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Cleveland High School

Q: Is Cleveland High School a good school?

Cleveland High School ranks 34 th of 131 New Mexico high schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 4 stars out of 5.

Public Grades 9-12

34^th

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 131 New Mexico High Schools

Better than 74% of New Mexico high schools

Summary

Cleveland High School is a public high school located in Rio Rancho, New Mexico, serving grades 9-12 with a total enrollment of 2,625 students. The school is part of the Rio Rancho School District, which is ranked 30th out of 82 districts in the state and has a 3-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Cleveland High School has consistently performed well in the state, ranking in the top 25-50 high schools in New Mexico over the past decade. In the most recent school year (2024-2025), the school ranked 34th out of 131 high schools in the state and received a 4-star rating from SchoolDigger. The school consistently outperforms the state and district averages in standardized test scores, particularly in science and English language arts. Cleveland High School also maintains high four-year graduation rates, ranging from 76.7% to 87.1% over the past few years, outperforming the state and district averages.

Compared to nearby schools, Cleveland High School performs significantly better than Independence High School, which has consistently ranked in the bottom 20-30% of New Mexico high schools. However, the school faces competition from some high-performing virtual and charter schools in the region, such as the Rio Rancho Cyber Academy and The Ask Academy, which have consistently ranked among the top 10 high schools in the state.

2,596

Students ?

19.1

Student/teacher ratio ?

$7,561

Per pupil spending ?

32.4%

Free/discounted lunch ?

4800 Cleveland Heights Rd NE
Rio Rancho, NM 87144

(505) 938-0300

District: Rio Rancho

Feeder schools for Cleveland High School:

Elementary:	Cielo Azul Elementary
	Colinas Del Norte Elementary
	Enchanted Hills Elementary
	Sandia Vista Elementary
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	Vista Grande Elementary
Middle:	Mountain View Middle
	Rio Rancho Middle School

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:

59.4%

White:

24.6%

Two or more races:

7.4%

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At a glance

▼ Ranking trend: Declining — 94th percentile in 2014 → 74th in 2025

Strengths

✓Test scores above the New Mexico average (46% vs 31% meeting standards)

✓92% graduate in 4 years — above the New Mexico average (81%)

✓Above the New Mexico median (74th percentile)

Worth a look

!Ranking has slipped — down 20 percentile points since 2014

!Some student groups rank well below the school's overall statewide standing

Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?

This school46%

District avg46%

New Mexico avg31%

34^th of 131

New Mexico public high schools ?

Top 26%▼ down 11 pts since 2015

From top 15% (2015) to top 26% (2025)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

2^nd of 2High Schools in the Rio Rancho

30^th of 82Rio Rancho among New Mexico districts

Statewide rank percentile over time (100 = the top-ranked school in the state; click a legend item to add a student group)

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New Mexico percentile	Rating
2025	69.2	34 of 131	74.0%	★★★★☆
2024	69.0	41 of 172	76.2%	★★★★☆
2023	77.7	36 of 170	78.8%	★★★★☆
2022	76.5	33 of 177	81.4%	★★★★☆
2019	64.4	48 of 181	73.5%	★★★★☆
2018	64.1	46 of 182	74.7%	★★★★☆
2017	69.7	35 of 158	77.8%	★★★★☆
2016	75.5	25 of 185	86.5%	★★★★☆
2015	74.2	29 of 193	85.0%	★★★★☆
2014	91.1	12 of 198	93.9%	★★★★★
2013	92.8	10 of 177	94.4%	★★★★★
2012	96.3	6 of 163	96.3%	★★★★★
2011	87.6	18 of 157	88.5%	★★★★☆
2010	90.3	15 of 154	90.3%	★★★★★

African American

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New Mexico percentile	Rating
2025	72.1	2 of 4	50.0%	★★★★☆
2024	60.2	6 of 14	57.1%	★★★★☆
2023	50.4	11 of 18	38.9%	★★☆☆☆
2022	84.4	1 of 24	95.8%	★★★★★
2019	54.5	6 of 21	71.4%	★★★★☆
2018	54.6	4 of 15	73.3%	★★★★☆

Asian

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New Mexico percentile	Rating
2024	53.7	7 of 13	46.2%	★★★☆☆
2023	76.2	5 of 14	64.3%	★★★★☆
2022	83.4	4 of 31	87.1%	★★★★★
2019	52.8	6 of 14	57.1%	★★★★☆
2018	49.5	8 of 14	42.9%	★★★☆☆

Disabled

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New Mexico percentile	Rating
2018	53.4	19 of 51	62.7%	★★★☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New Mexico percentile	Rating
2024	66.6	40 of 142	71.8%	★★★★☆
2023	73.1	33 of 143	76.9%	★★★★☆
2022	74.2	34 of 157	78.3%	★★★★☆
2019	64.2	44 of 144	69.4%	★★★★☆
2018	62.6	48 of 145	66.9%	★★★☆☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New Mexico percentile	Rating
2025	72.4	22 of 98	77.6%	★★★★☆
2024	66.4	32 of 136	76.5%	★★★★☆
2023	71.7	28 of 132	78.8%	★★★★☆
2022	69.8	37 of 150	75.3%	★★★★☆
2019	67.4	39 of 139	71.9%	★★★★☆
2018	64.2	38 of 133	71.4%	★★★★☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New Mexico percentile	Rating
2025	74.7	25 of 115	78.3%	★★★★☆
2024	75.0	20 of 127	84.3%	★★★★☆
2023	68.1	30 of 157	80.9%	★★★★☆
2022	67.8	28 of 154	81.8%	★★★★☆
2019	50.7	63 of 161	60.9%	★★★☆☆
2018	60.4	46 of 164	72.0%	★★★★☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New Mexico percentile	Rating
2024	63.9	44 of 150	70.7%	★★★★☆
2023	77.5	32 of 146	78.1%	★★★★☆
2022	73.9	37 of 159	76.7%	★★★★☆
2019	63.7	39 of 151	74.2%	★★★★☆
2018	62.2	39 of 143	72.7%	★★★★☆

Military Connected

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New Mexico percentile	Rating
2025	64.9	2 of 4	50.0%	★★★★☆
2024	40.4	4 of 6	33.3%	★★★☆☆
2022	49.4	14 of 24	41.7%	★★★☆☆
2019	38.9	3 of 5	40.0%	★★★★☆

Multi-racial

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New Mexico percentile	Rating
2025	48.5	6 of 14	57.1%	★★★★☆
2024	56.6	10 of 18	44.4%	★★★☆☆
2023	75.8	6 of 23	73.9%	★★★★☆
2022	61.3	10 of 31	67.7%	★★★★☆

Native American

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New Mexico percentile	Rating
2025	61.0	9 of 23	60.9%	★★★★☆
2024	81.4	7 of 37	81.1%	★★★★☆
2023	76.1	9 of 42	78.6%	★★★★☆
2022	62.8	15 of 44	65.9%	★★★★☆
2019	62.3	12 of 47	74.5%	★★★★☆
2018	61.1	14 of 47	70.2%	★★★★☆

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New Mexico percentile	Rating
2025	47.2	4 of 9	55.6%	★★★☆☆
2024	41.2	18 of 32	43.8%	★★☆☆☆
2023	48.6	17 of 38	55.3%	★★★☆☆
2022	28.0	39 of 58	32.8%	★★☆☆☆
2019	39.9	35 of 62	43.5%	★★☆☆☆

White

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New Mexico percentile	Rating
2025	70.9	31 of 117	73.5%	★★★★☆
2024	67.4	37 of 136	72.8%	★★★★☆
2023	73.3	37 of 157	76.4%	★★★★☆
2022	72.4	29 of 133	78.2%	★★★★☆
2019	55.7	41 of 109	62.4%	★★★☆☆
2018	55.2	55 of 115	52.2%	★★★☆☆

How student groups rank statewide ? (each group's percentile vs the same group at other schools — higher is better; the +/- beside each compares the group with this school's overall percentile)

Low Socio Economic Status (2025)78th percentile+4 vs school

Hispanic (2025)78th percentile+4 vs school

White (2025)74th percentile~ school

Female (2024)72nd percentile-4 vs school

Male (2024)71st percentile-5 vs school

Disabled (2018)63rd percentile-12 vs school

Native American (2025)61st percentile-13 vs school

Multi-racial (2025)57th percentile-17 vs school

Special Education (2025)56th percentile-18 vs school

Military Connected (2025)50th percentile-24 vs school

African American (2025)50th percentile-24 vs school

Asian (2024)46th percentile-30 vs school

By subject vs New Mexico (2024-2025) ?

Science63%+21 vs state

English Language Arts57%+18 vs state

Mathematics19%+7 vs state

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What people are saying

by a student
Wednesday, March 8, 2017

The teachers are wonderful for the most part. Don't get me wrong. However, many tend to overlook the rest of the staff. The counsolers, for instance, are extremely poor. They lack in being both emotionally supportive as well as academically. Not to mention you can never get in to see them even if its for something incrediably urgent. If your child ever wants to go that extra mile and take the dual enrollment courses the school offers through both UNM and CNM, make sure you're not sensitive to stress. When signing up for these courses students must go through a rigorous period of dealing with the staff's incompetence. To those who do not know, to first start signing up for dual enrollment courses, you have to recieve "book forms" from the school, so they can get the necessary information they need to pay for your college textbooks. However, these forms aren't in any "easy access" place, so you must go through your counsoler. Don't expect to get this simple little slip of paper within a day or so. Most get it on the day of the deadline to sign up for dual enrollment through any of those colleges mentioned. Several signatures later, your child is finally enrolled, but the stress and disappointment doesn't end there. Most of the time the school WILL NOT give you a highschool credit for that dual enrollment course, and the only way to prove that you have been slaving yourself away for the past semester is by paying 10 dollars for a transcript because the administration failed to do their job. To add insult to injury, if you have told the counsoler you have taken that course they will, infact, not believe you and completely disregard everything you try to tell them despite having the evidence to prove it. This isn't the only case either. If your child has been unjustifiably written up by a teacher, don't expect a fair trial. The administration will again disregard everthing your child may say to clear their name. Justice and fair treatment is not this school's concern. They are the most conceited school in this district. They obsess over image. A lot of reports from this school may be extremely positive but that's just a deception. They may have high graduation percentages, but that's only because if it looks like your child will not graduate on time, the school will send them off to a much lower ranking school (Indenpendence Highschool to be exact). V. Sue Cleveland Highschool may have a pretty exterior but its interior is all vanity. The type of disrespect this staff awards students is repulsive. Close Quote

by a parent
Tuesday, March 15, 2016

best school in NM hands down. Close Quote

by a student
Friday, October 28, 2011

If you are an athlete, a football player, you pretty much run the school. If you are in stugo(student government) you also run the school. But if are in any art/preformed art you are at the bottom, I am a member and officer of the school Thespian troupe and lets just say it's difficult. If you are going to be any form of art/performing art major and you have the choice go to Rio Rancho High School, there arts program is much better!!! Close Quote

Schools Near Cleveland High School

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				SAT School Day English Language Arts (2025)	SAT School Day Mathematics (2025)	NM-ASR Science (2025)			NM-MSSA English Language Arts (2025)				NM-MSSA Mathematics (2025)				Per Pupil Expenditures (2019)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	Rank Change from Previous Year	SAT School Day English Language Arts 11th Grade	SAT School Day Mathematics 11th Grade	NM-ASR Science 8th Grade	NM-ASR Science 11th Grade	NM-ASR Science All Grades	NM-MSSA English Language Arts 6th Grade	NM-MSSA English Language Arts 7th Grade	NM-MSSA English Language Arts 8th Grade	NM-MSSA English Language Arts All Grades	NM-MSSA Mathematics 6th Grade	NM-MSSA Mathematics 7th Grade	NM-MSSA Mathematics 8th Grade	NM-MSSA Mathematics All Grades	Total
Cleveland High School	Public	9-12	4800 Cleveland Heights Rd NE	Rio Rancho	87144	Sandoval County	Rio Rancho	No	(n/a)	No	No	(505) 938-0300	2,596	136	19.1		638 (24.6%)	54 (2.1%)	1,541 (59.4%)	19 (0.7%)	148 (5.7%)	4 (0.2%)	192 (7.4%)	69.2	34^th of 131 public high schools	74.0%		69	41^st of 172 public high schools	76.2%	7	56.6	19.1		62.9										$7,561
Independence High School	Public	9-12	421 Quantum Rd NE	Rio Rancho	87124	Sandoval County	Rio Rancho	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(505) 338-4658	156	19	8.1	100.0%	21 (13.5%)	0 (0.0%)	110 (70.5%)	0 (0.0%)	13 (8.3%)	0 (0.0%)	12 (7.7%)								(n/a)				22.5										$10,601
Rio Rancho High	Public	9-12	301 Loma Colorado Dr NE	Rio Rancho	87124	Sandoval County	Rio Rancho	No	(n/a)	No	No	(505) 896-5600	2,568	130	19.7		696 (27.1%)	46 (1.8%)	1,538 (59.9%)	39 (1.5%)	68 (2.6%)	2 (0.1%)	179 (7.0%)	75.8	28^th of 131 public high schools	78.6%		67.2	43^rd of 172 public high schools	75.0%	15	58.3	25.1		64.1										$7,582
The Ask Academy	Public, Charter	6-12	4550 Sundt Rd NE	Rio Rancho	87124	Sandoval County	The Ask Academy	Yes	(n/a)	No	Yes	(505) 891-0757	558	43	13.0	17.7%	194 (34.8%)	11 (2.0%)	264 (47.3%)	7 (1.3%)	5 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	77 (13.8%)	98.1	2^nd of 131 public high schools	98.5%		92.4	12^th of 172 public high schools	93.0%	10	89.3	48.2	55.6	83.6	65.0	72.5	66.3	58.9	65.7	60.2	53.3	27.1	46.1	$7,130
Rio Rancho Cyber Academy	Public, Virtual	6-12	1330 Jackie Rd SE	Rio Rancho	87124	Sandoval County	Rio Rancho	No	(n/a)	Yes	No	(505) 892-7222	133	14	9.4	100.0%	61 (45.9%)	2 (1.5%)	61 (45.9%)	1 (0.8%)	6 (4.5%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (1.5%)								(n/a)			69.0	78.6	72.1			71.4	82.4		64.3	60.7	64.7	$8,965
Bernalillo High	Public	9-12	250 Isidro Sanchez Rd	Bernalillo	87004	Sandoval County	Bernalillo	No	(n/a)	No	No	(505) 867-2388	824	51	16.3	100.0%	18 (2.2%)	2 (0.2%)	395 (47.9%)	1 (0.1%)	352 (42.7%)	0 (0.0%)	56 (6.8%)	10.3	124^th of 131 public high schools	5.3%		11.5	160^th of 172 public high schools	7.0%	36	22.6			17.6										$11,179
Cibola High	Public	9-12	1510 Ellison Dr NW	Albuquerque	87114	Bernalillo County	Albuquerque	No	(n/a)	No	No	(505) 897-0110	1,517	98	15.4	95.8%	294 (19.4%)	43 (2.8%)	976 (64.3%)	27 (1.8%)	95 (6.3%)	2 (0.1%)	80 (5.3%)	53.7	48^th of 131 public high schools	63.4%		66.9	44^th of 172 public high schools	74.4%	4	50.2	12.3		52.8										$8,681
Cottonwood Classical Prep	Public, Charter	6-12	7801 Jefferson St NE	Albuquerque	87109	Bernalillo County	Cottonwood Classical Prep	Yes	(n/a)	No	Yes	(505) 998-1021	852	61	13.9	8.8%	219 (25.7%)	19 (2.2%)	467 (54.8%)	28 (3.3%)	12 (1.4%)	0 (0.0%)	107 (12.6%)	98.7	1^st of 131 public high schools	99.2%		97.9	2^nd of 172 public high schools	98.8%	1	92.3	49.2	60.3	89.2	69.2	83.4	82.0	78.8	81.4	62.9	68.7	38.4	56.8
La Cueva High	Public	9-12	7801 Wilshire NE	Albuquerque	87122	Bernalillo County	Albuquerque	No	(n/a)	No	No	(505) 823-2327	1,826	122	14.9	96.8%	724 (39.6%)	24 (1.3%)	756 (41.4%)	151 (8.3%)	41 (2.2%)	4 (0.2%)	126 (6.9%)	92.8	11^th of 131 public high schools	91.6%		92.3	13^th of 172 public high schools	92.4%	2	78.0	49.5		63.8										$7,910
Volcano Vista High	Public	9-12	8100 Rainbow Rd NW	Albuquerque	87114	Bernalillo County	Albuquerque	No	(n/a)	No	No	(505) 890-0343	2,089	157	13.3	99.2%	396 (19.0%)	36 (1.7%)	1,433 (68.6%)	44 (2.1%)	75 (3.6%)	1 (0.0%)	104 (5.0%)	56.6	46^th of 131 public high schools	64.9%		53	64^th of 172 public high schools	62.8%	18	54.9	17.4		46.8										$8,646

Frequently Asked Questions about Cleveland High School

Is Cleveland High School a good school?

Cleveland High School ranks 34^th of 131 New Mexico high schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 4 stars out of 5.

What district is Cleveland High School in?

Rio Rancho

What is the racial makeup of Cleveland High School?

Students at Cleveland High School are 59% Hispanic, 25% White, 7% Two or more races, 6% American Indian, 2% African American.

What schools feed into Cleveland High School?

Cleveland High School is fed by the following schools:

Elementary : Cielo Azul Elementary
Elementary : Colinas Del Norte Elementary
Elementary : Enchanted Hills Elementary
Elementary : Sandia Vista Elementary
Elementary : Vista Grande Elementary
Middle : Mountain View Middle
Middle : Rio Rancho Middle School

How many students attend Cleveland High School?

In the 2024-25 school year, 2,596 students attended Cleveland High School.

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