BELEN HIGH

Set in BELEN, New Mexico, BELEN HIGH is an expansive high school, one of the schools within BELEN. It works with 958 students across grades 9 through 12. By comparison, New Mexico's public schools average about 450 students each, so BELEN HIGH sits 113% bigger than that benchmark.

BELEN comprises 10 schools with combined enrollment of 3,500 students; BELEN HIGH is among them.

Looking at the student body, BELEN HIGH logs that Hispanic students make up the majority at 79%. The remainder looks like 16% White, 2% multiracial, 2% Native American. By comparison, Valencia County as a whole is about 61% Hispanic, so the school skews noticeably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 51 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 19.0:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 22.9:1 average. Roughly 100% of students at BELEN HIGH qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

Around the school, Valencia County reports that median household income runs about $58,933, 21% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 13%. In all, Valencia County runs 27 public schools (combined enrollment of about 11,956 students), of which BELEN HIGH is one.

BELEN MIDDLE is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.0 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 7 other public schools cluster around BELEN HIGH.

Geographically, the school is in a bedroom-community area.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at BELEN HIGH has ticked down 5%, going from 1,005 students in 2018 to 958 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 20.9:1 in 2018 to 19.0:1 today.

On allk12, the feed for BELEN HIGH typically covers fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.