NEW MEXICO CONNECTIONS ACADEMY

NEW MEXICO CONNECTIONS ACADEMY, a heavily attended K-12 campus in SANTA FE, New Mexico, overseen by NEW MEXICO CONNECTIONS ACADEMY, instructs 1,487 students, covering grades 4 through 12. That puts it 199% larger than the typical public school in New Mexico, which averages around 498 students.

NEW MEXICO CONNECTIONS ACADEMY sits inside NEW MEXICO CONNECTIONS ACADEMY, the local public-school operator responsible for the campus.

In terms of who attends, NEW MEXICO CONNECTIONS ACADEMY shows that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 56% of enrollment. The remainder consists of 26% White, 11% multiracial, 4% Native American, 2% Black. The wider county runs roughly 48% Hispanic, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, The school lists 69 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 21.6:1. The state averages around 11.3:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Roughly 48% of students at NEW MEXICO CONNECTIONS ACADEMY qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is below Santa Fe County's rate of about 84%.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Santa Fe County shows the typical household earns roughly $79,071 per year, roughly 46% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Santa Fe County's 53 public schools (combined enrollment of about 20,719 students), NEW MEXICO CONNECTIONS ACADEMY is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: MILAGRO MIDDLE, around 0.4 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

NEW MEXICO CONNECTIONS ACADEMY operates from a metropolitan location. NEW MEXICO CONNECTIONS ACADEMY is a charter school, which puts it inside the public-school system but outside the standard district-managed model. Instruction is delivered virtually rather than at a physical campus, and enrollment crosses district lines.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 18%: 1,810 students in 2018 compared to 1,487 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share decreased from 39% to 26%. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 41.2:1 in 2018 to 21.6:1 today.

On the community side, members of the NEW MEXICO CONNECTIONS ACADEMY community share and discuss science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.