High · New Mexico
Taos Academy
CharterTaos Academy, a public high school in Taos, New Mexico: grades 5–12, 251 students, 13.5 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of Taos Academy.
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
- 251
- Teachers (FTE)
- 18.6
- Students per teacher
- 13.5
- Grades
- 5–12
- High
More students per teacher than 57% of high schools in New Mexico
Median 12.9 · 196 schools compared
Fewer students per teacher than 57% of high schools in the US
Median 14.4 · 20,809 schools compared
Larger than 54% of high schools in New Mexico
Median 212 · 213 schools compared
Smaller than 64% 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%54%proficient
+3.8 points from 2023–24 school year
A higher share proficient than 54% of high schools in New Mexico
Median 50% · 35 high schools compared
81 students tested, grades 3–8 · NM-MSSA; proficient means Levels 3-4
Math
New Mexico: 27%37%proficient
+4.1 points from 2023–24 school year
A higher share proficient than 59% of high schools in New Mexico
Median 30% · 29 high schools compared
81 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 5–12
- Type
- Charter school · Regular
- Instruction
- In person
- Area
- Rural area near a city
- Run by
- Taos Academy
Which school a home is assigned to is decided by the district's attendance zones; check with Taos Academy.
Location
- Address
- 110 Paseo del Canon W, Taos, NM 87571
- Phone
- (505)751-3109
- City or town
- Taos
- County
- Taos 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
Vista Grande High SchoolCharterFree meals for all | 9–12 | 69 | 9.3 |
Chrysalis AlternativeAlternative | 7–12 | 0 | — |
Taos HighFree meals for all | 9–12 | 749 | 15.5 |
Taos Cyber MagnetAlternativeFree meals for all | 9–12 | 12 | — |
Penasco HighFree meals for all | 9–12 | 75 | 12.7 |
Moreno Valley HighCharterFree meals for all | 9–12 | 40 | 7.1 |
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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