ALBUQUERQUE AVIATION ACADEMY
ALBUQUERQUE · NM · ALBUQUERQUE AVIATION ACADEMY · Public charter · K-12 combined
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VOLCANO VISTA HIGH → WEST MESA HIGH → St Pius X High School → ALBUQUERQUE TALENT DEVELOPMENT CHARTER → Legacy Academy → Paradise Christian School → Bosque School → Tower Road Christian Academy →📋 At a glance
- ✅ Dual-enrollment program (college credit while in HS)
- ✅ Gifted & talented program
- 🎓 AP rigor: Bottom 29% of US high schools
- 📝 SAT/ACT participation: Bottom 31% by test-taker volume
- 🎓 4-yr grad rate: 84% (Bottom 33% of US high schools by 4-yr grad rate)
Composed from federal CRDC offerings, EDFacts ACGR, and other public data. Full breakdowns below.
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: VOLCANO VISTA HIGH, WEST MESA HIGH, St Pius X High School and 5 more. See the sidebar to compare side-by-side.
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SAT / ACT participation
CRDC federal data · 2020-21Bottom 31% by test-taker volume
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
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
Lower-need school
Not Title I eligible (FRPL < 25%)
<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.
Chronic absenteeism
Why this matters to enrollment: Chronic absence is the strongest early indicator of dropout, transfer-out, and family disengagement. A school's absenteeism trend forecasts its enrollment trend 1-3 years out. 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 +6.4%/year, projecting from 2024's 312 students:
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 114 students projected to be gained by 2029 represent ≈ $1,671,012/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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| VOLCANO VISTA HIGH ALBUQUERQUE |
Public | 4.5 | 2,089 | -7.2% |
| WEST MESA HIGH ALBUQUERQUE |
Public | 5.2 | 1,565 | -21.7% |
| St Pius X High School Albuquerque |
Private | 5.4 | 498 | -25.1% |
| ALBUQUERQUE TALENT DEVELOPMENT CHARTER ALBUQUERQUE |
Public · charter | 5.6 | 119 | +9.2% |
| Legacy Academy Albuquerque |
Private | 5.8 | 331 | — |
| Paradise Christian School Albuquerque |
Private | 6.0 | 98 | +8.9% |
| Bosque School Albuquerque |
Private | 6.1 | 434 | -10.9% |
| Tower Road Christian Academy Albuquerque |
Private | 6.1 | 46 | — |