EXPLORE ACADEMY - RIO RANCHO

EXPLORE ACADEMY - RIO RANCHO, a mid-tier elementary campus in RIO RANCHO, New Mexico, one of the schools within EXPLORE ACADEMY - RIO RANCHO, works with 430 students, covering grades K through 7. By comparison, New Mexico's public schools average about 287 students each, so EXPLORE ACADEMY - RIO RANCHO sits 50% above that benchmark.

EXPLORE ACADEMY - RIO RANCHO is the operating authority for EXPLORE ACADEMY - RIO RANCHO, handling staffing, calendars, and reporting to the state department of education.

In terms of who attends, EXPLORE ACADEMY - RIO RANCHO shows that the most-represented group is Hispanic (47%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. The remainder breaks down as 35% White, 15% multiracial.

Looking at school resources, On paper, EXPLORE ACADEMY - RIO RANCHO has 31 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 13.9:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 12.9:1 average. An estimated 33% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Sandoval County (around 94%), the school's rate is south of typical.

After controlling for student poverty, EXPLORE ACADEMY - RIO RANCHO tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 49.5% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 44.6%.

Around the school, ACS estimates for Sandoval County put the typical household earns roughly $86,636 per year, about 34% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. EXPLORE ACADEMY - RIO RANCHO is one of 49 public schools in Sandoval County (combined enrollment of about 22,445 students).

Nearest neighbor: ENCHANTED HILLS ELEMENTARY, around 0.7 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, EXPLORE ACADEMY - RIO RANCHO comes 3rd of 4 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 47.9%.

The campus sits in an outer-ring setting. EXPLORE ACADEMY - RIO RANCHO operates as a public charter school, meaning it is publicly funded but governed independently of the surrounding district's traditional schools.

On the community side, the feed for EXPLORE ACADEMY - RIO RANCHO typically covers open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.