VOLCANO VISTA HIGH

VOLCANO VISTA HIGH, a high-enrollment secondary school in ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico, run under ALBUQUERQUE, instructs 2,089 students, covering grades 9 through 12. By comparison, New Mexico's public schools average about 450 students each, so VOLCANO VISTA HIGH sits 364% bigger than that benchmark.

Across the 171 schools in ALBUQUERQUE (74,041 students total), VOLCANO VISTA HIGH accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On demographics, VOLCANO VISTA HIGH lists that Hispanic students make up the majority at 69%. Beyond that, the school lists 19% White, 5% multiracial, 4% Native American, 2% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 49% Hispanic, putting the school's mix considerably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 157 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.3:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 22.9:1 average. About 99% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is above Bernalillo County's rate of about 90%.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Bernalillo County) logs that median household income runs about $69,473, 38% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 11%. In all, Bernalillo County runs 211 public schools (combined enrollment of about 85,724 students), of which VOLCANO VISTA HIGH is one.

Nearest neighbor: TONY HILLERMAN MIDDLE SCHOOL, around 0.2 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

Geographically, the school is in an urban area.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at VOLCANO VISTA HIGH has fell 3%, going from 2,146 students in 2018 to 2,089 in 2025. The White share of enrollment ticked down from 24% to 19% over that span. Class-load math has pulled in: from 18.6:1 in 2018 to 13.3:1 in 2025.

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