MORENO VALLEY HIGH

As a rural-scale 9-12 campus in ANGEL FIRE, New Mexico, MORENO VALLEY HIGH enrolls 40 students from grades 9 through 12, one of the schools within CIMARRON. By comparison, New Mexico's public schools average about 450 students each, so MORENO VALLEY HIGH sits 91% leaner than that benchmark.

MORENO VALLEY HIGH is one of 6 schools operated by CIMARRON, a district that hosts 339 students overall.

Demographically, MORENO VALLEY HIGH logs that the most-represented group is White (48%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Beyond that, the school logs 28% Hispanic, 25% multiracial. By comparison, Colfax County as a whole is about 63% White, so the school skews noticeably less White than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 6 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 7.1:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 22.9:1 average. About 35% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Colfax County runs at roughly 96%, so the school's eligibility rate is lower than the surrounding baseline.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for Colfax County put median household earnings sit near $53,554, about 25% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 13%. MORENO VALLEY HIGH is one of 16 public schools in Colfax County (combined enrollment of about 1,378 students).

The closest other public school is EAGLE NEST MIDDLE, roughly 9.9 miles away. Within ten miles, there are 2 other public schools, a sparser pattern than typical urban areas.

Geographically, the school is in a rural area. MORENO VALLEY HIGH is a charter school, which puts it inside the public-school system but outside the standard district-managed model.

Over the past 7-year window. MORENO VALLEY HIGH's enrollment has contracted 27% since 2018, when it stood at 55 (now 40). White enrollment moved from 82% to 48% across the same window.

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