High Schools in Albuquerque Aviation Academy

There is one high school in this data set, Albuquerque Aviation Academy, a grades 6–12 school in Albuquerque, New Mexico, with 312 students, and it is part of the same-named Albuquerque Aviation Academy district, which ranks 12th of 87 New Mexico districts with 4 stars. It is classified as a High school, and its district rank places it in the 86th percentile statewide.

Academically, the school is a standout relative to New Mexico. It ranks 20th of 132 New Mexico high schools in 2025–2026, or the 85th percentile, and its rank has improved from 35th of 172 in 2023–2024 and 23rd of 131 in 2024–2025 while holding 4 stars each year. Its 2024–2025 graduation rate is 86.1%, 5.5 percentage points above the state’s 80.6%. All-grade proficiency is above state in every core subject: 63.69% in language arts vs. 43.34%, 42.26% in math vs. 25.54%, and 59.3% in science vs. 33.4%. Science is the largest relative advantage, at nearly 1.8 times the state rate.

Grade-level results show especially strong outcomes in 8th-grade language arts at 74.0% (30.39 points above state) and 11th-grade math at 38.89% vs. 12.72% (more than 3 times the state rate). Science is near 60% in both tested grades. The smallest margin is 6th-grade language arts at 47.37% vs. 38.9%, still 8.47 points above state, while 8th-grade math is the lowest absolute result at 34.0%, yet 13.71 points above state. Year-over-year trends are mixed: language arts rose 1.32 points, math slipped 0.30 points, and science fell 3.56 points, but all remain well above state. The student-teacher ratio is 14.6, and 17.95% of students receive free/reduced-price lunch; these are context only, with no state benchmark supplied. Because the school serves grades 6–12, grade-level results are more informative than all-grade averages, and district comparisons are not independent since the district matches the school.