DEL NORTE HIGH

As a sizable secondary school in ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico, DEL NORTE HIGH caters to 1,079 students from grades 9 through 12, operated by ALBUQUERQUE. That puts it 140% bigger than the typical public school in New Mexico, which averages around 450 students.

ALBUQUERQUE comprises 171 schools with combined enrollment of 74,041 students; DEL NORTE HIGH is among them.

On the student-mix side, DEL NORTE HIGH shows that 60% of the student body identifies as Hispanic. Other groups include 16% Native American, 10% White, 6% multiracial, 5% Black. That is considerably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 49%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, DEL NORTE HIGH lists 71 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 15.3:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 22.9:1 average. Roughly 96% of students at DEL NORTE HIGH qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

Across the wider county, census data for Bernalillo County shows median household income runs about $69,473, roughly 38% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 11%. Across Bernalillo County's 211 public schools (combined enrollment of about 85,724 students), DEL NORTE HIGH is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: NEX GEN ACADEMY, around 0.1 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around DEL NORTE HIGH.

DEL NORTE HIGH operates from an urban location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count held roughly steady: 1,069 students in 2018 compared to 1,079 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share ticked down from 15% to 10%.

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