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Manzano High

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Manzano High ranks 95 th of 131 New Mexico alternative schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 1 star out of 5.

Public, Alternative Grades PK, KG-12

95^th

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 131 New Mexico Alternative Schools

Better than 27% of New Mexico alternative schools

Summary

Manzano High is an alternative public school located in Albuquerque, New Mexico, serving grades PK-12 with a total enrollment of 1,217 students. The school is part of the Albuquerque school district, which is ranked 54 out of 82 districts in the state and has a 2-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Manzano High has seen a decline in its four-year graduation rates, from 76.7% in 2022-2023 to 64.0% in 2023-2024, which is lower than the nearby Eldorado High, which had a 78.0% four-year graduation rate in 2023-2024. Additionally, Manzano High's proficiency rates in various subjects and grade levels are consistently lower than the Albuquerque and New Mexico state averages. For example, in 2024-2025, Manzano High had only 30.77% of 11th-grade students proficient or better in NM-ASR/Science, compared to 41.1% in Albuquerque and 41.69% statewide.

Manzano High has a very high percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch, with 100.99% of students qualifying in 2023-2024, significantly higher than the nearby Eldorado High, which had 57.96% of students qualifying. However, Manzano High has a relatively low student-teacher ratio, with 13.9 students per teacher in 2023-2024, lower than the 16.2 student-teacher ratio at Eldorado High.

1,157

Students ?

12.8

Student/teacher ratio ?

$9,622

Per pupil spending ?

95.2%

Free/discounted lunch ?

12200 Lomas Blvd NE
Albuquerque, NM 87112

(505) 559-2200

District: Albuquerque

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:

62.3%

White:

17.3%

American Indian:

7.9%

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At a glance

▼ Ranking trend: Declining — 66th percentile in 2016 → 27th in 2025

Worth a look

!Test scores below the New Mexico average (24% vs 31% meeting standards)

!Graduation rate below the New Mexico average (68% vs 81%)

!Ranking has slipped — down 39 percentile points since 2016

Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?

This school24%

District avg33%

New Mexico avg31%

95^th of 131

New Mexico public high schools ?

Bottom 27%▼ down 44 pts since 2015

From top 29% (2015) to bottom 27% (2025)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

3^rd of 5Alternative Schools in the Albuquerque

54^th of 82Albuquerque 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)

High school ranking

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New Mexico percentile	Rating
2025	25.5	95 of 131	27.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	22.4	127 of 172	26.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	37.7	93 of 170	45.3%	★★☆☆☆
2022	29.9	107 of 177	39.5%	★★☆☆☆
2019	39.3	85 of 181	53.0%	★★★☆☆
2018	37.7	94 of 182	48.4%	★★☆☆☆
2017	41.5	77 of 158	51.3%	★★★☆☆
2016	49.7	63 of 185	65.9%	★★★☆☆
2015	57.6	56 of 193	71.0%	★★★★☆
2014	68.5	50 of 198	74.7%	★★★★☆
2013	66.6	49 of 177	72.3%	★★★★☆
2012	71.1	36 of 163	77.9%	★★★★☆
2011	77.8	30 of 157	80.9%	★★★★☆
2010	75.8	32 of 154	79.2%	★★★★☆
2009	82.8	24 of 151	84.1%	★★★★☆
2008	80.4	26 of 146	82.2%	★★★★☆
2007	74.9	30 of 150	80.0%	★★★★☆
2006	75.2	30 of 134	77.6%	★★★★☆
2005	75.9	24 of 129	81.4%	★★★★☆

African American

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New Mexico percentile	Rating
2019	28.1	18 of 21	14.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	22.8	13 of 15	13.3%	★☆☆☆☆

Asian

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New Mexico percentile	Rating
2025	18.1	7 of 8	12.5%	★★☆☆☆
2023	22.0	14 of 14	0.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	30.8	26 of 31	16.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	29.2	10 of 14	28.6%	★★☆☆☆
2018	33.7	11 of 14	21.4%	★★☆☆☆

Disabled

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New Mexico percentile	Rating
2018	30.9	33 of 51	35.3%	★★☆☆☆

English Language Learner

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New Mexico percentile	Rating
2019	29.2	20 of 31	35.5%	★★☆☆☆
2018	39.3	11 of 20	45.0%	★★☆☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New Mexico percentile	Rating
2024	21.2	111 of 142	21.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	36.0	80 of 143	44.1%	★★☆☆☆
2022	24.6	120 of 157	23.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	37.1	87 of 144	39.6%	★★☆☆☆
2018	40.4	82 of 145	43.4%	★★☆☆☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New Mexico percentile	Rating
2025	28.8	61 of 98	37.8%	★★☆☆☆
2024	19.3	113 of 136	16.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	35.0	74 of 132	43.9%	★★☆☆☆
2022	22.7	126 of 150	16.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	33.2	83 of 139	40.3%	★★☆☆☆
2018	30.4	88 of 133	33.8%	★★☆☆☆

Homeless

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New Mexico percentile	Rating
2022	55.2	10 of 24	58.3%	★★★☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New Mexico percentile	Rating
2025	29.3	79 of 115	31.3%	★★☆☆☆
2024	25.8	87 of 127	31.5%	★★☆☆☆
2023	46.1	64 of 157	59.2%	★★★☆☆
2022	38.6	67 of 154	56.5%	★★★☆☆
2019	33.2	102 of 161	36.6%	★★☆☆☆
2018	38.2	91 of 164	44.5%	★★☆☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New Mexico percentile	Rating
2024	17.4	130 of 150	13.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	35.9	88 of 146	39.7%	★★☆☆☆
2022	31.6	101 of 159	36.5%	★★☆☆☆
2019	40.0	75 of 151	50.3%	★★★☆☆
2018	34.8	85 of 143	40.6%	★★☆☆☆

Military Connected

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New Mexico percentile	Rating
2022	27.7	20 of 24	16.7%	★☆☆☆☆

Multi-racial

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New Mexico percentile	Rating
2023	9.1	22 of 23	4.3%	☆☆☆☆☆

Native American

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New Mexico percentile	Rating
2023	54.1	16 of 42	61.9%	★★★☆☆
2019	31.8	35 of 47	25.5%	★★☆☆☆
2018	37.9	28 of 47	40.4%	★★☆☆☆

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New Mexico percentile	Rating
2023	24.6	29 of 38	23.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	13.0	58 of 58	0.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	59.9	20 of 62	67.7%	★★★★☆

White

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New Mexico percentile	Rating
2025	24.2	83 of 117	29.1%	★★☆☆☆
2024	18.5	108 of 136	20.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	40.0	81 of 157	48.4%	★★☆☆☆
2022	42.7	74 of 133	44.4%	★★☆☆☆
2019	39.1	66 of 109	39.4%	★★☆☆☆
2018	39.0	71 of 115	38.3%	★★☆☆☆

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)

Elementary school

Native American (2023)55th percentile+17 vs school

Low Socio Economic Status (2023)46th percentile+8 vs school

White (2023)42nd percentile+4 vs school

Male (2023)37th percentile~ school

Female (2023)35th percentile-3 vs school

Hispanic (2023)32nd percentile-6 vs school

Asian (2023)12th percentile-26 vs school

Special Education (2023)9th percentile-29 vs school

Multi-racial (2023)1st percentile-37 vs school

Middle school

Native American (2023)53rd percentile+12 vs school

Low Socio Economic Status (2023)53rd percentile+12 vs school

White (2023)45th percentile+4 vs school

Male (2023)40th percentile~ school

Hispanic (2023)40th percentile~ school

Female (2023)39th percentile~ school

Special Education (2023)30th percentile-11 vs school

Asian (2023)16th percentile-25 vs school

Multi-racial (2023)2nd percentile-39 vs school

High school

Native American (2023)62nd percentile+17 vs school

Homeless (2022)58th percentile+19 vs school

Hispanic (2025)38th percentile+10 vs school

English Language Learner (2019)35th percentile-18 vs school

Disabled (2018)35th percentile-13 vs school

Low Socio Economic Status (2025)31st percentile+4 vs school

White (2025)29th percentile~ school

Special Education (2023)24th percentile-22 vs school

Female (2024)22nd percentile-4 vs school

Military Connected (2022)17th percentile-23 vs school

African American (2019)14th percentile-39 vs school

Male (2024)13th percentile-13 vs school

Asian (2025)12th percentile-15 vs school

Multi-racial (2023)4th percentile-41 vs school

By subject vs New Mexico (2024-2025) ?

English Language Arts37%~ state avg

Science31%-11 vs state

Mathematics5%-7 vs state

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by a parent
Monday, August 13, 2012

August, 2012. My child graduated 3 months ago. Great English teachers, band director and dedicated science teachers.
The biggest issue I have is about 40% of the teachers wouldn't return a phone call or e-mail that I sent to them. The effective way to get a response (and this was told to me by a secretary!) was to send an e-mail to the teacher with a copy to a Vice-Principal (VP). Then the teacher would respond the same day.
Example in 2012: Left math teacher a phone message. No reply. Sent same teacher an e-mail. No reply. Sent another e-mail with CC to VP; same day reply, something like "Oh sorry, I was busy". Tried to contact same teacher 2 weeks later, with multiple e-mails. Finally, something like "Oh sorry, I guess I lost your e-mail".
I had a similar lack of communication with a World History teacher in 2009. Even the principal failed to get back to me after she typed that she would.
My second major complaint: At least 2 math teachers think it is OK to return a test to the students for a quick review, then collect the tests, thus preventing the student from later re-studying the problems he missed. In addition, this practice prevents a parent (me!) from going over the problems that were missed. I was told I could contact the teacher to have the test sent home, but why would I, knowing their tendency of failure to respond.
My child had great English teachers. History was probably very good; social studies probably good too.
It didn't appear that the administration supported the science department very well, in a place that is less than 5 miles from Sandia National Laboratory. The science teachers did as well as they could. Close Quote

Schools Near Manzano High

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking ()				Ranking ()				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 ()	Statewide Rank ()	State Percentile ()	SchoolDigger Rating ()	Average Standard Score ()	Statewide Rank ()	State Percentile ()	Rank Change from Previous Year	SAT School Day English Language Arts 11th Grade	SAT School Day Mathematics 11th Grade	NM-ASR Science 5th Grade	NM-ASR Science 8th Grade	NM-ASR Science 11th Grade	NM-ASR Science All Grades	NM-MSSA English Language Arts 3rd Grade	NM-MSSA English Language Arts 4th Grade	NM-MSSA English Language Arts 5th Grade	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 3rd Grade	NM-MSSA Mathematics 4th Grade	NM-MSSA Mathematics 5th Grade	NM-MSSA Mathematics 6th Grade	NM-MSSA Mathematics 7th Grade	NM-MSSA Mathematics 8th Grade	NM-MSSA Mathematics All Grades	Total
Manzano High	Public, Alternative	PK, KG-12	12200 Lomas Blvd NE	Albuquerque	87112	Bernalillo County	Albuquerque	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(505) 559-2200	1,157	90	12.8	95.2%	200 (17.3%)	45 (3.9%)	721 (62.3%)	44 (3.8%)	91 (7.9%)	3 (0.3%)	53 (4.6%)								(n/a)	37.0	5.3			30.8																$9,622
Abq School Of Excellence	Public, Charter, Alternative	K-12	13201 Lomas Blvd NE	Albuquerque	87112	Bernalillo County	Abq School Of Excellence	Yes	(n/a)	No	Yes	(505) 312-7711	1,005	62	16.3	56.9%	306 (30.4%)	57 (5.7%)	428 (42.6%)	58 (5.8%)	27 (2.7%)	5 (0.5%)	124 (12.3%)								(n/a)	89.2	51.4	55.1	50.0	75.7	56.6	63.1	65.3	62.8	75.2	76.7	53.3	66.9	48.8	40.3	56.4	67.5	62.1	43.3	54.4	$6,044
Eldorado High	Public, Alternative	PK, KG-12	11300 Montgomery Blvd NE	Albuquerque	87111	Bernalillo County	Albuquerque	No	(n/a)	No	No	(505) 296-4871	1,579	108	14.5	99.7%	586 (37.1%)	31 (2.0%)	716 (45.3%)	48 (3.0%)	79 (5.0%)	4 (0.3%)	115 (7.3%)								(n/a)	63.1	31.9			60.1																$8,544
Highland Autism Center	Public, Alternative	PK, KG-12	220 Monroe SW	Albuquerque	87108	Bernalillo County	Albuquerque	No	(n/a)	No	No	(505) 266-6869	15	11	1.3	20.0%	2 (13.3%)	2 (13.3%)	7 (46.7%)	1 (6.7%)	1 (6.7%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (13.3%)								(n/a)
Aces Technical Charter School	Public, Charter, Alternative	PK, KG-10	4501 Montgomery Blvd NE	Albuquerque	87109	Bernalillo County	Aces Technical Charter School	Yes	(n/a)	No	No	(505) 506-1186	165	14	11.7	100.0%	15 (9.1%)	12 (7.3%)	105 (63.6%)	2 (1.2%)	8 (4.8%)	0 (0.0%)	23 (13.9%)								(n/a)						22.6			53.9	37.5	58.3		38.7							13.5
Unm Mimbres School	Public, Alternative	PK, KG-12	1001 Yale Blvd NE	Albuquerque	87106	Bernalillo County	Unm Mimbres School	No	(n/a)	No	No	(505) 272-2890	23	12	1.9		4 (17.4%)	1 (4.3%)	12 (52.2%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (13.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (13.0%)								(n/a)
Mission Achievement And Success 1.0	Public, Charter, Alternative	PK, KG-12	1718 Yale Blvd SE	Albuquerque	87106	Bernalillo County	Mission Achievement And Success	Yes	(n/a)	No	Yes	(505) 242-3118	1,193	77	15.4	99.6%	53 (4.4%)	48 (4.0%)	984 (82.5%)	25 (2.1%)	26 (2.2%)	1 (0.1%)	56 (4.7%)								(n/a)	51.0	13.7	32.9	44.8	68.0	46.5	43.4	62.2	47.8	46.9	52.3	59.7	51.4	26.5	35.1	42.0	40.2	46.5	25.4	36.5	$8,924
Explore Academy	Public, Charter, Alternative	K-12	5100 Masthead St NE	Albuquerque	87109	Bernalillo County	Explore Academy	Yes	(n/a)	No	Yes	(505) 305-5300	1,413	115	12.2	25.8%	460 (32.6%)	32 (2.3%)	674 (47.7%)	12 (0.8%)	9 (0.6%)	1 (0.1%)	225 (15.9%)								(n/a)	81.0	46.4	52.1	55.2	80.7	61.0	50.7	65.2	54.3	56.9	58.1	60.9	58.1	30.4	37.9	51.4	52.7	44.5	35.6	43.3	$8,648
Corrales International	Public, Charter, Alternative	K-12	5500 Wilshire Ave. NE	Albuquerque	87113	Bernalillo County	Albuquerque	Yes	(n/a)	No	No	(505) 344-9733	232	19	12.4	38.4%	47 (20.3%)	6 (2.6%)	157 (67.7%)	4 (1.7%)	2 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	16 (6.9%)								(n/a)						23.3	59.1	62.5	36.4	47.4		47.1	45.2	31.8			36.8			23.0	$10,091
Continuation School	Public, Alternative	PK, KG-12	5100 2nd St NW	Albuquerque	87106	Bernalillo County	Albuquerque	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(505) 468-7284	5	2	2.5		0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (100.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)								(n/a)

Frequently Asked Questions about Manzano High

How many students attend Manzano High?

In the 2024-25 school year, 1,157 students attended Manzano High.

What district is Manzano High in?

Albuquerque

Is Manzano High a good school?

Manzano High ranks 95^th of 131 New Mexico alternative schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 1 star out of 5.

What is the racial makeup of Manzano High?

Students at Manzano High are 62% Hispanic, 17% White, 8% American Indian, 5% Two or more races, 4% African American, 4% Asian.

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