SOUTH VALLEY ACADEMY

As a mid-sized four-year high school in ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico, SOUTH VALLEY ACADEMY instructs 604 students from grades 6 through 12, operated by ALBUQUERQUE. That puts it 34% larger than the typical public school in New Mexico, which averages around 450 students.

ALBUQUERQUE runs 171 schools in total, collectively educating 74,041 students. SOUTH VALLEY ACADEMY is one of those campuses.

In terms of who attends, SOUTH VALLEY ACADEMY shows that the largest single group is White, at 74% of enrollment; the rest reads as 14% Hispanic, 11% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 49% White, putting the school's mix meaningfully more White than the area baseline.

On the resource side, The school reports having 52 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 11.7:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 22.9:1, putting SOUTH VALLEY ACADEMY tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 100% of students at SOUTH VALLEY ACADEMY qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Bernalillo County (around 90%), the school's rate is meaningfully above typical.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, SOUTH VALLEY ACADEMY sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 33.5%; this one delivers 27.1%.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Bernalillo County indicate median household earnings sit near $69,473, about 38% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. In all, Bernalillo County runs 211 public schools (combined enrollment of about 85,724 students), of which SOUTH VALLEY ACADEMY is one.

The closest other public school is NAVAJO ELEMENTARY, roughly 0.2 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts SOUTH VALLEY ACADEMY at 3rd of 7; the average score across the group is 24.6%.

The school occupies a residential site. As a public charter, SOUTH VALLEY ACADEMY runs on public funding but with greater curricular and operational autonomy than a typical district school.

Five-year trend. SOUTH VALLEY ACADEMY's enrollment has stayed largely flat since 2018, when it stood at 619 (now 604). The Hispanic share of enrollment edged down from 96% to 14% over that span.

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