CHRISTINE DUNCAN HERITAGE ACADEMY

Located at 1900 ATRISCO DR. NW, in ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico, CHRISTINE DUNCAN HERITAGE ACADEMY is a sizable elementary school that works with 534 students (grades pre-K through 8), operated by ALBUQUERQUE. By comparison, New Mexico's public schools average about 287 students each, so CHRISTINE DUNCAN HERITAGE ACADEMY sits 86% larger than that benchmark.

Within ALBUQUERQUE, which oversees 171 schools and 74,041 students, CHRISTINE DUNCAN HERITAGE ACADEMY is one campus in the system.

Demographically, CHRISTINE DUNCAN HERITAGE ACADEMY reports that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (95%). Beyond that, the school reports 4% White. That is considerably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 49%.

In terms of school funding signals, The school employs 38 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 14.1:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 12.9:1, putting CHRISTINE DUNCAN HERITAGE ACADEMY higher than the state norm the norm. Around 71% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is noticeably below Bernalillo County's rate of about 90%.

With demographic context factored in, CHRISTINE DUNCAN HERITAGE ACADEMY falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 40.4%; this one comes in at 25.5%, -14.9 points off the demographic line.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Bernalillo County) reports that median household income runs about $69,473, about 38% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. In all, Bernalillo County runs 211 public schools (combined enrollment of about 85,724 students), of which CHRISTINE DUNCAN HERITAGE ACADEMY is one.

ALBUQUERQUE TALENT DEVELOPMENT CHARTER is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around CHRISTINE DUNCAN HERITAGE ACADEMY. On composite proficiency, CHRISTINE DUNCAN HERITAGE ACADEMY comes 3rd of 6 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 29.9%.

CHRISTINE DUNCAN HERITAGE ACADEMY operates from a metropolitan location. CHRISTINE DUNCAN HERITAGE ACADEMY operates as a public charter school, meaning it is publicly funded but governed independently of the surrounding district's traditional schools.

Over the past 7-year window. CHRISTINE DUNCAN HERITAGE ACADEMY's enrollment has increased 53% since 2018, when it stood at 348 (now 534). Class-load math has narrowed: from 15.1:1 in 2018 to 14.1:1 in 2025.

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