ELDORADO HIGH

ELDORADO HIGH is a combined-grade school of sizable scale in ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico, part of ALBUQUERQUE, instructing 1,579 students in grades pre-K through 12. Compared to the state average of about 498 students per school, that is 217% bigger than typical.

Within ALBUQUERQUE, which oversees 171 schools and 74,041 students, ELDORADO HIGH is one campus in the system.

Looking at the student body, ELDORADO HIGH reports that the most-represented group is Hispanic (45%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. The remainder consists of 37% White, 7% multiracial, 5% Native American, 3% Asian. Compared to Bernalillo County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 108 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 14.6:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 11.3:1, putting ELDORADO HIGH higher than the state norm the norm. Around 100% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Bernalillo County runs at roughly 90%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

In the broader community, census data for Bernalillo County shows the typical household earns roughly $69,473 per year, roughly 38% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. Across Bernalillo County's 211 public schools (combined enrollment of about 85,724 students), ELDORADO HIGH is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is S. Y. JACKSON ELEMENTARY, roughly 0.5 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The campus sits in a downtown setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count fell 13%: 1,809 students in 2018 compared to 1,579 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 48% to 37% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 19.9:1 in 2018 to 14.6:1 today.

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