Summary
Early College Academy is a high school in Albuquerque, NM, serving grades 9–12 with 212 students at 807 Mountain Rd NE, part of the Albuquerque Public Schools district. For 2025–2026, it ranks 4th of 132 New Mexico high schools, in the 97th percentile with 5 stars — a striking result given that the district itself ranks 55th of 87, at the 37th percentile with 2 stars. The school has placed among the top 3–8 schools statewide with 5 stars every listed year back to 2014–2015.
Test results are strong across subjects. On 2025–2026 11th-grade tests, 80% of students were proficient in Language Arts, 52% in Mathematics, and 77.08% in Science, compared with district rates of 40.67, 16.08, and 34.16 and state rates of 36.78, 12.72, and 34.02. It leads every nearby school in all three subjects, including its closest academic peer, College And Career High School (73.33, 40, and 66.67), Amy Biehl Charter High School (61.9, under 20%, and 64.29), and the much larger Albuquerque High (44.81, 20.78, and 41.64). Siembra Leadership High School posted 16.83, under 10%, and 10.48, while Abq Charter Academy and Gordon Bernell Charter have state-suppressed test data. Graduation rates are consistently high: 90.6% in 2024–2025, ranging from 88.0% to 99.7% across five listed years, always above district and state.
How well the school serves particular student groups is also a strength: in 2025–2026 it ranked 1st of 100 for male students, 7th of 95 for female students, and 3rd of 89 for low-income students, and it has ranked at the top as well for English language learners and students in special education. About 62.74% of students qualified for free or reduced lunch in 2024–2025, up sharply from 18.89% in 2022–2023, though that jump may partly reflect reporting changes. One caveat for parents: the reported student-teacher ratios (736.6 and 723.3) are not plausible for a 212-student school and are best ignored.
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