High · New Mexico

Independence High School

AlternativeFree meals for all

Independence High School, a public high school in Rio Rancho, New Mexico: grades 9–12, 156 students, 8.2 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of Rio Rancho.

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: 156
Teachers (FTE): 19.1
Students per teacher: 8.2
Grades: 9–12; High

Fewer students per teacher than 77% of high schools in New Mexico

Median 12.9 · 196 schools compared

Fewer students per teacher than 89% of high schools in the US

Median 14.4 · 20,809 schools compared

Smaller than 59% of high schools in New Mexico

Median 212 · 213 schools compared

Smaller than 74% of high schools in the US

Median 414 · 22,064 schools compared

State test results

No state test results published for this school: state tests cover grades 3–8, and small groups are not published.

What it offers

Grades: High · Grades 9–12
Type: District school · Alternative
Instruction: In person
Meals: Free breakfast and lunch for every student
Area: Large suburb
Run by: Rio Rancho

Which school a home is assigned to is decided by the district's attendance zones; check with Rio Rancho.

Location

Address: 421 Quantum Rd NE, Rio Rancho, NM 87124
Phone: (505)338-4658
City or town: Rio Rancho
County: Sandoval County

Website Quality of life in Rio Rancho Schools in Rio Rancho

Nearby high schools

The closest public high schools by straight-line distance. Attendance zones are set by each district.

School	Grades	Students	Students / teacher
The Ask AcademyCharter	6–12	558	13.1	0.9 mi
Rio Rancho HighFree meals for all	9–12	2,568	19.8	2.0 mi
Rio Rancho Cyber AcademyMostly virtualFree meals for all	6–12	133	9.5	2.1 mi
Cleveland High SchoolFree meals for all	9–12	2,596	19.1	3.3 mi
Cibola HighFree meals for all	9–12	1,517	15.4	4.5 mi
Bernalillo HighFree meals for all	9–12	824	16.3	6.5 mi

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).

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.

NCES 350001000805