Summary:
Schools in Albuquerque Aviation Academy consist of one school, Albuquerque Aviation Academy, a 4-star high school in Albuquerque, New Mexico that serves grades 6–12 and enrolls 312 students. It is also its own district, so district and school figures are identical. The school ranks 12th of 87 districts in New Mexico, in the 86th percentile, and ranks 20th of 132 high schools in 2025–2026, in the 85th percentile.
Academically, the school is well above New Mexico averages. In 2025–2026, all-grades proficiency was 63.69% in language arts versus 43.34% statewide, 42.26% in mathematics versus 25.54%, and 59.30% in science versus 33.40%. Science is its strongest relative subject, at 25.90 percentage points above the state. Eighth-grade language arts is a bright spot at 74.00%, which is 30.39 points above the state’s 43.61%. Eleventh-grade mathematics is 38.89% versus the state’s 12.72%, about three times the state rate. Sixth-grade language arts has the narrowest margin, at 47.37%, only 8.47 points above the state’s 38.90%.
The school has earned 4 stars in each reported year, and its percentile rose from 80 to 82 to 85. Its graduation rate is 86.1%, above the state’s 80.6%. From 2024–2025 to 2025–2026, English language arts improved from 62.32% to 63.64%, mathematics held roughly flat from 43.48% to 43.18%, and science declined from 62.86% to 59.30%, though it remains far above the state average. Enrollment is 312, the student-teacher ratio is 14.6, and 17.95% of students receive free or reduced lunch. Overall, this is a small, high-performing school with broad advantages over state averages, especially in science and 11th-grade mathematics.
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