EAST MOUNTAIN HIGH SCHOOL

Located at 25 LA MADERA ROAD, in SANDIA PARK, New Mexico, EAST MOUNTAIN HIGH SCHOOL is a mid-tier senior high that instructs 417 students (grades 9 through 12), run under ALBUQUERQUE.

ALBUQUERQUE runs 171 schools in total, collectively educating 74,041 students. EAST MOUNTAIN HIGH SCHOOL is one of those campuses.

Demographically, EAST MOUNTAIN HIGH SCHOOL records that 49% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. The remainder consists of 28% Hispanic, 18% multiracial, 2% Native American. That composition is broadly in line with Bernalillo County as a whole.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 27 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 15.3:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 22.9:1 average. About 22% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Bernalillo County (around 90%), the school's rate is meaningfully below typical.

In the surrounding community, Bernalillo County reports that the typical household earns roughly $69,473 per year, 38% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 11%. In all, Bernalillo County runs 211 public schools (combined enrollment of about 85,724 students), of which EAST MOUNTAIN HIGH SCHOOL is one.

Nearest neighbor: SAN ANTONITO ELEMENTARY, around 0.4 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint.

EAST MOUNTAIN HIGH SCHOOL operates from a countryside location. As a public charter, EAST MOUNTAIN HIGH SCHOOL runs on public funding but with greater curricular and operational autonomy than a typical district school.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at EAST MOUNTAIN HIGH SCHOOL has grew 12%, going from 372 students in 2018 to 417 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share edged down from 67% to 49%. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 16.6:1 in 2018 to 15.3:1 today.

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