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Early College Opportunities

Q: Is Early College Opportunities a good school?

Early College Opportunities ranks in the bottom 12.1% of New Mexico high schools.

Q: How many students attend Early College Opportunities?

In the 2024-25 school year, 137 students attended Early College Opportunities.

Q: What is the racial makeup of Early College Opportunities?

Students at Early College Opportunities are 78% Hispanic, 13% White, 4% American Indian, 3% Two or more races.

Public Grades 9-12

116^th

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 132 New Mexico High Schools

Better than 12% of New Mexico high schools

Summary

Early College Opportunities (ECO) is a small public high school serving grades 9–12 in Santa Fe, New Mexico, with 137 students, located at 2301 W. Zia Rd. about a third of a mile from the much larger Santa Fe High in the Santa Fe Public Schools district. With 10.8 students per teacher, ECO offers more individual attention than most nearby schools of comparable size — Santa Fe High runs 17.8 and Capital High 15.5 — and every one of its students qualified for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024–2025.

Graduation is ECO's clearest success. The rate climbed from 66.6% in 2020–2021 to 88.9% in 2022–2023, and stood at 80.2% in 2024–2025, matching the district and essentially level with the state. That puts ECO in the middle of the local pack — below Academy For Technology & Classics, Mandela International Magnet (Mims), NM School For The Arts and The Masters Program, but above Santa Fe High, Tierra Encantada Charter School and Desert Sage Academy. Notably, Santa Fe High sits just down the road with similar poverty levels yet shows the opposite pattern: higher test scores but a lower graduation rate.

Test scores are the school's weakest area. Eleventh-grade English language arts proficiency was 15.91% in 2025–2026 — the lowest among nearby schools, against 34.01% for the district and 36.78% statewide — and it fell about 12 points in two years, contributing to a statewide rank of 116th of 132 (12th percentile). Science is comparatively stronger at 27.27%, and in 2022–2023 the school's all-grades science proficiency (39%) actually beat the state (34%). Math results are suppressed as "under 20%," so they cannot be judged either way. ECO's smaller subgroups have performed well above the state median in some years — male students reached the 85th percentile and low-income students the 78th percentile in recent years — though with only 137 students, year-to-year swings partly reflect small cohorts.

137

Students ?

10.8

Student/teacher ratio ?

$20,303

Per pupil spending ?

41.6%

Directly certified for free meals (2024-25) ?

All students receive free meals (Community Eligibility, 2024-25)

All students in New Mexico receive free school meals.

2301 W. Zia Rd.
Santa Fe, NM 87505

(505) 467-2701

District: Santa Fe Public Schools

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:

78.1%

White:

13.1%

American Indian:

4.4%

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At a glance

▼ Ranking trend: Declining — 38th percentile in 2019 → 12th in 2026

Strengths

✓Small classes — about 11 students per teacher

Worth a look

!Test scores below the New Mexico average (22% vs 28% meeting standards)

!In the lower quartile statewide (12th percentile)

!Ranking has slipped — down 26 percentile points since 2019

Students meeting standards (2025-2026) ?

This school22%

District avg34%

New Mexico avg28%

116^th of 132

New Mexico public high schools ?

Bottom 12%▼ down 26 pts since 2019

From bottom 38% (2019) to bottom 12% (2026)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

4^th of 5High Schools in the Santa Fe Public Schools

56^th of 87Santa Fe Public Schools 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)

Show full rank history (all student groups)

All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New Mexico percentile	Rating
2026	16.6	116 of 132	12.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	46.4	74 of 172	57.0%	★★★☆☆
2023	42.0	79 of 170	53.5%	★★★☆☆
2022	28.3	111 of 177	37.3%	★★☆☆☆
2019	31.6	112 of 181	38.1%	★★☆☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New Mexico percentile	Rating
2022	47.2	70 of 157	55.4%	★★★☆☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New Mexico percentile	Rating
2024	43.7	60 of 136	55.9%	★★★☆☆
2019	28.1	102 of 139	26.6%	★☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New Mexico percentile	Rating
2024	47.6	50 of 127	60.6%	★★★☆☆
2023	63.5	35 of 157	77.7%	★★★★☆
2022	30.8	85 of 154	44.8%	★★☆☆☆
2019	41.0	82 of 161	49.1%	★★☆☆☆
2018	26.8	126 of 164	23.2%	★☆☆☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New Mexico percentile	Rating
2024	79.3	23 of 150	84.7%	★★★★☆
2023	58.3	51 of 146	65.1%	★★★☆☆
2019	39.7	77 of 151	49.0%	★★☆☆☆

White

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New Mexico percentile	Rating
2024	39.6	71 of 136	47.8%	★★☆☆☆
2023	52.2	61 of 157	61.1%	★★★☆☆
2022	82.5	16 of 133	88.0%	★★★★☆

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)

Male (2024)85th percentile+28 vs school

Low Socio Economic Status (2024)61st percentile+4 vs school

Hispanic (2024)56th percentile~ school

Female (2022)55th percentile+18 vs school

White (2024)48th percentile-9 vs school

By subject vs New Mexico (2025-2026) ?

Science27%-7 vs state

English Language Arts16%-21 vs state

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2026)				Ranking (2025)				SAT School Day English Language Arts (2026)			SAT School Day Mathematics (2026)			NM-ASR Science (2026)			NM-MSSA English Language Arts (2026)			NM-MSSA Mathematics (2026)			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	Directly certified (2024-25)	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2026)	Statewide Rank (2026)	State Percentile (2026)	SchoolDigger Rating (2026)	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	Rank Change from Previous Year	SAT School Day English Language Arts 10th Grade	SAT School Day English Language Arts 11th Grade	SAT School Day English Language Arts All Grades	SAT School Day Mathematics 10th Grade	SAT School Day Mathematics 11th Grade	SAT School Day Mathematics All Grades	NM-ASR Science 8th Grade	NM-ASR Science 11th Grade	NM-ASR Science All Grades	NM-MSSA English Language Arts 7th Grade	NM-MSSA English Language Arts 8th Grade	NM-MSSA English Language Arts All Grades	NM-MSSA Mathematics 7th Grade	NM-MSSA Mathematics 8th Grade	NM-MSSA Mathematics All Grades	Total
Early College Opportunities	Public	9-12	2301 W. Zia Rd.	Santa Fe	87505	Santa Fe County	Santa Fe Public Schools	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(505) 467-2701	137	13	10.8	41.6%	18 (13.1%)	1 (0.7%)	107 (78.1%)	1 (0.7%)	6 (4.4%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (2.9%)	16.6	116^th of 132 public high schools	12.1%					(n/a)		15.9			< 20%	< 20%		27.3								$20,303
Santa Fe High	Public	9-12	2100 Yucca Rd	Santa Fe	87505	Santa Fe County	Santa Fe Public Schools	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(505) 467-2400	1,491	84	17.8	30.2%	261 (17.5%)	19 (1.3%)	1,139 (76.4%)	24 (1.6%)	34 (2.3%)	2 (0.1%)	12 (0.8%)	44.7	61^st of 132 public high schools	53.8%		37	68^th of 131 public high schools	48.1%	7		41.6			14.6			38.4								$8,789
Santa Fe Indian School	Public	7-12	1501 Cerrillos Road	Santa Fe	87502	Santa Fe County	Santa Fe Indian School	(n/a)	No	No	Yes	(505) 989-6330	701	21	34.1	—	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	701 (100.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)								(n/a)
Mandela International Magnet (Mims)	Public	7-12	1604 Agua Fria	Santa Fe	87505	Santa Fe County	Santa Fe Public Schools	No	(n/a)	No	No	(505) 467-1901	290	26	11.0	8.6%	142 (49.0%)	4 (1.4%)	117 (40.3%)	19 (6.6%)	1 (0.3%)	2 (0.7%)	5 (1.7%)	97.3	6^th of 132 public high schools	95.5%		96	7^th of 131 public high schools	94.7%	1		90.6			46.9		83.6	75.0	80.7	83.3	82.0	82.6	64.8	55.7	60.0	$13,565
Tierra Encantada Charter School	Public, Charter	7-12	4601 Mission Bend	Santa Fe	87507	Santa Fe County	Tierra Encantada Charter School	Yes	(n/a)	No	Yes	(505) 983-3337	256	15	16.9	24.6%	11 (4.3%)	3 (1.2%)	238 (93.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.8%)	17.9	113^th of 132 public high schools	14.4%					(n/a)		25.0			< 20%	< 20%	18.2	21.6	19.8	50.0	36.4	41.2		< 20%	< 10%	$9,361
Monte Del Sol Charter	Public, Charter	7-12	4157 Walking Rain Rd	Santa Fe	87507	Santa Fe County	Monte Del Sol Charter	Yes	(n/a)	No	Yes	(505) 982-5225	370	30	12.3	19.7%	36 (9.7%)	0 (0.0%)	312 (84.3%)	3 (0.8%)	3 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	16 (4.3%)	30.9	78^th of 132 public high schools	40.9%		66.5	36^th of 131 public high schools	72.5%	42		35.7			< 20%	< 20%	11.1	26.2	16.7	47.5	31.5	38.8	21.3	< 10%	12.0	$11,040
Nm School For The Arts	Public, Charter	9-12	500 Montezuma Avenue	Santa Fe	87501	Santa Fe County	Nm School For The Arts	Yes	(n/a)	No	Yes	(505) 310-4194	338	29	11.4	16.0%	122 (36.1%)	1 (0.3%)	156 (46.2%)	0 (0.0%)	11 (3.3%)	0 (0.0%)	48 (14.2%)	85.3	22^nd of 132 public high schools	83.3%		94.5	8^th of 131 public high schools	93.9%	14		75.6	75.9		24.4	25.3		79.1								$11,007
Desert Sage Academy	Public, Virtual	9-12	2504 Camino Entrada	Santa Fe	87505	Santa Fe County	Santa Fe Public Schools	No	(n/a)	Yes	Yes	(505) 467-0310	69	14	4.9	52.2%	4 (5.8%)	0 (0.0%)	59 (85.5%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (8.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)								(n/a)																$7,359
The Masters Program	Public, Charter	9-12	6401 Richards Ave	Santa Fe	87508	Santa Fe County	The Masters Program	Yes	(n/a)	No	Yes	(505) 428-7320	258	23	11.2	20.5%	63 (24.4%)	2 (0.8%)	166 (64.3%)	7 (2.7%)	3 (1.2%)	0 (0.0%)	17 (6.6%)	54.9	46^th of 132 public high schools	65.2%		69	35^th of 131 public high schools	73.3%	11		53.4			12.3			44.4								$9,430
Capital High	Public	9-12	4851 Paseo Del Sol	Santa Fe	87507	Santa Fe County	Santa Fe Public Schools	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(505) 467-1000	1,388	89	15.5	37.0%	46 (3.3%)	4 (0.3%)	1,311 (94.5%)	5 (0.4%)	14 (1.0%)	2 (0.1%)	6 (0.4%)	10.8	128^th of 132 public high schools	3.0%		14.8	116^th of 131 public high schools	11.5%	12		18.5			< 5%	< 5%		16.3								$8,879

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