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Enrollment
428
Combined
DISTRICT 505 · STATE 498
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ALBUQUERQUE·NCES 350006000918
NATIVE AMERICAN COMMUNITY ACADEMY
1000 INDIAN SCHOOL RD, ALBUQUERQUE, NM 87104 · (505) 266-0992 · Bernalillo County
GRADES KG–12COMBINED11-CITYCHARTERTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL428 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 25% of New Mexico public schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded New Mexico public schools
Student : Teacher
7.4:1
58 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 8.9:1 · STATE 11.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
89%
380 students
DISTRICT 92% · STATE 90%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other combined schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 18 | 4% |
| Grade 1 | 21 | 5% |
| Grade 2 | 22 | 5% |
| Grade 3 | 22 | 5% |
| Grade 4 | 21 | 5% |
| Grade 5 | 22 | 5% |
| Grade 6 | 44 | 10% |
| Grade 7 | 47 | 11% |
| Grade 8 | 42 | 10% |
| Grade 9 | 60 | 14% |
| Grade 10 | 36 | 8% |
| Grade 11 | 44 | 10% |
| Grade 12 | 29 | 7% |
This year's kindergarten class (18) is 57% smaller than its 8th grade class (42).
Student demographics
40%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 52% · STATE 55% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
NM-MSSA + NM-ASR 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
34.2%
NM avg 44.2%
Math
10.9%
NM avg 27.2%
What this means: On the NM-MSSA + NM-ASR, New Mexico's statewide test, about 34 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 11 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New Mexico schools, those numbers are about 44 and 27.
Source: NM-MSSA + NM-ASR. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
33.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
36.1%
based on NM schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-2.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 33% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 36% typical for New Mexico schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among New Mexico's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
428
-71 (-14%) vs 2020
+9% since 2010-11, when it was 391
Student : Teacher
7.4:1
was 10.6:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 428 | 58.1 | 7.4:1 | 89% (380) |
| 2023-24 | 436 | 57.2 | 7.6:1 | N/A |
| 2022-23 | 455 | 49.6 | 9.2:1 | 100% (455) |
| 2020-21 | 499 | 47 | 10.6:1 | 100% (499) |
| 2017-18 | 434 | 33 | 13.2:1 | 69% (300) |
| 2015-16 | 381 | 30 | 12.7:1 | 76% (291) |
| 2010-11 | 391 | 27 | 14.5:1 | 77% (303) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for NATIVE AMERICAN COMMUNITY ACADEMY.
Since 2017-18: students down 1% (434 to 428); teachers up 76% (33 to 58.1).
About NATIVE AMERICAN COMMUNITY ACADEMY
NATIVE AMERICAN COMMUNITY ACADEMY is a medium-sized combined-grade school based in ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico. It serves 428 students in kindergarten through 12.
ALBUQUERQUE is the district for NATIVE AMERICAN COMMUNITY ACADEMY. It has 172 schools and 74,800 students.
A majority of students at NATIVE AMERICAN COMMUNITY ACADEMY, 76%, are Native American. The next largest groups are 13% Hispanic and 11% multiracial. NATIVE AMERICAN COMMUNITY ACADEMY has a diversity index of 40%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
NATIVE AMERICAN COMMUNITY ACADEMY counts 58.1 full-time-equivalent teachers, about 7.4 students for each one. Among combined schools in New Mexico, the typical ratio is 11.3:1. The free or reduced-price lunch share, often used to gauge student poverty, is 89%. Across public schools in Bernalillo County, the average is about the same, 90%.
Measured against New Mexico public schools, NATIVE AMERICAN COMMUNITY ACADEMY receives a C. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
On the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure, NATIVE AMERICAN COMMUNITY ACADEMY is 2.9 points below the average proficiency rate on state tests predicted for its free or reduced-price lunch share: 33.2% actual, 36.1% predicted. That is outside both the top and bottom 10% in New Mexico.
Census Bureau estimates for Bernalillo County show that median household income is about $69,473, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 38% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 11%. NATIVE AMERICAN COMMUNITY ACADEMY is one of 211 public schools in Bernalillo County, which together enroll about 85,724 students.
The school nearest to NATIVE AMERICAN COMMUNITY ACADEMY is ACE LEADERSHIP HIGH SCHOOL, at a distance of about 0.6 miles. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. By average proficiency, NATIVE AMERICAN COMMUNITY ACADEMY is 2nd among 5 schools close by.
By NCES locale, the school is City: Large, or inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more. NATIVE AMERICAN COMMUNITY ACADEMY holds a charter, making it a public charter school.
Federal counts put enrollment at 499 in 2020-21 and 428 in 2024-25, a 14% decrease. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 10.6:1 in 2020-21 to 7.4:1 in 2024-25.
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Bernalillo County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
673,930
Census ACS
Median income
$69,473
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
38%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
211
85,724 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in ALBUQUERQUE
- VOLCANO VISTA HIGHHigh · 2,089 students
- ATRISCO HERITAGE ACADEMY HSHigh · 1,930 students
- LA CUEVA HIGHHigh · 1,826 students
- SANDIA HIGHHigh · 1,618 students
- ELDORADO HIGHCombined · 1,579 students
- ALBUQUERQUE HIGHHigh · 1,568 students
Other schools in ALBUQUERQUE
- VOLCANO VISTA HIGHHigh · 2,089 students
- ATRISCO HERITAGE ACADEMY HSHigh · 1,930 students
- LA CUEVA HIGHHigh · 1,826 students
- SANDIA HIGHHigh · 1,618 students
- ELDORADO HIGHCombined · 1,579 students
- ALBUQUERQUE HIGHHigh · 1,568 students
Nearby schools
- ACE LEADERSHIP HIGH SCHOOL0.6 mi · 285
- TIERRA ADENTRO0.6 mi · 257
- GORDON BERNELL CHARTER0.7 mi · 175
- COCHITI ELEMENTARY0.8 mi · 247
- GARFIELD MIDDLE0.8 mi · 282
- DURANES ELEMENTARY1.1 mi · 34
Frequently asked questions
About NATIVE AMERICAN COMMUNITY ACADEMYHow large is NATIVE AMERICAN COMMUNITY ACADEMY?
NATIVE AMERICAN COMMUNITY ACADEMY enrolls approximately 428 students in grades KG-12.
What grades does NATIVE AMERICAN COMMUNITY ACADEMY serve?
NATIVE AMERICAN COMMUNITY ACADEMY serves grades KG-12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at NATIVE AMERICAN COMMUNITY ACADEMY?
The student-to-teacher ratio at NATIVE AMERICAN COMMUNITY ACADEMY is approximately 7.4:1 (58 FTE teachers).
How diverse is NATIVE AMERICAN COMMUNITY ACADEMY?
NATIVE AMERICAN COMMUNITY ACADEMY reports a student body of 13% Hispanic, 0% Black, 11% Two or more.
Who oversees NATIVE AMERICAN COMMUNITY ACADEMY?
NATIVE AMERICAN COMMUNITY ACADEMY is overseen by ALBUQUERQUE in Bernalillo County.
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