THE MASTERS PROGRAM

THE MASTERS PROGRAM is one of the close-knit secondary schools in SANTA FE, New Mexico, one of the schools within THE MASTERS PROGRAM, with 258 students on its rolls from grades 9 through 12. By comparison, New Mexico's public schools average about 450 students each, so THE MASTERS PROGRAM sits 43% below that benchmark.

THE MASTERS PROGRAM is a school of THE MASTERS PROGRAM, the district that handles curriculum, staffing, and budget for the campus.

On the student-mix side, THE MASTERS PROGRAM records that 64% of the student body identifies as Hispanic; the rest is composed of 24% White, 7% multiracial, 3% Asian. By comparison, Santa Fe County as a whole is about 48% Hispanic, so the school skews meaningfully more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 23 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 11.2:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 22.9:1, putting THE MASTERS PROGRAM tighter than the state norm the norm. About 37% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Santa Fe County (around 84%), the school's rate is somewhat below typical.

Zooming out to the county, Santa Fe County reports that median household earnings sit near $79,071, 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), THE MASTERS PROGRAM is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is AMY BIEHL COMMUNITY SCHOOL AT RANCHO VIEJO, roughly 0.6 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

THE MASTERS PROGRAM operates from a countryside location. As a public charter, THE MASTERS PROGRAM runs on public funding but with greater curricular and operational autonomy than a typical district school.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count grew 30%: 199 students in 2018 compared to 258 in 2025. The White share of enrollment shrank from 29% to 24% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 19.1:1 in 2018 to 11.2:1 today.

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