High · New Mexico

Public Academy for Performing Arts

CharterFree meals for all

Public Academy for Performing Arts, a public high school in Albuquerque, New Mexico: grades 6–12, 448 students, 15.4 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of Albuquerque.

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
448
Teachers (FTE)
29.0
Students per teacher
15.4
Grades
6–12
High

More students per teacher than 76% of high schools in New Mexico

Median 12.9 · 196 schools compared

More students per teacher than 57% of high schools in the US

Median 14.4 · 20,809 schools compared

Larger than 71% of high schools in New Mexico

Median 212 · 213 schools compared

Larger than 52% 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%

61%proficient

+1.4 points from 2023–24 school year

A higher share proficient than 63% of high schools in New Mexico

Median 50% · 35 high schools compared

225 students tested, grades 3–8 · NM-MSSA; proficient means Levels 3-4

Math

New Mexico: 27%

34%proficient

+5.4 points from 2023–24 school year

A higher share proficient than 55% of high schools in New Mexico

Median 30% · 29 high schools compared

225 students tested, grades 3–8 · 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 6–12
Type
Charter school · Regular
Instruction
In person
Meals
Free breakfast and lunch for every student
Area
Large city

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

Location

Address
11800 Princess Jeanne Ave. NE, Albuquerque, NM 87112
Phone
(505)830-3128
City or town
Albuquerque

Nearby high schools

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

SchoolGradesStudentsStudents / teacher
Gilbert L Sena Charter HSCharterFree meals for all
9–1218510.9
9–1214416.0
9–120—
Sandia HighFree meals for all
9–121,61814.2
Technology Leadership High SchoolCharterFree meals for all
9–1233423.9
New Futures High SchoolAlternativeFree meals for all
7–12734.1

Sources

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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