Summary:
ZIP code 87122 is home to five public schools — three elementary, one middle, and one high — serving 3,926 students in the Albuquerque area. Four of them belong to Albuquerque Public Schools, while Altura Preparatory School operates as its own district. Enrollment is concentrated at La Cueva High, which alone has 1,826 students (about 46.5% of the ZIP total); Desert Ridge Middle enrolls 801, and the three elementaries together enroll 1,299.
Parents should know that the elementary level here is exceptional. In 2025–26, Altura Preparatory School ranks #1 of 346 elementary schools statewide with a 100th percentile rank and 5 stars, a position it has held for three straight years. Double Eagle Elementary ranks #4 (99th percentile, 5 stars) and North Star Elementary ranks #9 (97th percentile, 5 stars) — three of the top nine elementary schools in New Mexico sit in this ZIP. Altura's all-grades ELA proficiency is at least 98%, its math is 82.68%, and its 5th-grade science is 82.05%. Double Eagle posts ELA 83.45% and math 73.59%, while North Star reports ELA 73.23% and math 66.93%.
The upper grades remain strong. Desert Ridge Middle is #12 of 191 middle schools (94th percentile, 5 stars) with math at 61.09%, more than double the state's 25.54%, and 8th-grade science at 61.21%. La Cueva High is #18 of 132 high schools (86th percentile, 4 stars), with a graduation rate of 89.5% versus 75.6% for its district and 80.6% for the state; its rank percentile slipped from 92 to 86 this year, and its 10th-grade scores are suppressed by the state. Every school here outperforms state averages in ELA, math, and science.
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