High · New Mexico
Aztec Youth Academy
AlternativeAztec Youth Academy, a public high school in Las Cruces, New Mexico: grades 9–12, 33 students, 3.9 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of Juvenile Justice.
Size and class size
Compared with high schools of the same state and the whole country. Students per teacher counts every full-time-equivalent teacher, not the size of each class.
- Students
- 33
- Teachers (FTE)
- 8.4
- Students per teacher
- 3.9
- Grades
- 9–12
- High
Fewer students per teacher than 94% of high schools in New Mexico
Median 12.9 · 196 schools compared
Fewer students per teacher than 97% of high schools in the US
Median 14.4 · 20,809 schools compared
Smaller than 91% of high schools in New Mexico
Median 212 · 213 schools compared
Smaller than 92% of high schools in the US
Median 414 · 22,064 schools compared
State test results
Share of students scoring proficient or above on New Mexico's tests, grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year.
Reading and writing
New Mexico: 44%Not published: too few students tested.
NM-MSSA; proficient means Levels 3-4
Math
New Mexico: 27%Not published: too few students tested.
NM-MSSA; proficient means Levels 3-4
Each state sets its own test and its own bar for “proficient”, so results compare only within a state. Results also follow family income closely: a school's share reflects its students' circumstances as much as its teaching.
Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.
What it offers
- Grades
- High · Grades 9–12
- Type
- District school · Alternative
- Instruction
- In person
- Area
- Rural area near a city
- Run by
- Juvenile Justice
Which school a home is assigned to is decided by the district's attendance zones; check with Juvenile Justice.
Location
- Address
- 10015 Robert Larnson, Las Cruces, NM 88001
- Phone
- (505)526-5900
- City or town
- Las Cruces
- County
- Doña Ana County
Nearby high schools
The closest public high schools by straight-line distance. Attendance zones are set by each district.
| School | Grades | Students | Students / teacher |
|---|---|---|---|
Southern Nm CorrectionsAlternative | 8–12 | 2 | 2.0 |
Rio Grande Preparatory InstituteAlternativeFree meals for all | 9–12 | 46 | 1.5 |
Mayfield HighFree meals for all | 9–12 | 1,327 | — |
Alma D'arte CharterCharterFree meals for all | 9–12 | 63 | 9.5 |
New America School - Las CrucesCharterFree meals for all | 9–12 | 225 | 20.3 |
Las Cruces HighFree meals for all | 9–12 | 1,703 | — |
Sources
- Public schools and school districts (National Center for Education Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau), 2024–25 school year. NCES Common Core of Data and EDGE public school geocodes; U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances and cartographic boundary files (places).
- State Assessment Data Repository (Education Data Center), 2024–25 school year. Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository v3.1.
Analisa does not rate schools. Figures are what a school has (students, teachers, programs), placed among schools of the same level; state test results are compared only within a state.
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