SEQUOYAH

Set in ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico, SEQUOYAH is a very small high school, run under SEQUOYAH. It hosts 19 students across grades 6 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 96% below the state mean of about 450.

Operationally, SEQUOYAH answers to SEQUOYAH, which sets policy, hires staff, and reports enrollment to the state.

On demographics, SEQUOYAH records that 53% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. The remainder looks like 37% multiracial, 5% White, 5% Black. That composition is broadly in line with Bernalillo County as a whole.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 0 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 1900.0:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 22.9:1 average. An estimated 16% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Bernalillo County runs at roughly 90%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully below the surrounding baseline.

In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for Bernalillo County put the typical household earns roughly $69,473 per year, about 38% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 11%. In all, Bernalillo County runs 211 public schools (combined enrollment of about 85,724 students), of which SEQUOYAH is one.

FOOTHILL HIGH SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

The campus sits in a residential setting.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at SEQUOYAH has fell 17%, going from 23 students in 2018 to 19 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share decreased from 91% to 53%.

In the discussion threads here, recent activity here tends to focus on sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.