY LEADERSHIP HIGH SCHOOL → ELDORADO HIGH → Salam Academy → Salam Academy →📋 At a glance
- 📚 6 AP courses offered — Strong
- ✅ Dual-enrollment program (college credit while in HS)
- ✅ Gifted & talented program
- 🎓 AP rigor: 52th percentile nationally
- 🎓 4-yr grad rate: 90% (Bottom 49% of US high schools by 4-yr grad rate)
Composed from federal CRDC offerings, EDFacts ACGR, and other public data. Full breakdowns below.
How ABQ SCHOOL OF EXCELLENCE compares for families
Solid mid-tier academic profile.
- ▸ StatewideAP rigor at the 52th percentile nationally with 6 AP courses.
- ▸ LocallyNM trails the US average on NAEP 8th-grade math (−9 points). Stronger local schools matter even more.
- ▸ vs Similar SchoolsThe closest comparables nearby: MANZANO HIGH, PUBLIC ACADEMY FOR PERFORMING ARTS, GILBERT L SENA CHARTER HS and 5 more. See the sidebar to compare side-by-side.
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🎓 Academic rigor
AP + advanced-course offerings
Strong — solid AP program + advanced courses
52th percentile nationally
✅ Gifted/talented program
Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2020-21). CRDC reports what's offered + enrolled — it doesn't collect AP exam pass rates (College Board owns that data and doesn't release it school-level).
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.
🎓 4-year graduation rate · federal EDFacts
What % of students graduate on time?
Bottom 49% of US high schools by 4-yr grad rate
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
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
Title I Schoolwide eligible
≥40% FRPL — qualifies for Title I Schoolwide program
40-74% of students qualify for free/reduced lunch. The district can use Title I funds across the whole school under federal Schoolwide Program rules.
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.
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 ÷ 2024 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 +5.5%/year, projecting from 2024's 1,005 students:
An extrapolation of the recent trajectory, not a forecast of the school's plans; ignores one-off shocks.
Revenue upside
At $10,472 per student in district revenue, the 311 students projected to be gained by 2029 represent ≈ $3,256,792/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.
Nearby high schools — the local competition
The closest high schools families here also consider, and where their enrollment is heading.
| School | Type | Miles | HS enrollment | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MANZANO HIGH ALBUQUERQUE |
Public | 0.7 | 1,140 | -17.4% |
| PUBLIC ACADEMY FOR PERFORMING ARTS ALBUQUERQUE |
Public · charter | 1.2 | 221 | -4.7% |
| GILBERT L SENA CHARTER HS ALBUQUERQUE |
Public · charter | 1.6 | 185 | +71.3% |
| NORTHPOINT CHARTER SCHOOL ALBUQUERQUE |
Public · charter | 2.6 | 144 | -0.7% |
| TECHNOLOGY LEADERSHIP HIGH SCHOOL ALBUQUERQUE |
Public · charter | 2.8 | 334 | +10.6% |
| ELDORADO HIGH ALBUQUERQUE |
Public | 3.0 | 1,560 | -4.9% |
| Salam Academy Albuquerque |
Private | 3.3 | 98 | +18.1% |
| Salam Academy Albuquerque |
Private | 3.3 | 97 | -2.0% |