CAPITAL HIGH

CAPITAL HIGH is a 9-12 campus of well-populated scale in SANTA FE, New Mexico, part of SANTA FE, works with 1,388 students in grades 9 through 12. That puts it 208% above the typical public school in New Mexico, which averages around 450 students.

CAPITAL HIGH is one of 29 schools operated by SANTA FE, a district that instructs 11,182 students overall.

On demographics, CAPITAL HIGH records that 94% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority. The remainder breaks down as 3% White. By comparison, Santa Fe County as a whole is about 48% Hispanic, so the school skews noticeably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, CAPITAL HIGH has 89 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 15.6:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 22.9:1 average. Roughly 100% of students at CAPITAL HIGH qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Santa Fe County runs at roughly 84%, so the school's eligibility rate is above the surrounding baseline.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Santa Fe County indicate the typical household earns roughly $79,071 per year, about 46% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Santa Fe County's 53 public schools (combined enrollment of about 20,719 students), CAPITAL HIGH is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: NINA OTERO COMMUNITY SCHOOL, around 0.3 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around CAPITAL HIGH.

The campus sits in a city-core setting.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count changed only slightly: 1,412 students in 2018 compared to 1,388 in 2025.

Within the allk12 community for this school, posts here usually surface around sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.